Jan. 25: ELIZABETH M. JENKINS (English, PSU)
"Reconstructing Labor History in Modern Italy: The Director
and the Peasants in Bertolucci's '1900'"
Discussants
Lynn Vacca (History, PSU)
Ronald Filippelli (Labor and Industrial Relations, PSU)
Feb. 8: THOMAS J. SUGRUE (History, University of Pennsylvania)
"Detroit's 'Slave Market': Rethinking Discrimination in the
Building Trades, 1940-1970"
Discussants
Gretchen De Jong (History, PSU)
James B. Stewart (Labor and Industrial Relations, PSU)
Mar. 15: JOSEPH A. MCCARTIN (History, SUNY-Geneseo)
"Abortive Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and the Wilson
Administration, 1914-1921"
Discussants
Vincent Tedesco (History, PSU)
Daniel Letwin (History, PSU)
Apr. 5: ARTHUR MCIVOR (History, University of Strathclyde)
"Occupational Health and Safety in the British Cotton
Textile Manufacturing Industry, 1880-1914"
Discussants
Alan Derickson (Labor and Industrial Relations, PSU)
Philip Jenkins (Religious Studies/History, PSU)
*** All Meetings will be held 3-5pm, 102 Weaver Building ***
NB -- Papers will be circulated in advance and discussed at the
sessions. Those interested in joining or learning more about the
Workshop, receiving copies of papers, or having a work in
progress discussed by the Workshop, contact:
Labor History Workshop, Department of History, Penn State
University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802
Ph.#: 814-863-0417; Email: DLL8@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
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