In recent years, 'identity politics' has evolved as a controversial, but also prolific concept within political, academic and activist debates. A growing body of literature sheds light on different assumptions about identity as a concept that is as much related to expressions of individuality and subjectivity as it is to specific social groups, typically described as outsiders on the margins of society and the political mainstream.

Day conference: More than just the Pankhursts - the wider suffrage movement

Call for chapters: “Doing Diversity in Teaching, Writing, and Research”
A proposed volume edited by Abby Day, Lois Lee, and Jim Spickard
working with Policy Press

Dear colleagues,

we, hereby, circulate the Call for Papers for the 55th ITH Conference (5-7 September 2019, Linz/Upper Austria).

We are looking forward to an active involvement in the preparation of the conference on “Working on the Land: Actors, Societies and Environments”, many interesting proposals and the conference itself. Furthermore, we would ask to spread the Call for Papers as widely as possible.

Kinds regards,

Susan Zimmermann (President)
Lukas Neissl (General Secretary)

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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

With a new academic year, a new season of the monthly-organised IISH Seminar Series commences, with a slightly changed format. The presentations will be kept shorter to leave more room for Q&A and discussion, to accommodate a more lively discussion we hope to encourage all attendants to read the papers in advance. Here is the (preliminary) program:

2019 LAWCHA Conference
Workers on the Move - Workers' Movements
May 30-June 1, 2019
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

The Labor and Working-­Class History Association, an organization of scholars, teachers, students, labor educators and activists, welcomes proposals for the 2019 LAWCHA conference at Duke University in Durham, NC, May 30-­June 1. The conference theme will be Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements.

July 2018 Kate Sharpley Library Bulletin online
KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 95, July 2018 has just been posted on our site.
The PDF is up at: https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/0gb6n3

Contents:

Dockworker Power

Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area

Waterfront battles for rights and justice

Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis, with the first period of review beginning August 9, 2018.

Overview

Fourth ACSS Conference
Call for Papers

Fourth Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences
“Power, Borders and Ecologies in Arab Societies: Practices and Imaginaries”
April 12-14, 2019 | Beirut, Lebanon

Deadline for submission of paper proposals: September 10, 2018