News and Newsletter

Recent News

Interview with Juliane Schiel: “Work always contains coercion”

TPetrik2021-10-07T13:36:03+00:00October 7th, 2021|News, Public Outreach, Uncategorized|

In an Interview with the University of Vienna's magazine "uni:view", our Action Chair Juliane Schiel talks about the relation between labour and coercion, her own research on labour and gender in 15th-century Venice, and [...]

New Data Story: Claiming a Runaway Slave in the Holy Roman Empire: The Case of Samuel Johannes (1754)

TPetrik2021-09-22T11:28:55+00:00September 22nd, 2021|News, Public Outreach, Publications|

The WORCK publication platform documents the ongoing working and discussion process as well as collaborative research results and publications of our Working Groups. The platform enables mutual exchange, collaboration and comparison within and beyond [...]

Call for Papers: Coercion and Wage Labour. Exploring Labour Relations Through History and Art

TPetrik2021-10-08T08:33:54+00:00September 20th, 2021|Calls and Open Positions, News, Public Outreach, Publications|

Forthcoming Publication "Coercion and Wage Labour: Exploring Labour Relations Through History and Art" (Editors: Anamarija Batista, Corinna Peres & Viola Müller) Coercion in work is a universal human experience that can be found in manifold [...]

New MC Member: Ireland joint WORCK!

TPetrik2021-09-17T08:17:59+00:00September 17th, 2021|News, WORCK Membership|

Our COST Action is growing: We warmly welcome Niall O'Suilleabhain, who has just joined the WORCK management committee as national delegate for Ireland! Niall O'Suilleabhain currently works at Trinity College Dublin. He is a [...]

Call for Applications: Junior Professorship in Global Dynamics of Resource Use and Distribution (Leipzig)

TPetrik2021-07-08T08:58:46+00:00July 8th, 2021|Uncategorized|

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Leipzig University seeks to fill the following tenure track professorship, funded by the Tenure Track Programme of the German Federal Government and the Federal States, from 1 [...]

Call Open for Virtual Mobility Grants

TPetrik2021-06-30T15:33:02+00:00June 30th, 2021|Calls and Open Positions, News, WORCK Membership|

We are happy to inform you that the first call for Virtual Mobility (VM) Grants is now open. VM Grants are a new COST initiative to enable scientists to foster collaboration in a virtual [...]