German, Austrian, Hungarian revolutions

Symposium on 90th anniversary of German, Austrian,Hungarian revolutions and Polish nation-state

The Socialist History Society invites you to attend a symposium on the 90th anniversary of the German, Austrian, and Hungarian revolutions and the foundation of the Polish nation-state.

It will be held on Saturday 15 November 2008 at Marx House, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU.

Programme:

11.00 short introduction. Kevin Morgan (Manchester University)

Geschichte der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland seit 1945

Geschichte der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland seit 1945
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Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin 26.11.2008-27.11.2008, 26.11.2008: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Akademiegebäude am Gendarmenmarkt), Markgrafenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin; 27.11.2008: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 BerlinDeadline: 14.11.2008

Bolshevik repression of Anarchists

The Kate Sharpley Library are pleased to announce two new publications dealing with Bolshevik repression of Anarchists: An eyewitness account of the 1921 hunger strike in Moscow; and a special double issue of "KSL:Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library", dealing with Anarchists in the Gulag, prison and exile under the Bolsheviks.

1, New pamphlet: A Grand Cause: The Hunger Strike and the Deportation of Anarchists From Soviet Russia by Grigorii Petrovich Maksimov (G. P. Maximoff) with a biographical essay by Anatoly Dubovik, translated by Szarapow.

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli - Newsletter n. 11 - 3 ottobre 2008
Le novità della Fondazione e del sito
www.fondazionefeltrinelli.it
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Carlo Feltrinelli, Presidente della Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, con il Comitato scientifico e il Consiglio di Amministrazione annuncia con tristezza la scomparsa del prof. Giuliano Procacci, decano del Comitato scientifico della Fondazione, storico di fama internazionale, amico e collaboratore della Biblioteca Giangiacomo Feltrinelli fin dal suo sorgere.

European Social Science History Conference

8th European Social Science History Conference Ghent, Belgium, 13 - 16 April 2010

The ESSHC aims at bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is characterized by a lively exchange in many small groups, rather than by formal plenary sessions.

The Conference welcomes papers and sessions on any topic and any historical period. It is organized in a large number of networks:

Society for the Study of Labour History

SSLH Round Table & AGM 29 November 2008
Society for the Study of Labour History

Saturday, 29 November 2008
Venue:
Freemasons' Hall
[Grand Officers' Robing Room]
60 Great Queen Street
London
WC2B 3AZ

AGM
13.00 - 14.00 hrs Annual General Meeting [including buffet lunch]

Round Table:
New Thoughts on British War Resisters 1914-19

14.00 - 16.30 hrs

The discussion will be led by the following panel of speakers:

Cyril Pearce [University of Leeds - retired] Capturing 'Conchies'