René Kuczynski Prize 2010 awarded to Tanja Penter
for her book:

Kohle für Stalin und Hitler. Arbeiten und Leben im Donbass 1929-1953
Essen: Klartext Verlag 2010 (= Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für soziale Bewegungen. Schriftenreihe C: Arbeitseinsatz und Zwangsarbeit im Bergbau; vol. 8), 467 pp., ISBN 978-3-8375-0019-6

The awarding ceremony will take place in connection with the opening of ITH's 47th Linz Conference on 29 September 2011 at Jägermayrhof in Linz, Austria.

Redesign Datenbank Bild + Ton

Seit dem Frühsommer erstrahlt die im Web zugängliche Datenbank Bild + Ton in neuem Glanz. Unter der Adresse www.bild-video-ton.ch erwartet Sie ein grafisch, technisch und inhaltlich grundlegend überarbeiteter Zugang zu den audiovisuellen Archivalien des Sozialarchivs. Die wesentlichen Neuerungen in Kürze:

Colloque Histoire qui se tiendra à Marmande (Lot-et-Garonne), le samedi 22 et le dimanche 23 octobre 2011, à l'occasion du centenaire de sa mort. Le colloque est organisé par les Amis du Vieux Nérac-Editions d'Albret et par les Amis de Renaud Jean.

The Arxiu Històric de CCOO de Catalunya (Historical Archives of Catalonia CCOO, http://www.fciprianogarcia.ccoo.cat/ciprianogarcia/arxiuhistoric/index.aspx) organizes, on 24 November, an International Conference "European trade union Archives: a pluralistic model" in collaboration with the Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona (Historical Archives of the City of Barcelona, http://w110.bcn.cat/portal/site/ArxiuHistoric ), the Associació d'Ar

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2012 annual conference of the Social History Society will take place atthe University of Brighton from Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 April 2012.
Please submit proposals for papers via the Social History Society website –http://www.socialhistory.gellius.net/annualconference.php

The deadline is 26 October 2011.

The Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek (Labour Movement Archives and Library), Stockholm, will be moving to a new location.

The move can affect your access to our collections and we may close for a period of time. We do not however expect any changes in our hours of service during 2011.

Our aim is to cause as little impact as possible on our users and their research. You should still be prepared for the following:

Surveillance Photos
Budapest and Prague through the Eyes of the State Security Services

A new exhibition opens in the gallery of OSA Archivum on 20 September, 2011.

International Workshop

The AFL-CIO and the International Cold War

The international workshop The AFL-CIO and the International Cold War: Problems, Paradigms, and Pragmatic Responses at Congress Center Het Pand in Ghent (7-8 October 2011), will explore the Cold War international history of U.S. labor's relations with worldwide organized labor. Scholarly papers based on a rising tide of scholarship in the field of international labor history will show how labor history can break the boundaries of national borders to be truly international in focus.

Nieuwsbrief, 6e jaargang, nr. 5, september 2011

20 jaar Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth Vlaanderen en Brussel viert dit jaar zijn 20e verjaardag. Naar aanleiding daarvan opent op donderdag 22 september om 19 uur in het Amsab-museum de tentoonstelling Voor Moeder Aarde - Friends of the Earth. 20 jaar engagement.
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The AFL-CIO and the International Cold War

CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL
“SINDICALISMO EN ESPAÑA: DEL FRANQUISMO A LAESTABILIDAD DEMOCRÁTICA (1970-1994)”

Fechas: 4, 5 y 6 de julio de 2012
Universidad de Oviedo, campus de la Universidad Laboral en Gijón
Proyecto de I +D del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. HAR2009-08294: “Lareconstrucción del sindicalismo socialista (1970-1994)”