Labour as resource

Call for papers

Labour as resource. Individuals, mobility and economic strategies in pre-industrial urban societies

Centre Maurice Halbwachs, CNRS/EHESS/ENS, Paris
February 11-13, 2010

Since 1980s, thanks to studies like Steven Kaplan's and Michael Sonenscher's ones, our comprehension of the pre-industrial work's organization has deeply changed. The role of guilds has been put into perspective, and many different kinds of "others" labours, beyond the guilds, have been detected and depicted.

Fellowship in Economic and Social History

The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting applications for a six-month fellowship in American or European Economic and Social History, with the possibility of extending it to one year (depending on the availability of funding). Preference is given to applicants on the postdoctoral level. The Fellow is expetcted to be in residence at the GHI and participate in GHI activities and events, including planning an economic/social history workshop.

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli

Newsletter n. 15 - 12 maggio 2009
Le novità della Fondazione e del sito
[url]http://www.fondazionefeltrinelli.it[/url]

E' online [url]http://www.progettorisorgimento.it[/url], il portale tematico del progetto - "Il Risorgimento e la nascita dell'Italia contemporanea" - che vedrà impegnata la Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli in collaborazione con l'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia e la Fondazione Istituto Gramsci.

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