BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Deindustrialization - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Deindustrialization X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://deindustrialization.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Deindustrialization REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20210314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20211107T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20220313T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20221106T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20230312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20231105T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20240310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20241103T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Karachi BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0500 TZOFFSETTO:+0500 TZNAME:PKT DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220607T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220607T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20220404T161310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220718T152630Z UID:5008-1654596000-1654603200@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:DEINDUSTRIALIZING ITALY DESCRIPTION:DEINDUSTRIALIZING ITALY \nJune 7\, 2022 – 10am Eastern (4pm in Italy ) \nREGISTER HERE \nFor forty years\, deindustrialization in Italy has been portrayed as a specter\, a threat\, a risk – hardly ever as a reality or a fact. The country remains tightly bound to its identity as a manufacturing nation\, which has managed to overcome the crises of Fordism thanks to its dense fabric of highly specialized small and medium-sized enterprises. However\, at the same time\, deindustrialization has been ongoing: factories\, methods of production\, and work cultures have disappeared\, often without conflict\, memory or research. It is only in the 21st century that these changes and their consequences have begun to take hold\, and a genealogy and map of Italian deindustrialization has begun to be drawn up. At present\, industrial crisis mainly takes the form of the abandonment of Italian facilities by multinational corporations that took over from state-owned enterprises and national business groups during the wave of globalization and privatization in the 1990s. \nThis roundtable brings together researchers that study deindustrialization beyond the traditional heartlands of big industry\, highlighting the links between global processes and the persistence of local identities as a resource for resistance and redefinition of the meaning of work. In Italy\, deindustrialization is an ongoing story in a dual sense\, representing continued economic change and a history that is beginning to be written. \n\nPresenters: \nFilippo Sbrana (University for Foreigners of Perugia) \nValerio Caruso (University of Torino-University of Firenze) \nEloisa Betti (University of Bologna) \nTom Baker (University of Bristol) \nAlberto Prunetti (writer\, Piombino\, Toscana) \nBruno Settis (Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa) \nDiscussant: Stefano Musso (University of Torino) \nChair: Gilda Zazzara (Universita Ca’Foscari Venezia) \n  \nPhoto: Collettivo Gkn © Andrea Sawyerr. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/deindustrializing-italy/ CATEGORIES:Regional Roundtables ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gkn_andrea_sawyerr.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220817T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220820T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20220606T141830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220728T161331Z UID:5282-1660762800-1661016600@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies Conference DESCRIPTION:Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies: Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePOT) 2022 Conference \nAugust 17-20\, 2022\, beginning at 9am (GMT+2/Berlin Time) \nThe program for DePOT’s Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies conference is now available. The inter-disciplinary conference will be taking place in the Ruhr in Germany from August 17-20. All are welcome to attend\, and registration is free. For more information\, please download our PDF. To register\, please click HERE. \nThe conference will begin with an open public roundtable on Wednesday\, August 17 at 7pm in Dortmund titled “Industrial Heritage for whom? Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time” \nThe following two days will be broken down into twelve sessions between August 18th and 19th that include: \n\nRethinking Industrialization\nThe Politics of Industrial Closure\nGendering Industrialization\nDeindustrializing Cities\nWorker Displacement and Resistance\nPolitical Economy of Industrialization\nTransnational Industrial Heritage Politics\nRural and Small Town Deindustrialization\nTraces\, Heritage and Material Culture\nThe Music\, Media and Discourse of Deindustrialization\nWriting Deindustrialization Workshop\nArtifact and Material Culture Workshop\n\nAdditionally\, on August 20th you will be able to choose one of three options for a Guided Tour: \n\nUNESCO World Heritage Zeche Zollverein\, incl. Ruhr Museum\, Essen\nGasometer Oberhausen\, St. Antony Hütte\, Siedlung Eisenheim\nLandschaftspark Duisburg-Nord\, Duisburg Innenhafen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to DePOT’s Ruhr Partners: Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum; Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (German Trade Union Confederation); Fritz-Hüser-Institut; Institute for Social Movements\, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; LWL-Industriemuseum/Westphalian State Museum of Industrial Heritage; RVR – Regionalverband Ruhr; and the Ruhr Museum. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/transnationalizing-deindustrialization-studies-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Zollverein.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220828T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220828T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20220622T142710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220622T150659Z UID:5492-1661691600-1661698800@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Book Launch: Deindustrializing Montreal by Steven High DESCRIPTION:Book Launch: Deindustrializing Montreal by Steven High\nJoin us for the launch of Steven High’s new book\, Deindustrializing Montreal: Entangled Histories of Race\, Residence\, and Class. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nSteven High’s new book Deindustrializing Montreal explores the history of Little Burgundy and Pointe Saint-Charles through the oral histories of long-term residents. It includes over 200 historic photographs and other illustrations as well as the art-work of Emanuelle Dufour\, Amina Jalabi\, and Josh Toal. We learn what it was like to grow up in the two neighbourhoods before the factories closed and how people experienced the effects of urban renewal\, factory closures\, and gentrification. \nJoin us in-person for this free event Sunday August 28th (1-3pm) at Batiment 7’s Les Sans Taverne (1900 rue Le Ber) in Pointe-Saint-Charles. It is wheelchair-accessible and has a large patio for maximum COVID-19 safety. \nDavid Austin\, one of Canada’s foremost scholars of the Black Radical Tradition\, will also say a few words. \nWe hope you can make it! \nClick here to order the book at McGill-Queen’s University Press. \nClick here to register for the event. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/book-launch-deindustrializing-montreal-by-steven-high/ LOCATION:Les Sans-Taverne – Coop et Brasserie Artisanale\, 1900 Rue le Ber\, Montréal\, QC\, H3K 2A4\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Deindustrializing-Montreal-Cover-Art.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221010T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221010T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20220907T192331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T232649Z UID:6638-1665396000-1665403200@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Nostalgia - a reassessment in the era of austerity DESCRIPTION:This roundtable brings together scholars to focus on the role\, and representation\, of nostalgia in deindustrialisation studies. In their paradigm shifting piece\, Cowie and Heathcott (2003) urged us to ‘move beyond’ smokestack nostalgia and tales of victimisation through closure. However\, 20 years later\, this perspective requires revisiting. Across the deindustrialising world\, areas formerly built-up around industry continue to suffer from multiple deprivations in: crime; poverty; poor environment; addiction; unemployment; poor health\, and more. In this roundtable\, we consider how a reassessment of nostalgic reflections\, and their meanings\, can contribute to our understandings of experience in deindustrialisation’s half-life across generations. Taken together\, they offer fresh insights into how we can reconnect the history of deindustrialisation with the contemporary experience of those communities worst impacted. \nYou can get your Zoom tickets on the event’s Eventbrite page. \n\n\n\nChairs/Organisers: Dr Hilary Orange (Swansea University) and Dr Andy Clark (Newcastle University) \nPresenters: \n\nAndy Clark\, Newcastle University\nFred Burrill\, Cape Breton University\nJackie Clarke\, University of Glasgow\nSinead Burns\, Queen’s University Belfast\nStefan Berger\, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum\nMagdalena Novoa\, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.\nEwan Gibbs\, University of Glasgow\n\nCo-sponsors: DePOT and CHART (Centre for Heritage Research and Training)\, Swansea University \nIf you are joining us on Zoom\, please note that the event will be recorded. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/nostalgia-a-reassessment-in-the-era-of-austerity/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable,public programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DePOT-Roundtable_Nostalgia_Oct10.