Labor History / Studies

CALL FOR PAPERS for panel (s) at the 3rd conference of the ELHN - European Labour History Network - Amsterdam 19-21 September 2019

PANEL(S) ON: CHILD WORK/CHILDREN AT WORK

(working group LABOUR AND FAMILY ECONOMY / organizers prof. Jesus Agua de la Rosa (University of Madrid), Martin Itturalde (University of Barcelona), Maria Papathanassiou (University of Athens)

Call for Works-in-Progress Papers

ICLRL 2019: International Conference in Labor Relations & Law
Labor Relations and Law in Southeast Asia: Compensation, Benefits & Productivity

The Activist History Review invites proposals for our October 2018 issue, “Parties and Politics.”

What is remuneration? How is remuneration determined? Remuneration for/of labour has taken many forms over the centuries and millennia, and has been the result of complex socio-economic relations which have included the family, the owners of capital and the labour force. Remuneration can differ according to the way in which it is calculated, for example time-, piece- or task-rate; or the way it is paid, for example in kind, in cash or mixed forms.

Editors: Alla Ivanchikova and Robert Maclean. 

The Graduate School of Global and Area Studies  University of Leipzig, Germany
 Deadline for abstracts:  1st. October 2018

Conference Dates: 18-19 October 2018

JACK HENNING GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN LABOR CULTURE AND HISTORY

This fellowship has been established to honor the life and work of Jack Henning, San Francisco labor leader, statesman, and tireless champion of all working people.

PURPOSE:  To encourage innovative study of the expressive culture of working people in the United States, their identities, philosophies, and the problems they encounter.

The 7th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health is being organized by the Scientific Committee on the History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases of the International Commission on

I am attempting to put together a panel for the Canadian Historical Association meeting at Congress 2019 in Vancouver. The topic is (tentatively titled) "Citizen Vs. Government," all about citizens at odds/in conflict with the government during the postwar years. I'm especially looking for papers that deal with this topic through examination of letters that citizens wrote and sent into the government, which display their frustrations/anger with policy, (in)action, communication, etc.