WCSA Awards Nominations (Deadline: January 15, 2016)
The Working-Class Studies Association (WCSA) invites nominations (including selfnominations) for awards covering the year of 2015. Ryan Poewww.ryanmpoe.com/
In Memoriam
Gary Cappy, 1952-2015
I am sad to report that Gary Cappy, of Grass Roots Press, which has printed the LAWCHA newsletter for many years has passed.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 17, 2015
LAWCHA
Herbert G. Gutman Dissertation Prize – submissions due January 3, 2016
The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its annual Herbert Gutman Dissertation Prize, established with the cooperation with.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 8, 2015
OpEd
Jim Berger, “This is the media’s real bias — pro-business, pro-corporate, pro-CEO,” Slate (October 30, 2015)
There are cable stations which devote nearly all their programming to aspects of [the workings of capital]. NPR, of course, has “Marketplace” in.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 8, 2015
Labor History
Working History Podcast: Religion’s Role in Organizing the South
SLSA’s latest Working History podcast, “Religion’s Role in Organizing the South,“ is available for listening on iTunes and SoundCloud. In the episode, Professor.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 7, 2015
LAWCHA
Mapping the IWW
The IWW History Project is now live. Based at the University of Washington, the online project reveals in new ways the rich history.
- by James Gregory
- November 7, 2015
Opportunity
Search for Director of Labor Program at University of Massachusetts Boston
he University of Massachusetts Boston has long had a Labor Studies Program and Labor Resource Center. Now, however, we are reorganizing and redeveloping.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 2, 2015
Events
LAWCHA co-sponsorship at AHA, OAH, and Berks
If you would like to have LAWCHA co-sponsorship for a session at any of the conferences below, please send the information to our.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 2, 2015
Call for Proposals
Social Justice for a Global Working Class: MLWCH Colloquium, Purdue
Organizers of the 2016 Midwest Labor and Working-Class History Colloquium (MLWCH) are soliciting papers of approximately 10 to 25 pages, from any discipline,.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 2, 2015
In Memoriam
Rosalyn Baxandall, 1939-2015
Rosalyn Baxandall, a feminist historian who was among the first to bring scholarly attention to the historical role of women in the workplace.
- by Ryan Poe
- October 26, 2015