WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY is pleased to announce
a call for papers for the 38th Annual North American Labor History
Conference, “Workers and Global Cities: Detroit & Beyond.” The conference
will take place at Wayne State in Detroit, MI from October 20-22, 2016. See below for full details
CALL FOR PAPERS
WORKERS AND GLOBAL CITIES: DETROIT AND BEYOND
38TH Annual North American Labor History Conference
October 20-22, 2016
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
The Program Committee of the North American
Labor History Conference (NALHC), an international conference with a global
perspective on labor and working-class history, invites proposals for papers,
panels, roundtables, and workshops on the theme of Workers and Global Cities:
Detroit and Beyond, for our thirty-eighth annual meeting.
Taking our cue from global developments, the
NALHC Conference committee is looking for panels and workshops that will
explore the connections between labor and urban history, workers and
city-dwellers, in the context of globalization. We are interested in how
“work,” “workers,” and “cities” remake and are remade by the global economy and
by the dangers inherent in new global realities—where migration and exchange
are seen both as constructive and destructive of urban life. Boundaries between
nations, between regions, and between cities and suburbs have become
increasingly important, but so, too, has the blurring of these lines in the
global system. Even as metropolitan Detroit has become a focus of national—and international—attention,
in celebration and criticism of its “rebirth,” so too does it reflect
developments in urban worlds across the globe. Examining the history, current
state, and future prospects of work, workers, and their movements, as they
develop(ed) in Detroit, and in global cities such as Los Angeles, Tokyo,
Mumbai, Chennai, Cairo, Lagos, Moscow, London, Rio de Janeiro, and New York,
will expand our understanding of the forces that historically drove and
currently drive the global economy in Detroit and beyond.
We welcome proposals from a wide variety of
disciplines and from scholars and activists working in various geographical and
temporal frameworks. We also welcome proposals on topics that differ from the conference
theme, especially if submitted as a full panel or roundtable.
Submissions of proposals for papers, panels,
or roundtables should include a one paragraph abstract and a brief biographical
statement or CV for each participant. Submissions should be sent before the
deadline of April 30th, 2016 to:
Thomas Klug, Conference Coordinator
North American Labor History Conference
Department of History, Wayne State University
Phone: 313-577-2525
Email:
nalhc@wayne.edu
