Radical Studies Network 5

Programme:

Chris Witter (Lancaster University), ‘Remapping Social Relations in the New American Short Fiction of the 1960s’. 

Stephen Dippnall (University of Salford), ‘Hating America? The British Left and the Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’. 

Jen Morgan (University of Salford), ‘“Occupy This Wide and Fruitful Plain”: Chartist Fiction as Response to Middle-Class Social Problem Novels’. 

Wednesday 30 October 2013 

Neu im Archiv: Pflegekinder-Aktion Schweiz

Die Schweizerische Pflegekinder-Aktion entstand nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Auslöser waren mehrere Skandale um die Misshandlung von Verdingkindern. Anfangs 1946 zeigte der Schriftsteller und Journalist C.A. Loosli in einer Artikelserie für den "Tagesanzeiger" anhand mehrerer Einzelschicksale die Missstände in der Kinder- und Jugendfürsorge auf. Kurz darauf startete die Zeitschrift "Beobachter" eine Leseraktion: Gemeinsam mit Pro Juventute und interessierten Leserinnen und Lesern wollte der "Beobachter" dafür sorgen, dass die Rechte von Pflegekindern besser geschützt werden.

Global E. P. Thompson Conference, Oct. 3-5 - Follow Live Broadcast Channel

Friends,

We invite you to participate in the upcoming conference at Harvard, Oct.
3-5, "The Global E. P. Thompson: Reflections on the Making of the English
Working Class after Fifty Years." We will be hosting a truly global
conversation among scholars, and we invite you to join us, either in person
or online.

We will be broadcasting live; please spread the word and tune-in, October
3-5th. The Broadcast will start at 4 PM EST on Thursday, October 3rd, and
conclude on Saturday October 5th at 1 PM, EST.

Together and Apart. The Urban Family in Russia in the 20th century

IISH Exhibition in Moscow

On 13 September 2013 the exhibition "Together and Apart. The Urban Family in Russia in the 20th century" opened its doors in Moscow. It was jointly organised by the International Institute of Social History (IISH) and the Schusev State Architectural Museum, situated at a stone’s throw from the Kremlin. At the root of the exhibition are the results of the IISH research project "Work, Income and the State in Russia and the Soviet Union'' on the impact of the events of the turbulent twentieth century on the family in Russia.