Conferences
Next Conferences
2024,
Nanterre/Paris:
Nanterre/Paris,
France,
11-14 September
Conference Theme:
Dealing with «activist artefacts» (products of the workers' movement and social movements): Conservation, valorisation, history
Past Conferences
2023,
Buenos Aires:
Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
5-8 September
2022,
Zürich:
Organization: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Zürich,
Switzerland,
14-17 September
Main theme:
The struggle against right-wing populist/radical and extreme right-wing movements
Conference pictures
2021,
Online:
Organization: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Online,
8-11 September
Main theme:
Youth movements as political and social actors in past and present
2020,
Online:
Online,
10-11 September
Information and details: https://socialhistoryportal.org/news/articles/310359
2019,
Alcalá de Henares:
Organization: Fundación Pablo Iglesias
Alcalá de Henares,
Spain,
11-14 September
Conference theme: Archives and libraries as actors in commemorative culture
Conference website: https://www.fpabloiglesias.es/archivo-y-biblioteca/conferenciaialhi
Photos of the conference: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ialhi/albums/72157710823025901
2017,
Gent:
Organization: Amsab-Institute of Social History
Gent,
Belgium,
6-9 September
The 2017 IALHI conference is co-organized with Worklab-International Association of Labour Museums, with the support of ITH-International Conference of Labour and Social History and ELHN-European Labour History Network.
Conference theme:
Digital Dreams: Information Technology, Social History Research and the Future of Archives, Museums and Libraries
Photos of the conference:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ialhi/albums/72157689278374945
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amsab/sets/72157685072056772
2016,
Helsinki:
Organization: Työväen Arkisto (The Labour Archives)
Helsinki,
Finland,
7-10 September
Main theme:
Heritage of Social Movements in a Global Perspective - Collecting and Preservation of Sources
Conference presentations
Conference pictures (on Flickr)
2015,
Edinburgh:
Organization: National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh,
Scotland,
16-19 September
Main theme:
Global Connections in Labour History: Collecting and Discovering Migrant Workers' Heritage.
Conference Pictures (on Flickr)
2014,
New York:
Organization: New York University Library
New York,
USA,
1-4 October
Conference Pictures (on Flickr)
2013,
Budapest:
Organization: OSA Archivum (OSA)
Budapest,
Hungary,
26-28 September
Conference Pictures (on Flickr)
2012,
Lisboa:
Organization: Fundação Mário Soares - Arquivo & Biblioteca (FMS)
Lisboa,
Portugal,
19-22 September
Conference Pictures (on Flickr)
2010,
Amsterdam:
Organization: International Institute of Social History
Amsterdam,
Netherlands,
1-4 September
Conference pictures (on Flickr)
2009,
Paris:
International workshop For an international concerted policy of labour history archives digitisation
Paris,
France,
14 February
2008,
Johannesburg:
Organization: Khanya College
Johannesburg,
South Africa,
9-13 September
Special sessions on "The Heritage of Migrant Labour in Southern Africa"
2007,
Rome:
Organization: Consiglio Nazionale Economia e Lavoro (CNEL)
Rome,
Italy,
5-8 September
2006,
Zürich:
Organization: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Zürich,
Switzerland,
6-9 September
Special session on "Labour Movement Film: Collecting – Preserving – Valorization"
2004,
Paris, Nanterre, Roubaix:
Organization: Collectif des Centres de Documentation en Histoire ouvrière et sociale (CODHOS), Bibliothèque de Documentation internationale contemporaine (BDIC), Centre d'Histoire sociale du XXe siècle (CHS)
Paris, Nanterre, Roubaix,
France,
8-11 September
2002,
Stockholm:
Organization: Labour Movement Archives and Library (Arbetarrörelsens Arkiv och Bibliotek)
Stockholm,
Sweden,
4-7 September
Acta XXXIII Annual Conference, 5-7 September 2002, Stockholm (compiled by Karin Englund and Klaus Misgeld)
2001,
Tampere:
Organization: Central Museum of Labour in Finland (Työväen Keskusmuseo)
Tampere,
Finland,
5-8 September
See: Acta XXXII annual conference Tampere, 5-8 September 2001 (Gent : IALHI, 2002)
2000,
Ghent:
Ghent,
Belgium,
19-20 May
2000,
Oslo:
