Kategorie: Aktuelles

Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 9 to 11, 2019

The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was a landmark moment in North American working-class history.  In May and June of that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks, Reflecting the frustrations and anger rooted in a city deeply divided by class and ethnicity and inspired by the hopes of building something better in the wake of World War, Winnipeg workers displayed an inspiring unity, facing hunger, threats of permanent dismissal and blacklisting, and violence at the hands of authorities.  It was a defining moment in the city’s, and the country’s, history.

A century later, as we seek to understand and commemorate these events, we can’t help but be struck by continuities – so many of the themes of 1919 continue to confront us today:

1. The Fight for a Better Life: Just as workers in 1919 sought to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty and win a fairer share of the fruits of economic growth, 21st century workers are facing worsening material condition, stagnating wages, and increasingly precarous employment
2. Solidarity Across Boundaries:  A century ago, Winnipeg was a divided city – not only along the lines of class, but workers were, themselves, divided along lines of race and ethnicity.  Amazingly, attempts by employers to use bigotry to divide the city’s strikers failed.  The lessons of overcoming these divisions and fighting for common, expanded rights, are as central today as they were then, and inculde a growing understanding of the rights of Indigenous people as First Nations and as workers.
3. Building a Working-Class Alternative: The Winnipeg General Strike was part of a continent-wide, even international, revolt.  This was an era in which labour was the voice of the dispossessed; if there was a solution to the problems that capitalism brought, it was represented by labour.  To what extent are current social struggles class issues that labour needs to centrally address? Can labour lead in building a better future in which all forms of oppression and exploitation are fought?

These are broad themes, but the Winnipeg General strike, although provoked by specific issues of collective bargaining, exploded into a broader revolt because it spoke to these broader issues.  This conference will bring together a range of historians, labour studies scholars, trade unionists, and social activists to share their knowledge and experiences.  We envisage presentations and discussions about the General Strike and the subsequent history of labour’s attempts to address these three themes, as well as current struggles.  We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, and roundtables.

Further details: http://1919-2019.com/

Deadline for Proposals: Feb. 1, 2018.

The journal Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Studia Territorialia invites authors to submit articles for its 2018 special issue entitled “Coming to Terms with the Past: The Politics of Reconciliation and Beyond.” Studia Territorialia is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal in the Czech Republic covering Area Studies. The journal is published on behalf of the Institute of International Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (Prague). 

While the imperative of reconciliation can already be found in ancient sacred texts, reconciliation as a political concept that overcomes individual and private settings has been rigorously studied only since the 1990s. This was primarily in the context of dismantling apartheid in South Africa and post-war reconstruction in former Yugoslavia. Ever since, the quickly growing field of the study of the politics of reconciliation has broadened its scope, both geographically and topically, to cover the legacies of colonization, authoritarian rule as well as armed conflicts fraught with ethnic, religious and political grievances. The proposed special issue seeks to highlight the varying forms of reconciliation policies taking place in the countries of North America, Europe and post-Soviet Eurasia. The editors welcome proposals for original theoretical, comparative, and case studies providing both disciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives (history, IR, sociology, law, mass communication, among others).

Deadline for Proposals: Jan. 20, 2018.

September 28-29, 2018, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

As recent events throughout North America suggest, race is and has long been intertwined with sports. In Canada, however, many of the stories and experiences of athletes in a racialized context have been invisible or overlooked. In this Symposium, we are calling for contemporary and historical papers that focus on Canadian experiences that address sports, broadly defined, in the context of a racialized world. Papers may focus on individuals, teams, or deal with themes that address sports and race in relation to: community, nation, and identity; social justice; gender and class; region; sport as a manifestation of cultural practices. It may focus on local amateur, grassroots, or elite play, and cover local, regional or international activities. Presenters from all disciplines are invited.

For submission details, please visit see the CfP.

Extendend Deadline for submissions: Jan. 15, 2018.

Exploring Canada: Exploits & Encounters, Akureyri, Iceland, Wed 8 – Sat 11 August 2018

In collaboration with the Stefansson Arctic Institute and the University of Akureyri, the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies invites submissions for papers or posters for the twelfth Nordic international, cross-disciplinary Canadian Studies conference, to be held in Akureyri, Iceland, in August 2018. The theme of the conference – ‘Exploring Canada’ – may be taken literally or metaphorically.

We are looking especially, but not exclusively, for contributions in the following fields:

history / political science / literature & the arts / aboriginal affairs /

Arctic & other regional studies / human & cultural geography / biography

Confirmed keynote speakers include Ryan Eyford, History, University of Winnipeg, and David Laycock, Political Science, Simon Fraser University.

For submission details, click here.

Extendend Deadline for submissions: Jan. 15, 2018.

Les XXXII^e Journées de linguistique (JDL) se tiendront les 15 et 16 mars 2018.

Le but principal de ce colloque multidisciplinaire est de permettre aux jeunes chercheurs (2^e et 3^e cycles) de différentes universités de présenter les résultats de leurs travaux dans des domaines relatifs à la langue (linguistique, terminologie, traduction, didactique, communication, orthophonie, littérature, sociologie, anthropologie, philosophie, psychologie, etc.) et de publier éventuellement un article scientifique.

Nous vous invitons à soumettre un résumé de communication d’un maximum de 250 mots à l’adresse courriel des JDL (jdl@lli.ulaval.ca) au plus tard le 5 janvier 2018.

Les communications, d’une durée maximale de 20 minutes, sont suivies d’une période de questions de 10 minutes. Nous encourageons les participants à présenter leur communication enfrançais, mais les communications en anglais ou en espagnol seront considérées. Les propositions d’étudiants de 1^er cycle pourront également être évaluées.

Pour de plus amples informations sur le programme du colloque, veuillez consulter le site Web.

See the full CfP here.