WORCK Membership Archives - Worlds of Related Coercions in WorK https://worck.eu/category/news/membership/ WORCK represents a radical change of perspective on labour history Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://worck.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-Logo-gros-32x32.png WORCK Membership Archives - Worlds of Related Coercions in WorK https://worck.eu/category/news/membership/ 32 32 Deadline extended: WORCK Training School 2: Programming Labour History. Digital Methods for Social and Labour Historians https://worck.eu/2023/10/10/deadline-extended-worck-training-school-2-programming-labour-history-digital-methods-for-social-and-labour-historians/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:58:35 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5360 Bielefeld University, Germany 12–15 February 2024 Update: The deadline for applications has been extended to 20 October 2023. Since 2019, the COST Action “Worlds of Related Coercions in Work (WORCK)” (CA18205) has been bringing together scholars from all over Europe and beyond scholars working on labour and coercion in different periods and regions to [...]

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]]> Call for Papers: “Labour & Coercion” at the 5th ELHN Conference https://worck.eu/2023/06/08/call-for-papers-labour-coercion-at-the-5th-elhn-conference/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:22:47 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5146 Uppsala, 11–13 June 2024 Deadline: 20 August 2023 ELHN’s “Labour & Coercion” working group, currently known as COST Action WORCK, invites proposals for papers for the fifth European Labour History Network conference. The event takes place from 11–13 June 2024 in Uppsala, Sweden, and is organised by the Swedish Labour Movement’s Archives and Library. [...]

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]]> New Calls for ITC Conference Grants and Dissemination Conference Grants https://worck.eu/2023/06/06/new-calls-for-itc-conference-grants-and-conference-dissemination-grants/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:18:50 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5143 We are happy to announce that a new call for ITC Conference Grants and Dissemination Conference Grants is now open! ITC Conference Grants aim at supporting Young Investigators and Innovators (under 40 years of age) affiliated with an institution located in an Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) or Near Neighbour Country and participating in the [...]

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]]> WORCK Training School 2: Programming Labour History. Digital Methods for Social and Labour Historians (Call for Applications) https://worck.eu/2023/05/23/worck-training-school-2-programming-labour-history-digital-methods-for-social-and-labour-historians-call-for-applications/ Tue, 23 May 2023 16:02:11 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5130 Bielefeld University, Germany 12–15 February 2024 Since 2019, the COST Action “Worlds of Related Coercions in Work (WORCK)” (CA18205) has been bringing together scholars from all over Europe and beyond scholars working on labour and coercion in different periods and regions to reconceptualise Labour History. A key aspect of our network’s discussions revolves around [...]

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]]> New Calls for Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) and Virtual Mobility (VM) Grants https://worck.eu/2023/03/08/new-calls-for-short-term-scientific-mission-stsm-and-virtual-mobility-vm-grants/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:26:17 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5093 We are happy to announce that one can now apply for STSMs (Short Term Scientific Mission) and Virtual Mobility Grants (VMs) for Grant Period 4! The WORCK Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) are Mobility and Collaboration Grants aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks and fostering collaboration between researchers within the COST Action. [...]

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]]> Sites and Fields of Coercion: Working Group 2 introduces itself (Video) https://worck.eu/2022/11/25/sites-and-fields-of-coercion-working-group-2-introduces-itseld-video/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 11:40:32 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5001 Members of Working Group 2 (Sites and Fields of Coercion) have contributed to the production of this video that explains to the a wider public the notion at the centre of the empirical research ongoing in their working group. The video experiments with a format that tries to explain, through the use of [...]

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]]> After WORCK Drinks (Autumn/Winter 2022) https://worck.eu/2022/10/03/after-worck-drinks-autumn-winter-2022/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:36:41 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=4895 WORCK’s Think Tank invites you to participate in the  After WORCK Drinks. This monthly jour fixe is dedicated to discussions of “What is coercion?” and “What comes after WORCK?” The overarching goal of these informal After WORCK Drinks is to link our work across the confines of the working groups, and to collectively reach an understanding of what “coercion” means. We aim [...]

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]]> Working Group 3: Online Meeting https://worck.eu/2022/10/03/working-group-3-online-meeting/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:46:41 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=4885 The next meeting of Working Group 3 (Im/mobilisations of the Workforce) will take place online (on Zoom, see link below) on 10 October 2022 at 12:00 (UTC+2(=CEST))  and will take approximately one  hour. During the meeting we will discuss ongoing projects of the Working Group and brainstorm plans for the final WORCK conference, which [...]

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]]> WORCK Grants – Apply now! https://worck.eu/2022/08/01/worck-grants-apply-now/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:10:58 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=4489 COST offers several Grants aimed at fostering international collaboration and mobility. As there is still funding available for our current Grant Period, we would like to draw your attention towards the funding opportunities WORCK provides for individual researchers, and encourage you to apply. We are accepting applications for: Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) to [...]

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]]> New MC Member: Ireland joint WORCK! https://worck.eu/2021/09/17/new-mc-member-ireland-joint-worck/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:17:59 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=3778 Our COST Action is growing: We warmly welcome Niall O'Suilleabhain, who has just joined the WORCK management committee as national delegate for Ireland! Niall O'Suilleabhain currently works at Trinity College Dublin. He is a medieval social and economic historian, whose research interest lie in slavery, unfreedom and social hierarchies. We are looking forward to [...]

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