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221021T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221021T133000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20220930T232443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221003T185109Z UID:6944-1666353600-1666359000@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Where did all the jobs go? A CIH and DePOT Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Where did all the jobs go? What the history of deindustrialization can tell us about working-class survival in the face of economic change \nIn the midst of global ecological crisis\, working-class communities formed around resource extractive industries face an uncertain future. What lessons can be learned from the experience of diverse working-class areas across Canada and the Western world who have navigated the treacherous waters of deindustrialization in earlier periods\, and who continue to live in the aftermath of shutdowns? \nModerator: Jim Ellis\, Director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities (CIH). \nPresenters: \nAnna Bettini (Postdoctoral research associate at the Calgary Institute for Humanities at the University of Calgary)\nFred Burrill (Postdoctoral researcher at Cape Breton University)\nLachlan MacKinnon (Canada Research Chair (Tier II) In Post-Industrial Communities at Cape Breton University)\nLauren Laframboise (PhD student\, Concordia University)\nPetra Dolata (Associate Professor of History at the University of Calgary and Scholar in Residence (2019-2023) at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities)\nThis roundtable will be fully hybrid: join us at the University of Calgary’s Department of History (Social Sciences Building\, SS623\, no tickets required)\, or register on Eventbrite to join us on Zoom. \nThe Zoom link will be circulated to everyone who registered two weeks before the event. Please note that this Zoom meeting will be recorded and updated to DePOT’s YouTube page. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/where-did-all-the-jobs-go-a-cih-and-depot-roundtable/ CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CIH-Roundtable.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221028T163000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221028T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20221013T172336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221020T180329Z UID:7069-1666974600-1666980000@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:DePOT Podcast Live Recording "Town Called Malice: Gender\, Industrial Closure and Billy Elliot" DESCRIPTION:The DePOT Podcast will be recording a live episode from Concordia University’s 4th Space on October 28\, from 4:30-6:00 PM. Fred Burrill will host a discussion on the relationship between deindustrialization and gender with Montreal-based students Amanda Whitt\, Lauren Laframboise\, Liam Devitt\, and Amber Ward who is visiting Montreal from Scotland! \nThey’ll be discussing new ideas and frameworks for researching deindustrialization\, sharing how these influence their own research\, and problematizing the neoliberal depictions of deindustrialization that loom large in popular culture. \nThis is a fully hybrid event: swing by if you’re in Montreal (doors open at 4:00) or head over to 4th Space’s website to register to attend on Zoom meeting or watch along on Youtube. \nClick here to listen to past episodes of the DePOT podcast here. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/depot-podcast-live-recording-town-called-malice-gender-industrial-closure-and-billy-elliot/ LOCATION:4th Space\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, QC\, H3G 1M8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Student Showcase ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-13-at-1.16.26-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T233000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20221117T210506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T210506Z UID:7549-1670319000-1670369400@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:New Approaches to Deindustrialization Studies DESCRIPTION:The DePOT partnership continues to grow as faculty and PhD students affiliate with the project. These new team members enable the project to make wider geographic connections as well as deepen our research in our core study area of six countries. This virtual roundtable showcases some of their work-in-progress. \nRegister on Eventbrite to attend this event on Zoom. \nChairperson: Sean O’Connell\, Queen’s University Belfast \nPresenters: \nLisa Taylor\, Leeds Beckett University. “Losing a father in an ex-industrial landscape.” \nMaria Beatriz Andreotti\, University of São Paulo. “Contributions of the Brazilian case in terms of deindustrialization” \nMichael Bianchi\, Université de Liège. “On the possibilities of life among the ruins of industry\, political stakes of the valorization of abandoned lands in the country of Charleroi.” \nPeter Thompson\, Carleton University. “The Politics of Deindustrialization in ‘The Birthplace of New Scotland.’” \nSahar Ghasemshahi\, l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). “Reviewing deindustrialization in Abadan as the glory of Fordist development of IRAN.” \nSeana Irvine\, Trent University. “Remaking Industrial Landscapes for the Inclusive City.” \nTom Wilson\, University of Kent. “Sustainable Industrial Culture in a Deindustrialising District: The Case of Chatham Docks” URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/new-approaches-to-deindustrialization-studies/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Approaches-to-Deindustrialization.