Launch Invitation
Labour History and the “Coolie Question” A special issue of Labour History, no. 113 (November 2017) edited by Diane Kirkby and Sophie Loy-Wilson Launch hosted by Julia Martínez When: 6–7.00pm (EST),...
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Labour History, no. 116 (May 2019) Maritime labour has a history as old as labour itself and is of continuing significance in the modern world. This issue includes a thematic, edited by Diane Kirkby,...
View ArticleAboriginal Workers
A 1995 special issue of Labour History revisited in 2020. With work from Indigenous scholars and activists. Read an interview with Ann McGrath, Kay Saunders, and Jackie Huggins, the editors of the...
View ArticleVale Stuart Macintyre
We mourn the death of our friend and president, Stuart Macintyre. In the days since Stuart’s death there has been an avalanche of tributes and we reprint three of these below. Written by Brian Aarons,...
View ArticleLabour History Prizes
The winners of Labour History’s five prizes for 2021 were announced at our 17th Biennial Conference in April. Congratulations go to Phoebe Kelloway, Daniel Hannington-Pinto, Katherine Keirs, William...
View ArticleLaunch of Radical Currents, Labour Histories
In April 2022, the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History launched its new biannual magazine, Radical Currents, Labour Histories. The magazine brings together the latest research on labour...
View ArticleSeminar Series: Labour History | Looking Ahead After Sixty Years
In 2022, Labour History, the journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History celebrated its 60th anniversary. During the year, six seminars were held to showcase the work being...
View ArticleHistory Council of Western Australia Award
The work of the Perth Branch of The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History has been acknowledged by the History Council of Western Australia. Read about their award here. The post History...
View ArticleCall for Papers – (Re)Sources: Historical Inquiry and Labour History Archives
The ASSLH’s 18th Biennial Conference: (Re)Sources: Historical Inquiry and Labour History Archives, will be held at the Research School of Social Sciences Building (Building #146, Ellery Crescent), ANU,...
View ArticleOUT NOW: Labour History, no. 125
Convict, Unfree and Coerced: Workers and the Expansion of Global Empires, a special issue edited by Diane Kirkby and Vivien Miller. Captive and coerced workers, and their bodies, had crucial economic...
View ArticleLyndall Ryan (1943–2024)
The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History is saddened by the loss of Lyndall Ryan, one of Australia’s most influential and admired historians. Her major contribution was in Aboriginal...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Labour Archives and Methodologies
The editors of Labour History invite contributions that reflect the expansion in the archives, both digitized and physical, and the methods we use to craft histories of labour. Over its 60 years...
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