The Newberry Library Labor History Seminar in Labor History

Co-Sponsored by the Chicago and Urbana Campuses of the University of Illinois and the Labor and Working Class History Association

2003-2004 Schedule
Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 P.M.
at The Newberry Library

October 3, 2003
"Last Days of the Working-Class: The Social History of 1970s Popular Culture" Jefferson Cowie, Cornell University

October 24, 2003
"Old World Vices and New World Virtues: The Australian 'Workingman's Paradise' in Comparative Perspective, 1890-1914"
Neville Kirk, Manchester Metropolitan University, England

December 12, 2003
"The Deportable Immigrant: Guestworkers in Post-World War II America"
Cindy Hahamovitch, The College of William & Mary

February 13, 2004
"Class, Gender, and Religion during the U.S. Catholic Labor Moment: The Campaign for a Feast Day for Christ the Worker"
Steve Rosswurm, Lake Forest College

March 12, 2004
SYMPOSIUM: LABOR HISTORY IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION

April 16, 2004
"The Political Development of Mexican Workers in Chicago, 1919-1932"
Juan Mora-Torres, DePaul University

May 14, 2004
"Manpower/Womanpower: Developing Workers, Constructing 'Employables'"
Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara

The Labor History Seminar presents pre-circulated works-in-progress. If you plan to attend you may receive a paper by sending an email message or by calling.