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230113T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230113T230000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20221130T153602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221219T152047Z UID:7657-1673600400-1673650800@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Deindustrializing Eastern Europe DESCRIPTION:After the collapse of Communism in East Central and Eastern Europe\, most countries transitioned rapidly to liberal capitalist regimes. This transition process was often characterized by neoliberal strategies for transitioning which resulted in accelerated processes of deindustrialization\, as many of the industries that operated under Communism either were not profitable under capitalist market conditions or were bought up and subsequently destroyed by their western competitors. This panel will examine deindustrialization processes in post-Communist countries and ask about their politics. Furthermore\, the panel will also examine to which degree deindustrialization was followed by industrial heritage inititatives or whether the vanished industries were quickly demolished with little material heritage still reminding people of their previous existence. What memories of an industrial past and of deindustrialization processes exist in various East European countries and can we see differences and similarities between them. Among our panelists are experts from Poland\, Hungary\, the Czech Republic and the successor states of the former Yugoslavia. \nChairperson: Stefan Berger\, Institute for Social Movements\, Ruhr University Bochum\, and Juliane Tomann\, University of Regensburg \nSpeakers: \n\nMagda Rez-Wozniak\, University of Warsaw\nJoanna Wawrzyniak\, Head of the Social Memory Laboratory at the Institute of Sociology\, University of Warsaw.\nGyorgyi Nemeth\, University of Miskolc\, Hungary\nTibor Valuch\, Research chair at the Center for Social Sciences\, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Excellence\nAndrea Pokludova\, University of Ostrava\, Department of History and Center for Economic and Social History\nUlf Brunnbauer\, Director of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies and chair of Southeast and East European History at the University of Regensburg\n\nReserve your tickets on Eventbrite! \nIf you’re in Montreal\, you can join us at COHDS at Concordia University to watch the roundtable.  URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/deindustrializing-eastern-europe/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Regional Roundtables ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Eastern-Europe-roundtable-banner.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230315T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230315T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20230213T203822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T203822Z UID:8252-1678874400-1678881600@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Roundtable: Energy Transitions and Deindustrialization DESCRIPTION:Current discussions around job losses in fossil fuel industries in North America and Europe and a just transition in response to climate change have called attention once again to the close relationship between deindustrialization\, industrial transformation\, and energy transitions. This panel will examine the role of energy in deindustrialization and industrial transformation processes\, addressing both conceptual approaches and empirical case studies from various countries. Panelists will revisit past examples of deindustrialization\, especially in coal mining\, to reframe them as energy transitions and engage more explicitly with their energy histories and stories. Events in the 1970s\, including but not limited to the multiple energy crises which have led to the emergence of the political concept of energy transition\, serve as examples for the complex interplay between labour\, environmentalism and energy production. Fifty years later\, we still discuss energy transitions but do not necessarily agree on how it should be happening and how we support workers who will lose their jobs as a consequence of these major transformations of energy systems which are also always inherently social systems. \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link! \nPlease note: This online roundtable will be recorded and later uploaded to DePOT’s YouTube channel. \nSpeakers \n\nAnna Bettini\, University of Calgary\nPetra Dolata\, University of Calgary\nWilliam Gillies\, Concordia University \nJeff Manual\, University of Southern Illinois Edwardsville\, Fulbright Canada Research Chair\, University of Calgary\nChad Montrie\, University of Massachusetts Lowell\, Fulbright Canada Research Chair\, University of Calgary\nRobert Suits\, University of Edinburgh\nAmber Ward\, University of St. Andrews URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-energy-transitions-and-deindustrialization/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Energy-transitions-and-deindustrialization.