Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation - Newsletter n. 23 - 14 November 2007

The Feltrinelli group celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1957 publication of Boris Pasternak's renowned novel.

From 23-27 November 2007 the entire Feltrinelli Group – the publishing house, the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, and the Feltrinelli bookshops – will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of one of its greatest international publishing successes.

"Buon compleanno Dottor Živago" is a party to which the Group would like to invite both scholars and readers.

New items on the IISH website in October 2007:

[url]http://www.iisg.nl/publications/asiaguide.php[/url]
The new 'Guide to the Asian Collections' presents a survey of collections at the IISH.

[url]http://www.ichs2010.org/themes.asp[/url]
The themes and sessions of the Amsterdam 2010 congress have been adopted by the General Assembly of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS).

Nieuws van Amsab - ISG

Michael Harrington Symposium at the Tamiment Library
November 15, 2007, 5:30 P.M – 8:30 P.M.

The Tamiment Library will be celebrating the life and work of Michael Harrington (1928-1989) and the official opening of the Michael Harrington papers at a November 15 symposium.

The European Workshop of Communist Studies - Call for Contributions:

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Call for Papers

Robert Owen and his legacy

Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Wales, 14-17 August 2008

Lengwiler, Martin: Risikopolitik im Sozialstaat. Die schweizerische Unfallversicherung (1870-1970) (= Industrielle Welt 69). Köln: Böhlau Verlag 2006. ISBN 3-412-08606-1; 445 S.; EUR 49,90.

Dominic, Lieven; Perrie, Maureen; Suny, Ronald Grigor (Hrsg.): The Cambridge History of Russia. Volume 1 From Early Rus' to 1689; Volume 2 Imperial Russia 1689-1917; Volume 3 The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2006. ISBN 0-521-86194-2; geb.; 2412 S.; 377,98 EUR.

Seidel, Hans-Christoph; Tenfelde, Klaus (Hrsg.): Zwangsarbeit im Europa des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bewältigung und vergleichende Aspekte (= Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für soziale Bewegungen, Schriftenreihe C: Arbeitseinsatz und Zwangsarbeit im Bergbau 5). Essen: Klartext Verlag 2007. ISBN 978-3-89861-588-4; 253 S.; EUR 29,90.

Stitziel, Judd: Fashioning Socialism. Clothing, Politics and Consumer Culture in East Germany. Oxford: Berg Publishers 2005. ISBN 1-84520-282-1; Paperback; XII, 260 S.; $29.95.