International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH) (Web ENG) | (Web DE)
Time: 16.-18.09.2027
Venue: Linz
Proposals by: 31.01.2027
The ITH invites submissions for a conference in Linz 2027. The conference themes explore the roles of political rights, social justice, and welfare politics in Gender and Labour after WWII. The period between 1945 and the 1960s was marked by major turning points for workers’ rights, political engagement, and the development of social welfare systems and saw the struggle for the advancement of political and social rights of women around the world. Key contexts shaping the struggles on gender and labour in this period included border-crossing population movements and racialized diversity, changing patterns of international governance and social movement internationalism, post-WWII reconstruction, the economic boom, late colonial rule and decolonization, state-socialist catch-up development, and global sociopolitical competition. In different world regions and on the international stage, these contexts impacted on the engagement with gender and labour to various degrees. Read more … (Web)
Conference Themes: How to conceptualize an aftermath? | Political Rights and the Long Shadow of Wartime Labour Mobilization and (Far-)Right-Wing Politics | Mass displacement and Migrant Work | Discrimination Against Women Workers and Multiply Marginalized Workers and Communities | Labour and other Social Movements and the Struggles for Post-War Welfare Politics
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