We are excited to announce that the programme for the XVI Nordic Labour History Conference, which will be held in Tampere from May 7-10, 2025, is now available on our website: https://events.tuni.fi/nlhc2025/programme/. Keynote speakers: Klaus Petersen (University of Southern Denmark): Social Democracy and the Nordic welfare state revisited Pirjo Markkola (Tampere University): Nordic gender equality revisited […]

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The registration for the XVI Nordic Labour History Conference, to be organized in Tampere in May 7-10, 2025, is open until April 16.   Early bird prices are valid until February 2:  Early bird: 150 EUR (200 EUR from 3 February onwards) PhD students: 120 EUR The fees include participation to the scientific programme, scheduled lunches […]

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Scheduled for May 7-10, 2025, the conference will be held in Tampere, a city renowned for its rich labor and industrial history. The event is co-organised by the Finnish Society for Labour History and the history degree programme at Tampere University with the support of Nordic Labour History Network. The deadline for paper and session […]

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The next Nordic Labour History Conference will take place in Tampere, Finland, on May 7-10, 2025. The conference venue will be Tampere University, and participants will have the opportunity to visit various labour heritage sites of the city, which is known for its vibrant industrial history. The call for paper will be published in March […]

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(ENGLISH VERSION BELOW) Fra 26-30. januar 2022 samles forskere i arbejderhistorie og faglige aktivister på Arbejdermuseet i København til den XV Nordic Labour History Conference – og onsdagens program er åbent for alle med foredrag, rundbordssamtale og filmvisning.Hvornår: 26. januar kl. 17:00-21:30.Hvad koster det: alm. entré (100 kr.) Kl. 17.00-19.00: Centennials as Battleground of Historical […]

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This is the overview of the final program for the XV NLHC hybrid version together with a description of the sessions and a brief history of the NLHC’s as well as abstracts and bios from the presenters

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Now getting closer to the date, there is a revised program for the XV Nordic Labour History Conference available. In light of the covid19 situation, we have switched to hybrid format. In the program is noted who of the presenters, keynotes and discussants that will attend online.

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The XV Nordic Labour History Conference is getting closer to actually happen in real life – and now we have the new preliminary program ready for the re-scheduled conference that will take place from January 26-30, 2022, at Arbejdermuseet in Copenhagen. Download the full program below. If you have colleagues who are interested in presenting, […]

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Since we reached the decision to postpone the XV. Nordic Labour History Conference (new dates Jan 26-30, 2022), we have been working on an online space for us to stay connected and updated on each others’ research. The first several lectures, worklabs and roundtables have already been scheduled – download the program below to find […]

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January 26-30, 2022, are the new dates for the Nordic Labour History Conference. The decision to postpone the NLHC2020 was made by the organising committee in consultation with the Nordic Labour History Network due to the following concerns: Until recently it still seemed realistic to gather in Copenhagen in November 2020, since the number of […]

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