Deadline for abstract submissions: October 15, 2008
The workshop will take place in Amsterdam on 12th and 13th December, 2008. The IISH will cover the cost of travel and accommodation expenses for those who present papers in the workshop. This project, which is in the preliminary stages of background research and planning, has been inspired by a major programme on Global Labour History at the IISH, and the associated discourse that has been developed by debates over the past few years. Evidently, over the past three decades, the monopoly of European and North-American labour historiography has been challenged by the growth of studies on labour history in Africa, Asia and Latin America. However, developments in this terrain have been very slow concerning the Middle East in general and Iran in particular. This project seeks to fill this critical gap. By exploring themes related to the formation and devel-opment of working class within the Iranian oil industry; this workshop aims to investigate three thematic strands. First, it seeks to discuss intensively relevant methodological and conceptual underpinnings as well as historical perspectives as an area of enquiry in constructing a social history of labour in the Iranian oil industry. Second, it intends to examine, interpret and analyse primary sources as well as the context in which these sources were generated. Third, it attempts to map as many relevant connections and relationships as possible and to place the case of Iran in a comparative framework, lead-ing to the formulation of a well-reasoned set of arguments about the historical process of Global Labour History.
Abstracts should be sent as PDF or MS Word documents and should include full contact information and a brief academic biography.
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