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230518T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230518T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20230424T124146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T183154Z UID:8922-1684400400-1684407600@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization in South Asia: Enclaves of Inequality\, Precarity\, and Prosperity DESCRIPTION:Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization in South Asia: Enclaves of Inequality\, Precarity\, and Prosperity\nSouth Asia experienced one of the fastest growths in the global economic space before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020. The uneven and combined development of the region’s nation-states created an offshore service market for the developed North. This seamlessly established the capital flow from the global North to South Asia. \nIn South Asia\, it is the simultaneous deindustrialization and reindustrialization that has integrated the region with the financial and industrial world. \nWhile the region needs the North’s technology (e.g. big data\, artificial intelligence & cloud computing) as well as capital (e.g. pension and hedge funds)\, the North leverages the cheap labour and natural resources of the region to get cheap consumer goods from and creates low-wage employment in the South Asian countries. One complements the other. This is one of the vital conditions in keeping the North’s ‘new economy’ going. \nHowever\, the stellar growth of the service sector in South Asia has led to the closure or stagnation of its organized manufacturing industries. Optimum use of technology\, cheap labour from the countryside\, and cheap capital from the global North are the basis of service sector-led reindustrialization in South Asia. \nThe round table will interrogate the historical conditions that made the region a service sector hub at the expense of stagnation and closure of the manufacturing sector and how it has impacted the everyday living experience of the labouring population. \n Register on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link. \nOrganizer: Dr Indranil Chakraborty \nModerator: Dr Piyusha Chatterjee \nSpeakers: \n\nDr. Anirban Acharya\, Professor of Practice\, Political Science\, Le Moyne College\, Syracuse\, USA \nDr. Subho Basu\, Associate Professor\, History and Classical Studies\, McGill University\, Montreal\, Canada \nAzizur Russel\, Doctoral Candidate\, History and Classical Studies\, McGill University\, Montreal\, Canada\nSartaj Khan\, Independent Researcher\, Karachi\, Pakistan\nDr. Atreyee Majumdar\, Associate Professor\, Social Sciences\, National Law School of India University\, Bengaluru\, India \nDr. Indranil Chakraborty\, Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow\, Department of History\, Concordia University\, Montreal\, Canada\nDr Dipak Gyawali\, Social Sciences Baha\, Kathmandu\, Nepal URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/deindustrialization-and-reindustrialization-in-southern-india-enclaves-of-inequality-precarity-and-prosperity/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable,Regional Roundtables ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Poster_Deindustrialization-and-Reindustrialization-in-South-Asia_Final.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230625 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20221219T184046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230609T155115Z UID:8021-1687478400-1687651199@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:DePOT Annual Conference: The Politics of Industrial Closure DESCRIPTION:Le français suit: \nThe DePOT Politics of Industrial Closure conference will focus primarily on the “how” and “why” of mine\, mill and factory closings\, the wider restructuring of the international division of labour\, as well as the societal debates about the nature of economic change. Political economy concerns are therefore central as are studies focusing on working-class resistance\, concession and loss. We are also interested in the beginnings of industrial heritage recognition as well as arts-based responses to industrial closure. \nWhile registration on Eventbrite is encouraged to help with conference organizing\, community walk-ins are welcome and encouraged! \nIf you have any questions about the conference or your registration\, please email deindustrialization@concordia.ca \nKeep an eye on our website for a preview of the program and other news. \nYou can find the final program here. \n____________________________________________________________________________________ \nLa conférence du projet DéPOT sur “La politique de la fermeture industrielle” se concentrera sur le “comment” et le “pourquoi” des fermetures de mines\, de moulins et d’usines\, ainsi que sur la restructuration plus large de la division internationale du travail et les débats sociétaux concernant la nature du changement économique. Les questions d’économie politique sont donc centrales\, tout comme les études portant sur la résistance\, les concessions et les pertes de la classe ouvrière. \nNous encourageons les participants à s’inscrire sur Eventbrite en avance pour nous aider à planifier la conférence\, mais nous encourageons les membres de la communauté à venir même sans billet! \nSi vous avez des questions sur la conférence ou votre inscription\, veuillez nous rejoindre à deindustrialization@concordia.ca \nGardez un oeil sur notre site web pour voir un aperçu du programme. \nVous pouvez consulter le programme finalisé ici. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/depot-annual-conference-the-politics-of-industrial-closure/ LOCATION:Cape Breton University\, 1250 Grand Lake Road\, Sydney\, Nova Scotia\, B1M 1A2\, Canada CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CORRECTED_Conference-Banner.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230920T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230920T230000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20230905T133904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T141215Z UID:9442-1695202200-1695250800@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:The Thorncliffe-Elsecar Tramway: Documentary Screening and Q&A with Joshua Daniels and Lucie Morisset DESCRIPTION:Join DePOT for a digital screening of Joshua Daniels’s film “The Thorncliffe-Elsecar Tramway\,” followed by a Q&A with Joshua moderated by Lucie Morisset. \nThe documentary follows the route of the now-lost Thorncliffe-Elsecar Tramway in South Yorkshire\, covering the history\, route and importance of the tramway track\, as well as the key historic sites along the way and oral history interviews of those who live in the surrounding areas. \nJoshua Daniels is a historian and filmmaker from Rotherham\, England. He has an MA in Public History from Royal Holloway\, University of London\, and is also a trained oral historian\, presenter\, and videographer. His published research includes the history of follies in Rotherham and has done work for Wentworth Woodhouse\, Yorkshire Society\, and Elsecar Heritage Centre. His main interest of history is in the industrial heritage of Yorkshire.  \nClick here to register.  URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/the-thorncliffe-elsecar-tramway-documentary-screening-and-qa-with-joshua-daniels-and-lucie-morisset/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/The_Thorncliffe-Elsecar_Tramway_Documentary_Screening_and_QA_with_Joshua_Daniels_and_Lucie_Morisset_1220_x_720_px_2-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231212T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231212T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20231201T145709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T150543Z UID:9862-1702373400-1702378800@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Roundtable: The Political Economy of Deindustrialization DESCRIPTION:The Political Economy of Deindustrialization\nJoin us for a roundtable on The Political Economy of Deindustrialization\, which will showcase the political economy section of the forthcoming Routledge International Handbook on Deindustrialization Studies\, edited by Tim Strangleman. \nChairperson: Steven High\, Concordia University \nModerators:  \n\nFred Burrill (Cape Breton University) and Matthew Penney (Concordia University)\, “Bringing Marxian Political Economy Back into Deindustrialization Studies.”\nJason Hackworth (University of Toronto)\, “The racial dimensions of (de)industrialization.”\nLachlan MacKinnon (Cape Breton University)\, “The Region as an Analytical Framework for Deindustrialization Studies.”\nMarion Fontaine (Sciences Po) and Xavier Vigna (Université Paris Nanterre)\, “Challenging and Politicizing Deindustrialization?”\nAlice Mah (University of Glasgow)\, “Anticipating Just Transitions: Ecological Crisis and Future Deindustrialization.”\n\nGet the Zoom link and sign up for by filling in this Google Form. \nThe roundtable will be filmed and uploaded to our YouTube channel. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-the-political-economy-of-deindustrialization/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Political-Economy-of-Deindustrialization-Banner.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240229T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240229T230000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240130T171228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T171228Z UID:9983-1709199000-1709247600@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Roundtable: De-Industrial Heritage DESCRIPTION:What does deindustrialization studies have to offer heritage studies—and what can scholars of deindustrialization learn from the world of heritage? Six DePOT student\, postdoctoral\, and research affiliates share their research on de-industrial heritage. \nRegister on Google Forms to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \n\nChair: Steven High\n\nPresenters: \n\n\nBrian Rosa\, Autonomous University of Barcelona: “The “Disciplining of Memory”? Narrating Traces