NALHC

THE NORTH AMERICAN LABOR HISTORY CONFERENCE

2009

 
 

Drawing leading scholars in labor history from around the globe, the annual North American Labor History Conference explores the work conditions and lives of the working class, the history of the labor movement, and the impact of the labor movement on society as a whole.


NALHC 2009 will be held at the McGregor Conference Center on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan from Thursday, October 22 through Saturday, October 24, 2009. Highlights of the conference will include plenary speakers, panels on current research, films on labor issues, and the annual labor poets reading.

 

NALHC 2009

Knowledge, Work and Class

The 2009 North American Labor History Conference, “Knowledge, Work and Class” will explore the myriad questions that emerge when considering the worth, conditions and compensation for the labor of thought and production of ideas. From journalists to teachers to researchers, labor performed with the brain as well as the hand is foundational to modern economies but also presents challenges to those seeking to historicize, contextualize and analyze these types of labor.


The diffusion of knowledge – through classrooms, print, media, the internet – is one of the most powerful forces of modern global culture.  While the intellectual labor needed to create these words, images and ideas is often invisible, the conditions and compensation for that labor has recently come into the public debate.


We encourage comparative and interdisciplinary scholarship from a range of national and international contexts, the integration of public historians and community and labor activists into the 2009 conference sessions.  


Panel and paper proposals are due March 23, 2009. 


For the full Call for Papers for NALHC 2009, click here.