Labour & Empire Working Group

Precarity and Scale in the History of Colonial Labour

ELHN Conference, University of Barcelona
June 16-19, 2026

Following up on a long-term project on working-class anti-imperialism, explored in publications (Beliard, Kirk 2021) and at conferences (most recently in Bristol 2023 and Uppsala), the ELHN Labour & Empire Working Group moves towards a renewed focus on colonial labour systems for the 2026 ELHN conference in Barcelona.

We are pleased to announce that Labour History Review is celebrating the publication of its 90th edition. Labour History Review is published in partnership with the Society for the Study of Labour History, alongside the book series Studies in Labour History, edited by Professor Neville Kirk.

Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez

Pontificia Universidad Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Gabriela Mitidieri

Pontificia Universidad Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Instituto de Investigaciones de Estudios de Género (UBA)

https://academic.oup.com/fh/issue/39/1

French History, volume 39, Issue 1, March 2025

"French socialism and French socialists beyond France"

Introduction: international/transnational perspectives on the history of French socialism Jean-Numa Ducange and Talbot Imlay

University of Vienna, September 25-26, 2025

Co-organized by the ERC SCARCE project and the FWF ESPRIT project “Mining the Earth, Roaming the Globe”

by Julien Chuzeville

« Ce livre parle d’une époque où le mot “socialisme” était subversif. Les socialistes étaient alors en opposition ouverte contre la société capitaliste, qu’ils voulaient renverser pour mettre en place un monde complètement différent – qu’ils appelaient souvent “communisme”. Pour eux, socialisme et communisme tendaient essentiellement au même but. Ces mots aujourd’hui usés ont pourtant désigné l’espoir d’un monde meilleur, l’espoir de la fin des oppressions. »

The latest issue of Labour History Review is now available online.

Liverpool University Press is pleased to inform you of the latest content in LABOUR HISTORY REVIEW, a highly regarded publication that is essential reading for those working in and researching social and political history, and the working lives and politics of 'ordinary' people.

Call for Papers: Working Group “Labour and Coercion” at the European Labour History Network (ELHN) Conference 2026

***EXTENDED DEADLINE*** 15 July 2025

The ELHN Working Group “Labour and Coercion” invites proposals for papers and sessions at the upcoming 6th ELHN Conference. The event will take place from 16 to 19 June 2026 in Barcelona.