150 Years of Workers’ Struggles within Canada and Beyond: Legacies of the Past and Trajectories for the Future

Ryerson University
May 31 – June 2, 2017
As part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

October 2016 Kate Sharpley Library Bulletin online

KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 88, October 2016 has just been posted on our site.
The PDF is up at: http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/47d8zs

Contents:

Bob McGlynn: New York Anarchist. http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/m90767

Marking the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War, Dare Devil Rides to Jarama is a new play by Townsend Productions based on the experiences of International Brigade volunteers during the Spanish Civil War. In particular it focuses on Clem Beckett, a Lancashire blacksmith and famous star of the speedway track, who joined the International Brigade to defend freedom and democracy against Franco's rising fascist armies.

"Accepting and Holding Objects “in Trust” – an International and Interdisciplinary Perspective"

Conference ǀ Vienna University Library ǀ May 2-4th, 2017
The question of how to deal with cultural property or looted property held "in trust" concerns libraries, archives, museums, and Jewish institutions.

The International Social History Association (ISHA) published its November 2016 Newsletter (vol. 5 no. 1).

CONTENTS:

The Institute for the History and Future of Work (Institut für die Geschichte und Zukunft der Arbeit - IGZA) is a foundation recently established by Dr. Horst Neumann in Wolfsburg and Berlin. It supports the study of historical developments, present problems and future perspectives of work and labour.
Presently, one of its research fields is dealing with the history, present varieties and future possibilities of working time (Arbeitszeit) in a cross-epochal historical perspective.

Workers of the World: the 15th Biennial National Labour History Conference

Call for Papers

Brisbane, 23-25 September 2017

Convened by the Brisbane Labour History Association (BLHA) on behalf of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH)

Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Newsletter 6/2016

Christian Koller, Es rockt im Archiv

Christian Koller, Vor 60 Jahren: Die Ungarnkrise und die Schweiz

Veranstaltungen und Kooperationen des Schweizerischen Sozialarchivs

Buchpräsentationen:
Donnerstag, 24. November 2016, 18.30 Uhr
Jolanda Spirig: Sticken und Beten: Die Textildynastie Jacob Rohner: Familie, Firma, Klerus (1873–1988)

53rd ITH Conference
Worlds of Labour Turned Upside Down – Revolutions and Labour Relations in Global Historical Perspective
Linz/Upper Austria, 21–23 September 2017
Conference languages: German / English

CALL FOR PAPERS