Organization: Labour Movement Archives and Library (Arbeiderbevegelsens Arkiv og Bibliotek)
Oslo,
Norway,
6-9 September
See: Acta XXXI Annual conference Oslo, 7-9 September 2000 (Gent : IALHI, 2000)
1999,
Amsterdam:
Organization: International Institute of Social History
Amsterdam,
Netherlands,
8-11 September
Acta XXX Annual Conference, Amsterdam, 9-11 September 1999 (complied by Wouter Steenhaut and Viviane Taeckens)
Photos of the XXX Conference, Amsterdam, 1999 (on Flickr)
1998,
Milan:
Organization: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Section of Business and Labour Archives of the International Council on Archives
Milan,
Italy,
16-19 September
Acta XXIX Annual Conference, Milan, 16-19 September 1998 (compiled by Wouter Steenhaut, Germano Maifreda and Viviane Taeckens)
1997,
Silver Spring:
Organization: George Meany Center for Labor Studies
Silver Spring,
MD, United States,
1-4 September
1996,
Athens:
Organization: SYETE
Athens,
Greece,
26-28 September
1995,
Moscow:
Organization: Russian Center for Preservation and Research of Modern Historical Documents (RC…
Moscow,
Russian Federation,
6-8 September
1994,
Manchester:
Organization: National Museum of Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Manchester,
United Kingdom,
21-24 September
1989,
Amsterdam:
Organization: International Institute of Social History
Amsterdam,
Netherlands,
17-19 September
1988,
Zürich:
Organization: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Zürich,
Switzerland,
12-15 September
1987,
Bonn:
Organization: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Bonn,
Germany,
14-17 September
See: 18. Jahrestagung der International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI) vom 14.-17. September 1987 in Bonn. Texte der Vorträge (Bonn : Bibliothek der sozialen Demokratie [etc.], 1990)
1986,
Paris:
Organization: Centre de recherches sur l'histoire des mouvements sociaux et du socialisme
Paris,
France,
17-20 September
1985,
Brussels/Ghent:
Organization: Amsab, Institut Emile Vandervelde
Brussels/Ghent,
10-13 September
1984,
Madrid:
Organization: Fundación Pablo Iglesias, Fundación Francisco Largo Caballero
Madrid,
Spain,
25-28 September
See: Archivos para la historia del movimiento obrero español (Madrid : Editorial Pablo Iglesias, 1985)
1983,
Firenze:
Organization: Istituto Ernesto Ragionieri, Istituto socialista di studi storici
Firenze,
Italy,
22-24 September
See: Storia del movimento operaio. Bolletino di informazione n. 2 (1984)
1981,
Barcelona:
Organization: Centre d' Estudis Històrics Internacionals, Fondation Internationale d’Études Historiques et Sociales sur la Guerre d’Espag…
Barcelona,
Spain,
14-17 September
See: Bulletin des bibliothèques de France, vol. 27, n.3 (Mar. 1982), p. 553-554
1980,
Stockholm:
Organization: Arbetarrörelsens Arkiv och Bibliotek
Stockholm,
Sweden,
1-4 September
See: Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz, 1981, n. 1, p. 71-72
1979,
Bochum:
Organization: Institut zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung
Bochum,
Germany,
17-20 September
1978,
Paris:
Organization: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
Paris,
France,
25-28 September
1977,
Vienna:
Organization: Projektteam "Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung"
Vienna,
Austria,
14-17 September
See: Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz, 1978, n. 2, p. 208-210
1976,
Milano:
Organization: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Milano,
Italy,
20-23 September
See: Bulletin des bibliothèques de France, vol. 12 . 1 (Dec. 1976), p. 553-554
1975,
Amsterdam:
Organization: International Institute of Social History
Amsterdam,
Netherlands,
18-21 June
See: Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz, 1976, n. 2, p. 235-236
1974,
Oslo:
Organization: Arbeiderbevegelsens Arkiv og Bibliotek
Oslo,
Norway,
20-22 June
See: Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz, 1975, n. 1, p. 135-139
1973,
Bonn:
Organization: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Bonn,
Germany,
5-7 September
See: Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz, 1974, n. 1, p. 144-147
1972,
Zürich:
Organization: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Zürich,
Switzerland,
8-11 September
See: Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz, 1972, n. 17, p. 111-112