of the Industrial Past in Barcelona”\nPaula Fernández Álvarez\, University Complutense of Madrid — “Post-industrial ruins and fossil imaginaries. Worker memory\, spaces and visual culture of coal extractivism”\nGuilherme Pozzer\, University of Sheffield — “Crafting the Past: Empowering Communities through Creative Writing\, Visual Narratives\, Memory\, and Place-Making”\nMyriam Guillemette\, Université du Québec à Montréal — “Sundown Towns phenomenon in Canadian planned communities; recognition of the industrial contribution of the Indigenous Peoples of Manitoba”\nJorge Magaz-Molina\, University of Alcalà — “Climate action\, carbon deindustrialization and heritage concerns in Northwestern Spain”\nLaura Littlefair\, Northumbria University — “From Cradle to Grave: Recontextualising the Deindustrialised Railway Town” URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-de-industrial-heritage/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/De-Industrial-Heritage-Roundtable.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240317T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240317T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240307T200237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T200335Z UID:10054-1710680400-1710680400@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Labour in the shadows: A cultural event and walking tour of Chabanel district in Montreal DESCRIPTION:Labour in the shadows: A cultural event and walking tour of Chabanel district in Montreal \nTime: Sunday\, March 17\, 2024: 1pm\, sharp! \nLocation: Ateliers Belleville\, 545 Legendre Ouest\, Suite 109 \nPlease register by emailing Stefan at: stefan.christoff@gmail.com \nYou are invited to a community walking tour in Montréal’s garment district (Cité de la Mode) that will largely revolve around Chabanel street. This area of the city is being directly targeted by the Projet Montreal administration for gentrification\, largely through the opening of funding for the transformation of former textile industry buildings into artist studios. It is now essential to understand the political textures of this area and the history of grassroots labour struggles that have taken place in the area. \nThis event will start with a cultural event in Suite 109 at Ateliers Belleville and then a walking tour in the district. There will be a set of performances in Ateliers Belleville and then presentations throughout the walking tour\, facilitated and coordinated by Stefan Christoff with support from the Concordia based research lab on Media and Migration—Raah and is taking place in collaboration with the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC). \nThis popular walking tour aims to contextualize the shifts in industrial textile production in the city\, the intentional outsourcing of garment sector jobs by Québec corporations who have utilized Quebec regulations that favor outsourcing to shift major production to locations in the global south where workplace labour conditions are more favorable for corporate profit. Specific existing corporations such as Lamour Inc. faced in recent years grassroots pressure and organizing for workplace justice. \nBackground on Lamour:  \nIn 2007\, immigrant workers at the Montreal-based garment manufacturer Lamour were “unceremoniously laid-off” after having worked at the company for decades. As the company prepared to shutter its domestic production activities\, Lamour gradually laid off nearly 500 of its Montreal-based workers starting in 2006. The gradual nature of layoffs was strategic: had Lamour decided to close its factory all at once\, they would have had to pay their workers collective layoff benefits. During this period\, workers publicly denounced the abysmal labour conditions at Lamour\, where they had been locked inside the factory during the night shift\, forced to eat meals at their workstations\, and were not paid when their machines broke down and they failed to meet their quotas. And\, to worsen Lamour employees’ situation\, their union was widely understood to be a pro-management or company union that did not advocate for workers’ real demands. \nOver 2007 and 2008\, laid off workers and community organizers at the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC) engaged in a struggle to gain compensation for laid off Lamour employees. They jointly pressured the Labour Relations Tribunal (Tribunal administratif du travail) and the Labour Standards Board (Commission des normes\, de l’équité\, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail\, CNESST)\, demanding that the layoffs be treated as collective so that workers could receive fair compensation. In the end\, many Lamour employees received an increased benefits package. \nYou can learn more about Lamour through Lauren Laframboise and Stefan Christoff’s podcast “Voices of the Immigrant Worker Centre on Deindustrialization and Dissent in Montreal’s Garment District.“ \n  \nSpeaker / performer bios: \n\nNikczar Aguirre is a community organizer and member of the Immigrant Workers Centre. Nikczar is active within the Filipino diaspora and writes songs that speak to struggles for justice in Canada\, the Philippines and beyond.