VI Internacional “Worlds of Labor” Conference
X National Workshop of Labor History
July, 13-16h 2020 / Universidade Federal Rural de Rio de Janeiro

Call for papers

We are seeking nominations for the Social History Society’s annual book prize. Our £1,000-prize rewards scholarship in Social History and is awarded annually by a panel of judges for the best original work published in the preceding calendar year. We are delighted to announce that this year’s panel is chaired by Professor Pat Thane and includes Professors Penny Summerfield, Phillipp Schofield, and Sasha Handley.

To be eligible for consideration for the prize, the book must:

The David Montgomery Award is given annually by the OAH with co-sponsorship by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) for the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history. Eligible works shall be written in English and deal with United States history in significant ways but may include comparative or transnational studies that fall within these guidelines. The award is given in recognition of David Montgomery’s crucial role in pioneering new approaches to the study of working people and their history.

Le colloque "Instruire le peuple, émanciper les travailleurs. Théories et pratiques des socialistes et des anarchistes dans l’éducation du XIXe au XXe siècle" est organisé par l’Institut national supérieur du professorat et de l’éducation (Inspé) de l’académie de Créteil-UPEC, la Société Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, la Maison Auguste Comte et la Bibliothèque des Amis de l’Instruction.

The full programme is uploaded in the website of the event: https://elhn.socialhistoryservices.org/conference/programme

This international conference aims to contribute to renew the interest and improve the knowledge of the League of Nations (LoN) and its impact in this last century marked by strong waves of internationalism and globalization, but also of crisis and nationalist reactions.