The Belgian economist Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) was an undogmatic Marxist thinker and radical politician, who had an important influence on the "68 generation". Mandel enjoyed widespread international recognition as author and theoretician, and has been officially barred from several countries in both the West and the East. His writings have been translated into more than 40 languages. Jan Willem Stutje has been the first person to access Mandel’s archives and had talked to numerous people who interacted with Mandel.

Praxis Research and Educational Center
School for Labor Democracy

International conference

1917-2007: Idea of the revolution and experience of history

Moscow 9-10 July 2007

The aim of the conference, on the 90th anniversary of the revolutionary events of 1917 in Russia, is to discuss historical and theoretical problems of revolutionary tradition in social thought and political practice, its nature, fate, contemporary expressions and possible prospects.

Papers are invited on the following basic themes:

Trabajadores y movimiento obrero en la Extremadura contemporáneaIII encuentro historiográfico del GEHCEx

El Grupo de Estudios sobre la Historia Contemporánea de Extremadura (GEHCEx) ha considerado organizar unas jornadas monográficas sobre la historia del movimiento obrero en Extremadura. Un iniciativa que persigue, al menos, dos objetivos: hacer un balance de los realizado hasta el momento y, sobre todo, impulsar las investigaciones de historia obrera en Extremadura.

Cáceres, ExtremaduraFecha: 15/12/2007

Imagination and Commitment. Representations of the Social Question
International conference

University of Groningen, 10 - 11 May 2007.

Keynote-speakers:

Soutien au CIRA - Support the CIRA!

Chers amis, Chers collègues,

Le Centre international de recherches sur l'anarchisme (CIRA) fêtera ses 50 ans d'existence cette année. Le CIRA est une bliothèque et un centre d'archives anarchiste fondé à Genève et actuellement installé à Lausanne. Il est l'une des quatre institutions suisses membres de l'IALHI.

Read more about the historian of the anarchist movement and his papers at www.iisg.nl/collections/nettlau/

24 April, Willem van Schendel: Stretching Labour Historiography. Ideas from South Asia

29 May, Subir Sinha: Social Movements in South Asia

19 June, Karin Willemse: Gender en Globalisering

25 September, Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk: De draad in eigen handen. Vrouwen en loonarbeid in de Nederlandse textielnijverheid, 1581-1810

30 October, Farhad Nomani: Labour and Class in Contemporary Iran

27 November, Elke Weesjes: De Engelse en Nederlandse Communistische beweging vergeleken

All lectures are held from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Celebrating the London Co-operative Society collection at Bishopsgate Institute and International Co-operator's Day.

This unique one-day event provides a fascinating insight to the history of co-operation in London. Discover more about the changing nature of this important movement from its origins to the present day and how the 'co-op' became part of the fabric of everyday life for Londoners.

Saturday 7th July 2007, 10.00am-5.30pm

Chair:
· Dame Pauline Green (Chief Executive and General Secretary, Co-operatives-UK)

Speakers:

The 2006 IALHI annual conference was held in Zurich, Switzerland from 6 to 9 September. It was organized by the Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv.

The meeting included a special session on "Labour Movement Film: Collecting – Preserving – Valorization".

The conference report (PDF file, 1.4 Mb) is now available at www.ialhi.org/iconf-06.pdf

Call for papers ESSHC Lisbon 2008
Network: Labour

'Working for wages 1300-1800: Conditions and forms of pre-industrial labour contracts'