Ανακοινώσεις - Εκδηλώσεις
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Teaching Historical Demography: Reconciling Disciplinary Approaches. A British Society for Population Studies/Economic History Society Workshop
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together people teaching and researching historical population studies in a wide range of disciplines to 1) identify the differences in the way each discipline approaches the teaching of and research in historical demography and 2) begin to build a consensus on the key concepts, methods and approaches that students of historical demography should be taught regardless of discipline. We wish to encourage those attending to discuss the way that their disciplines teach topics and approaches in historical demography; describe the research training and skills that they—or their discipline—believe students of historical demography need to acquire; and consider the benefits and challenges they have encountered when collaborating with colleagues trained in other disciplines.
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Call for articles for a special issue of the journal Entreprises & Histoire : “The craft industry and its companies: crossed views”
After having devoted a few issues to SMEs and a few articles on craft industry, Entreprises & Histoire is now preparing a special issue on the craft industry, its companies and entrepreneurs, whose ambition will be to cross and bring together different disciplines (history, economics, management sciences, sociology, anthropology, law...) to shed light on the adaptation capacities of craft companies in the face of economic transformations and dynamism over the long term, but also to study the evolution of the researchers' view of craft industry, as a world of innovation. In order to shed light on the capacities of craft enterprises to adapt economic transformations and on the dynamism of the craft industry over the long term, but also to study the evolution of the researchers' view of the craft industry, as an endangered world to be protected or, on the contrary, as a new form of modernity.
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Συνέδρια
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CfP: Conference "Worlds Apart? Futures of Global History", 25-26 May 2023, Vienna
This international conference seeks to discuss possible paths for the future of global history. How can the field live up to its emancipatory potential, how can its approaches and methods be pluralized, how do we address the more pressing topics of global inequality and poverty, how do we strive for a consequent decolonization, and how can a decentralized and entangled practice of global history be achieved (Mignolo, 2007; Bhambra, 2014; Grosfoguel, 2007; Epple, 2018; Adichie, 2019)? With these questions at hand, we would like to center stage the perspectives and experiences of scholars from societies that are still at the margins of global history. We therefore invite scholars, artists, and writers whose histories and epistemologies have been sidelined or excluded from debates about our global past to chart the pivots of a new global history in the plural. The aim of this conference is to discuss and promote ways toward a more open and multicentered study of global history. However, the conference is not limited to the field’s research and writing practices, but also problematizes who its (current and future) practitioners and audiences are, addressing the stark imbalance of gender, race, and class within the discipline. While the workshop does not attempt to provide final answers for a remake of the field, it offers the opportunity to suggest, reflect, and sketch new avenues for a fairer global history that includes a broader and more diverse authorship and an expansion of its methodological, narrative, and conceptual repertoire.
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Θέσεις Εργασίας
Lecturer position in Economic and Social History, Utrecht University
The Department of History and Art History seeks to appoint a temporary lecturer in Economic and Social History. The lecturer will be involved in high-quality teaching and supervision tasks within the regular programmes offered by the Economic and Social History group on the BA and MA level. Candidates are expected to teach a wide range of subjects, including those beyond their own expertise and will also be expected to teach in Dutch.
The application deadline is 28 September 2022.
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Assistant Professor in Global Economic and Social History, Faculty of Humanities, VU University of Amsterdam
We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) Global Economic and Social History of the period 1800-present, with a focus on environmental history. We are especially interested in candidates whose geographic area of expertise lies in Africa or Asia. The prospective candidate has a proven academic record as apparent from academic publications and contributions to public debate. When hired, you will play a central role in teaching the courses offered in the programs Global Economic and Social History (GESH) and Environmental and Water History. You can also be asked to teach general History and History and International Studies courses. You will have the freedom to redesign elements of the courses, according to your interests and qualities, and in close consultation with the director of studies. 30% of your time is available for research, for presenting at conferences and publishing, as well as for writing grant proposals. You will become a member of the history staff within the department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity (AHA), Faculty of Humanities. You are expected to work closely with other colleagues in your teaching and research, and to participate fully in the daily affairs of the department. Research of most of the VU historians is embedded within the CLUE+ Research Institute for Culture, History and Heritage and within national and international research networks and schools.
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PhD Position in Environmental Economic History, Institute of Economics, University of Bern
The Department of Economics at the University of Bern seeks to fill the position of a PhD Student in Environmental Economic History.
