21st Jan, 2021

- Theory in Crisis Seminar: Alberto Toscano, 'Fascist Times' Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLUfG5h_no

- The Institute of Contemporary History (IHC), a leading Portuguese research centre in the field of Modern and Contemporary History, welcomes applications for six-years Research Contracts, funded by the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, acting as host institution in the framework of the fourth edition of the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/contratacaodoutorados/empregocientifico/ceec_ind_4.phtml.en).

- Prospective applicants should present their research plan bearing in mind the IHC's scientific agenda, as reflected on its Thematic Lines (https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/thematic-lines/) and Research Groups (https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/research-groups/), as well as the conditions set forth in the Stimulus of Scientific Employment programme.

- Now Out: Andrew Bonnell's Red Banners, Books and Beer Mugs: The Mental World of German Social Democrats, 1863–1914 | Bril: https://brill.com/view/title/20145?language=en

- CLCWeb is calling for papers for a new special issue titled "Periodizing the Present: The 2020s, the Longue Durée, & Contemporary Culture". This special issue builds on recent research in materialist cultural studies that  deploy comparative and transnational approaches, seeking to theorise the current moment via analyses of new and/or reactivated genres (such as pandemic narratives or apocalyptic fiction). Abstracts are due by February 28th. More information about the special issue can be found at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/callsforpapers.html.

- Now Out: Circling Marx: Essays 1980-2020 | Brill: https://brill.com/view/title/33431?language=en

- The Centre on Labour and Global Production is pleased to share the video recording of Jairus Banaji's A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism (HaymarketBooks 2020). Please access the recording via our website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/research/research-centres/clgp/

- Now Out: Cultural Hegemony in a Scientific World – Gramscian Concepts for the History of Science | Brill: https://brill.com/view/title/32960?language=en