Conference: Historicising the Concept of Europe in Global History, 30.08.-03.09.2021, Vienna and virtual space; Registration due: 18.07.2021

WORCK Conference 2; Contact Persons: Juliane Schiel, Lukas Neissl, Teresa Petrik (Web)
Time: 30.08.-03.09.2021
Venue: University of Vienna and virtual space
This conference brings together two major networks for labour and social history in Europe:

  • The “European Labour History Network” (ELHN) (Web): The ELHN Conference 4 (30.08. to 01.09.2021) offers a broad and diverse programme of labour-related sessions organised by the ELHN working groups.
  • COST Action “Worlds of Related Coercions in Work” (WORCK) (Web): The WORCK Conference 2 (30.08. to 03.09.2021) is dedicated to a readerbased plenary discussion on the concept of Europe in global history and social inequalities in Europe in past and present.

The registration (due 18.07.2021) is open now (Web)
Program

Working Groups

  • Labour Migration
  • Feminist Labour History
  • Labour and Family Economy
  • Maritime Labour
  • Military Labour
  • European Trade Unionism
  • Factory History
  • Labour and Empire
  • Memory and Deindustrialisation
  • Workers’ Education
  • Speak, Look, Listen! The Cultural Production of Work

  • Labour in Mining
  • Remuneration and Bargaining
  • Central-East Europe
  • Grammars of Coercion
  • Sites and Fields of Coercion
  • Im/Mobilisations of the Workforce
  • Intersecting Marginalities
  • Digital Humanities Group
  • Public Outreach Group
  • PHPalgrave Handbook of Global Slavery

The conference takes place as a hybrid event. Conference participants decide upon registration whether they take part online or on-site.
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