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Global Labor Histories in the Francophone World

Histoires croisées du travail dans le monde francophone

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Published on Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Abstract

Since the turn of new millennium, a new global history of labor has emerged that focuses on the relationship between structures and practices of labor from at least medieval times to the present day. However, most French historians of labor continue to focus on the Hexagon and to underestimate wider European and global connections and comparisons. Similarly, specialists of slavery and post-slavery in the French colonies rarely extend their analyses to other empires or to labor history in France. This special issue seeks to bridge these gaps by inviting submissions relating labor in mainland France to labor in its colonies and/or other areas, from the early modern to the present day.

Announcement

Argument

The editors of French Historical Studies seek articles for a special issue on labor in France and the francophone world in global perspective, to appear in 2024.

Since the turn of new millennium, a new global history of labor has emerged that focuses on the relationship between structures and practices of labor from at least medieval times to the present day. However, most French historians of labor continue to focus on the Hexagon and to underestimate wider European and global connections and comparisons. Similarly, specialists of slavery and post-slavery in the French colonies rarely extend their analyses to other empires or to labor history in France. This special issue seeks to bridge these gaps by inviting submissions relating labor in mainland France to labor in its colonies and/or other areas, from the early modern to the present day.

Main themes

  • Potential themes that lend themselves to comparative or global approaches include:
  • Economic and social structures of labor and bondage
  • Labor structures and practices in imperial metropoles and colonies
  • Gender, race and age profiles in labor structures and practices
  • Labor protest and revolt
  • Worker migration and mobility

Submission guidelines

Queries about submission and other matters should be addressed to the guest editors, Alessandro Stanziani (alessandro.stanziani@ehess.fr) and Gwyn Campbell (gwyn.campbell@mcgill.ca)

To submit an article, visit www.editorialmanager.com/fhs/default.aspx. After registering, follow the submission instructions under “Instructions for Authors” on the website. Articles may be either in English or in French but must in either case conform to French Historical Studies style and must be accompanied by 150-word abstracts in both French and English. Manuscripts may be between 8,000 words and 12,000 words. For illustrations, stills, or film clips, authors must obtain written permission for both print and online publication from the relevant persons or institutions.

Deadline for submission of papers to FHS is August 20, 2022.

Editors

  • Kathryn A. Edwards, University of South Carolina
  • Carol E. Harrison, University of South Carolina

Managing Editor

  • Laura Foxworth

Editorial Board

  • Naomi Andrews
  • Jeffrey D. Burson
  • Mita Choudhury
  • Nicolas Delalande
  • Sarah Fishman
  • Felix Germain
  • Janet Horne
  • Richard Ivan Jobs
  • Laura Mason
  • Raymond Mentzer
  • Gavin Murray-Miller
  • Jennifer Palmer
  • Jonathan Reid
  • Mona Siegel
  • Anne Verjus

Subjects


Date(s)

  • Saturday, August 20, 2022

Attached files

Keywords

  • travail esclavage migration

Contact(s)

  • Gwyn Campbell
    courriel : gwyn [dot] campbell [at] mcgill [dot] ca
  • Alessandro Stanziani
    courriel : alessandro [dot] stanziani [at] ehess [dot] fr

Reference Urls

Information source

  • Alessandro Stanziani
    courriel : alessandro [dot] stanziani [at] ehess [dot] fr

License

CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

To cite this announcement

« Global Labor Histories in the Francophone World », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, https://doi.org/10.58079/16fy

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