The International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam is one of the institutes of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). IISH maintains library, archival and audiovisual collections in the area of social history and provides access to these collections for research and parties interested. The institute is one of the most important scientific heritage institutions within the Netherlands. In the area of social and economic historical research, the IISH is a major international player.

Haymarket Books is proud to announce the paperback edition of the Marxist classic Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory, by Kevin Murphy.

Why did the most unruly proletariat of the Twentieth Century come to tolerate the ascendancy of a political and economic system that, by every conceivable measure, proved antagonistic to working-class interests?

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The 2008-9 edition of North West Labour History takes as its theme workers' memoirs and recollections. These may be in the form of personal recollections, oral testimony transcripts, unpublished recollections, diaries, poems, songs or image collections including photographs, drawings and cartoons. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2008. If you would like to contribute an article please contact: [mailto]editor@workershistory.org[/mailto]

1968 - A view of the protest movements 40 years after, from a global perspective
1968 - Ein Blick auf die Protestbewegungen 40 Jahre danach aus globaler Perspektive
International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH) 11.09.2008-14.09.2008, Linz, Austria
Deadline: 31.10.2007

Call for Papers / Tagungspapier

Call for Papers: "Workers, the Nation-State, and Beyond: The Newberry Conference on Labor History Across the Americas"

Neue Rezensionen im Archiv für Sozialgeschichte - Stand Juni/Juli 2007

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
wir freuen uns, Ihnen heute wieder Buchbesprechungen zur Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte präsentieren zu können.

Die Rezensionen verstehen sich als Teil des Rezensions-Apparats von Band47 (2007) des ARCHIV FÜR SOZIALGESCHICHTE und sind im Internet als Volltexte zugänglich:[url]library.fes.de/afs-online/fr-rezensionen.html[/url]

Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels
Paleis der Academiën
Hertogsstraat 1
1000 Brussels
Belgium[url]http://www.kvab.be[/url]

With the organizational and financial support of:

International Institute of Social History
Amsab-Institute for Social History
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Ghent University
Free University of Brussels
Gerrit Kreveld Foundation
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts

Society for the Study of Labour History
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

Applications are invited for the Edward Thompson Memorial Bursary. The bursary has been established by the Society for the Study of Labour History in honour of one of its distinguished founders and past Presidents. It is tenable at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, in the value of up to £250 per annum, in order to support research in the MRC archive.

The Social History Society is delighted to announce that its 2008 annual gathering will be hosted by the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, from Thursday 27th - Saturday 29th March. The conference will again be organised around six broad thematic strands. Further information about these strands, and details about the location may be found on the Society's website, [url]http://www.socialhistory.org.uk/annualconference.htm[/url]. Please use the electronic application form on the website to submit your proposal.