Summer Academy 2012: Call for Papers

Application Deadline 15 Juni 2012

The international research centre IGK Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History (Humboldt-University in Berlin) and the History Workshop at Witwatersrand University are organizing an International Summer Academy entitled „ Work, Generation and Life Course“. The event will take place from 1-8 December in Magaliesburg near Johannesburg.

The Summer Academy will focus on the connections between work and life course in various regional contexts and from a historical angle. In this context, young researchers from European as well as non-European countries will not only be offered a forum to present their work. In addition to that, they will be given the opportunity to discuss key questions that this specific field entails with regards to content and method with senior scholars.

Please download the call for papers as well as the application form for further information.

re:work@World Economic History Congress in Stellenbosch

Our center organises a panel for this year's World Economic History Congress. Please find the links to the abstracts and/or papers in question below: 

Addlakha, Renu

Celetti, David

Dougnon, Isaie

Ehmer, Josef

Espada Lima, Henrique

Matthys, Christa

Thane, Pat

Wadauer, Sigrid

Newspaper Article

 Was Arbeit wirklich ist.

Author: Andreas Eckert.

Conference Report

“(De-)Standardisation” of Work Biographies in the 20th Century. Historical and Sociological Perspectives on Regulatory Norms and Social Practices

Autor: Jürgen Schmidt, Humboldt-Universität, IGK Arbeit und Lebenslauf in globalgeschichtlicher Perspektive

Organisatoren: Josef Ehmer, Wien; Nicole Mayer-Ahuja, Göttingen; Lutz Raphael, Trier

re:work@Humboldt-Box

The center takes part in the ´Humboldt-Box´ project with an exhibition entitled 'Thinking Work Globally'. The Humboldt-Box, located in Berlin’s city center, was inaugurated on 29 June 2011. This temporary building provides insights and perspectives about the reconstruction of Berlin’s old city palace as well as the Humboldt-Forum, which will form part of the palace and is aimed at bringing together European and non-European cultures.