Rory Hanna

Thanks to Stefan Berger for writing for our blog! Please take a look 😊

‘Social dumping’ and the economic transformation of twentieth-century Japan Guest Blog by Bernard Thomann (Ifrae/Inalco, Paris, France)

Our Medium page has a new blog! Bernard Thomann of @ifrae.bsky.social and @inalco.fr in Paris has written for us about accusations of 'social dumping', international pressure, and the transformation of labour conditions in twentieth-century Japan. Subscribe to see more!

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Enjoyed writing this - please do give it a read! 🧑‍🔧👩‍🏭

Looking forward to this!

We are very happy to announce our exciting program for our first project workshop, 5-6 June, on "Writing Global Histories of Socio-Economic Rights"

See www.glosoc.org/events/ for a text version of the programme and for details to register for online and in-person attendance.

I'm planning a visit to the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University, and was wondering about overnight accommodation nearby. Any recommendations would be much appreciated!

Ah yes, facing Ken Dodd and his tickling stick! Liverpool really does have some great statues!

There's a nice, fairly new statue of Brian Epstein too!

Well worth a read! @nielsboender.bsky.social on Julius Nyerere's attitude to trade unionism as a 'brother' in the post-colonial Tanzanian 'family':

Question for fellow historians/archive visitors: if you work with pdfs rather than photos of documents, is there a pdf-converter software or app which you'd recommend? Looking for one which is fairly quick to use (while still producing clear pdfs) so that I don't lose too much time in the archives

If you work on the history of labour rights from an intellectual/protest/policy perspective or any other related approach, do take a look at our call for papers!

The GLOSOC project ( @glosoc.bsky.social ) invites papers for a hybrid summer workshop in Sheffield, UK, on the topic 'Writing Global Histories of Socio-Economic Rights'. Save the dates and do send us a proposal if you'd like to take part in a transnational discussion on histories of work!

Call for Papers for our first event! Join us at our hybrid workshop - Writing Global Histories of Socio-Economic Rights at the University of Sheffield, 5-6 June 2025. Please send us a keyword, abstract, and bio at glosoc@sheffield.ac.uk. The deadline is 15 February. See more details below!

Global Socio-Economic Rights, Local Contexts – Medium Read writing from Global Socio-Economic Rights, Local Contexts on Medium. An AHRC-funded research project exploring the histories of work-related social rights in Britain, Germany, Tanzania and Kenya,...

📢 Since the new year is underway, it's time for another plug for the new blog posts on the histories of African and European social rights, written by myself and @nielsboender.bsky.social for our research project 'Global Socio-Economic Rights, Local Contexts' ( @glosoc.bsky.social ) bit.ly/4iHrJSG

Is There a European History of Social Rights? The idea of a distinct European state-welfare model risks ignoring diverse national approaches to social provision. By Rory Hanna

Our research project on the modern global history of social rights has a new blog page. Do take a look at my account of British and German pensions and healthcare within a European story of social rights (bit.ly/3P5tzz4), and @nielsboender.bsky.social's take on African labour history t.co/RJbQm00030

Great, thanks!

Hi @michellelkahn.bsky.social, would you be able to add me to the German History starter pack? If so I'd be very grateful!