ELHN Roundtables – online recordings
In 2021, the ELHN began a new series of online roundtables for discussing major issues in Labour History. The recordings of the first two roundtables are now available online on the Social History Portal:...
Category: Media
Exposition: 100 industrial heritage objects – Penarroya Pueblonuevo (Spain)
We draw your attention on this exposition now open in the historic mining city of Penarroya Pueblonuevo, in Spain, until May 3, 2022. Many of those “objects” (here the complete list by TICCIH and...
Online book launch: March, 24 “White Mineworkers on Zambia’s Copperbelt” by D. Money
Duncan Money, historian will present his new book ‘White Mineworkers on Zambia’s Copperbelt, 1926-1974: In a Class of Their Own‘ on Thursday 24 March, 15h30-17h, (UTC+1) at an online and in-person event at the...
Documentary: “La Grande tueuse” (The Big Killer) – French Mining History / Health and struggles
Just released and free access French television documentary “La grande tueuse” (the Big Killer) co-written by Marion Fontaine (Professor, Sciences Po) and Richard Berthollet (film director). This documentary is dedicated to the mobilisation of ...
Podcast : Mining History of Andalusia by J. D. Perez Cebada et F. Talego (Sp)
Radio podcast broadcasted on the 13th of January, for the series “Andalucía, un pueblo con historia” on Rai-Canal Sur: an interview to Juan Diego Perez Cebada (University of Huelva) and Félix Talego (University of...
Documentary: The ore remembrance, by D. Kalfakis (2021)
Now at Thessaloniki Film Festival: Ore Remembrance, movie by Dimitris Kalfakis (2021) At the northeastern end of Mykonos lies the area of Metalia (Mines). The name was adopted because of the mines of the...
Database of Databases in Mining History
Databases and open access sources have become crucial for researchers, especially these days in which the pandemic crisis does not allow to travel on the field or to archives. This is why WG LiM...
Databases for Mining History -Call for contribution
Databases and open access sources have become crucial for researchers, especially these days in which the pandemic crisis does not allow to travel on the field or to archives. This is why WG LiM...
Contribute!
The purpose of WG LiM is to connect researchers interested in mining issues all over the world. Collaboration and mutual exchange are highly valued by all our members. This is why we frequently launch...
Online event: book launch “Coal Country” about Scottish mining history
The Institute of Historical Research and University of London Press organise a online conference for the launch of Coal Country. The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland by Ewan Gibbs (University of...
Podcast #1: Rossana Barragan about female labour in colonial Potosi
The historian Rossana Barragan discuss her recent research on women’s work in the mines of Potosi in the colonial period. (in spanish https://soundcloud.com/historiaspod/historias-92-precaridad-informalidad-y-el-trabajo-femenino-en-potosi-colonial?fbclid=IwAR0sQYRojvqjDXYUo4vYSjFf_OE5HKWND1aB7rze_YBytFIYBiugXxPd5kE Here you find more references to the lastest works of Rossana Barragan...
Media #1 : Interview to our Coordinator, Professor L. Papastefanaki, abour Greek Miners and Communities
INTERVIEW | Leda Papastefanaki : The unknown history of Greek mines: social relations, public policies and the role of French companies Leda Papastefanaki is Associate Professor of Economic and Social History in the Department of...
