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DIRTY WORK: Call for proposals for the Southern Labor Studies Association's (usually) Biennial Meeting

University of Georgia

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

FOR THE SOUTHERN LABOR STUDIES ASSOCIATION’S

(USUALLY) BIENNIAL MEETING



Where: The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

When: May 17-19, 2018

The Southern Labor Studies Association invites academics, activists, archivists, and others to propose panels, roundtables, and workshops for our next conference, which will take place at the Richard B. Russell Library at the University of Georgia.

The theme of the 2018 conference is “Dirty Work.” This topic encompasses southern industries (mining, timber, turpentine, farming, chicken processing, catfish, etc.); the service economy (trash collection, domestic service, nursing, food service, etc.); bound labor (slavery, indenture, and prison labor); as well as work deemed morally “dirty”–from sex work and drug-selling to policing and overseeing. Panels discussing public history, archival projects, teaching, oral history, important works in progress, and digital history are welcome. Southern labor studies topics outside the “Dirty Work” rubric are welcome too.



See the PDF for complete details - the DEADLINE for proposals is August 1 2017

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