The focus of the position is research in environmental economic history, broadly defined as the quantitative treatment of the intersection between the environment and economic history. The position requires a master's degree in economics, history, or climate science. Some training in economics and strong quantitative skills would strengthen your application, while proficiency in written and spoken English is a prerequisite. The successful applicant may register either for a PhD in Economics, a PhD in Economics with a Minor in Climate Science, or a PhD in Climate Science.
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Νέες Εκδόσεις
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Home-Based Work and Home-Based Workers (1800-2021)
Malin Nilsson, Indrani Mazumdar & Silke Neunsinger (eds.) (2022) During the Covid-19 pandemic, the home as a workplace became a widely discussed topic. However, for almost 300 million workers around the world, paid work from home was not news. Home-Based Work and Home-Based Workers (1800-2021) includes contributions from scholars, activists and artists addressing the past and present conditions of home-based work. They discuss the institutional and legal histories of regulations for these workers, their modes of organization and resistance, as well as providing new insights on contemporary home-based work in both traditional and developing sectors.
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Το παιχνίδι της κλίμακας. Τα Βαλκάνια από τους εθνικισμούς στη μετασοσιαλιστική νοσταλγία
Μαρία Τοντόροβα (2022) H συλλογή δοκιμίων της Μαρία Τοντόροβα μας προσκαλεί σε ένα γοητευτικό ερευνητικό ταξίδι στα νεότερα και σύγχρονα Βαλκάνια μέσα από την πραγμάτευση εννοιών και ζητημάτων όπως η νεωτερικότητα και η καθυστέρηση, η εθνική ταυτότητα και οι ετερότητές της, η ιστορική δημογραφία και η κοινωνική δομή, η εμπειρία και η κατάρρευση του υπαρκτού σοσιαλισμού, οι πολιτικές της μνήμης και η νοσταλγία του κομμουνισμού. Με άξονα τις συζητήσεις που προκάλεσε το πολυμεταφρασμένο και πολυδιαβασμένο αριστούργημά της Imagining the Balkans (Οξφόρδη 1997), ο παρών τόμος συγκροτεί μια συνοπτική διανοητική βιογραφία της κορυφαίας βαλκανιολόγου ιστορικού της εποχής μας μέσα από μια επιλογή των ίδιων της των κειμένων. Το παιχνίδι της κλίμακας, η ελεύθερη και δημιουργική κίνηση του βλέμματος της ιστορικού από το τοπικό και το εθνικό στο παγκόσμιο επίπεδο μας αποκαλύπτει ιδιαίτερες τροπές της βαλκανικής ιστορίας από τους εθνικισμούς ώς τη μετασοσιαλιστική νοσταλγία, λειτουργώντας την ίδια στιγμή ως ένα ισχυρό κριτικό αντίδοτο σε στερεοτυπικές απόψεις για την περιοχή μας.
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Η αυτοκρατορία του βαμβακιού. Μια παγκόσμια ιστορία
Sven Beckert (2022) Η αυτοκρατορία του βαμβακιού είναι η εξιστόρηση μιας πραγματικής εποποιίας, που διαδραματίστηκε, και εξακολουθεί να διαδραματίζεται, σε πλανητική κλίμακα. Είναι η ιστορία του πώς μέσα σε εντυπωσιακά σύντομη χρονική περίοδο, από τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες του 18ου αιώνα και εξής, Ευρωπαίοι έμποροι, επιχειρηματίες, κεφαλαιούχοι και ισχυροί κρατικοί λειτουργοί, εκμεταλλευόμενοι τον καρπό ενός πανάρχαιου φυτού καθώς και τη συσσωρευμένη πείρα και τις απέραντες αγορές μιας πανάρχαιης μεταποιητικής δραστηριότητας στην Ασία, την Αφρική, τη Βόρεια και τη Νότια Αμερική, οικοδόμησαν μια νέα οικονομία του βαμβακιού με τεράστιο εύρος και δυναμισμό. Όχημά τους ήταν η δύναμη των κρατών τους, ο συνδυασμός του υπερπόντιου επεκτατισμού και της εργασίας των σκλάβων, η εισαγωγή νέων μηχανών και η καθιέρωση νέων μορφών ημερομίσθιας εργασίας, αλλά και η ανάπτυξη πρωτόγνωρων μορφών δικτύωσης και διακίνησης πληροφοριών. Και κατά ειρωνεία της ιστορίας, η συγκλονιστική επιτυχία τους αφύπνισε ταυτόχρονα εκείνες ακριβώς τις δυνάμεις που εντέλει, κατά τον 20ό αιώνα, θα τους έθεταν στο περιθώριο της αυτοκρατορίας που είχαν δημιουργήσει.
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