\nPhilippe Battikha\, musician\, cultural worker and member of Ateliers Belleville.\nMostafa Henaway\, a Canadian-born Egyptian\, is a long-time community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal\, where he has been organizing for justice for immigrant/migrant workers for over two decades. He is also a researcher and PhD candidate at Concordia University.\nLauren Laframboise is a PhD student at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling in the Department of History at Concordia University\, and a student affiliate of the Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePOT) project. Her research explores the impacts of deindustrialization in the apparel industry in Montréal and New York City. She is also the External Affairs Officer for the Concordia Research and Education Workers’ Union (CREW–CSN).\nMartín Rodríguez\, transmission artist\, educator\, and member of Atelier Belleville.\nJoseph Sannicandro\, a sound artist\, researcher and professor at State University of New York at Purchase.\nGaurav Sharma is a community organizer and artist living in Montréal. Over the last years Gaurav has been an organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre and has particularly focused on creating theatre within the South Asian diaspora\, creating multiple plays that speak to migrant worker experiences.\nYumna Siddiqi\, a member of the IWC board and an associate professor of English at Middlebury College URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/labour-in-the-shadows-a-cultural-event-and-walking-tour-of-chabanel-district-in-montreal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lamour1-75-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240329T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240329T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240219T210353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T210353Z UID:10020-1711704600-1711710000@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Roundtable: Deindustrializing Workers and Places DESCRIPTION:Deindustrializing Workers and Places \nFriday March 29th at 9:30am (EST) \nJoin us as six DePOT-affiliated researchers share their work on the deindustrializing places and people they study across six different industrial and regional contexts. The event is free\, but registration is required to get the Zoom link. \nChair: Greg Wilson\, University of Akron \nSpeakers: \n\nAmber Ward\, “Cultural motifs in deindustrialising Central Fife\, Scotland\, 1940s-1990s.”\nValerio Caruso\, “The Politicisation of Environmental Issues in the Deindustrial Areas of Naples”\nBharat Sundararajan\, “Deregulation and Nationalisation: debates around industrial closure in Pondicherry’s textile mills (1954-2000).”\nJames Ferns\, “Occupational Masculinity and Emasculation among Reemployed Scottish Heavy Industry Workers.”\nZoé Konsbruck\, “Deindustrialization in Luxembourg’s steel towns\, 1970-1990”.\nSteven High\, “Testing the ‘Failure of the Left’ Thesis: The Ontario NDP Confronts the Industrial Crisis\, 1990-95.” URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-deindustrializing-workers-and-places/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/March-Roundtable.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240419T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240419T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240229T163321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T135934Z UID:10031-1713519000-1713524400@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Seeing from the South: Deindustrialization in Latin America and the Caribbean DESCRIPTION:This roundtable gathers scholars and practitioners from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss the region’s experiences and processes of deindustrialization. The panel discussion will examine various topics linked to deindustrialization\, including industrial heritage\, environmental waste\, gender\, political participation\, and everyday life\, among other issues. \nRegister on Google Forms to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nChairperson: Magdalena Novoa\, University of Illinois. \nSpeakers: \n\nMarcos Pérez\, University of Washington and Lee\nDaniela Morales\, University of Illinois\nMarion Steiner y Pamela Fuentes\, Universidad de Chile and Placilla Museum\nKaren Sanabria\, Technological University José Antonio Echeverría de la Habana\nCamilo Contreras Delgado\, Colegio de la Frontera Norte de México URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/seeing-from-the-south-deindustrialization-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Seeing-from-the-South_Roundtable-Poster.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240620T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240622T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240130T182429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T154458Z UID:9993-1718874000-1719075600@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Depot Summer Institute: Difficult histories of gender and community DESCRIPTION:DePOT Summer Institutes bring together graduate students and postdoctoral fellows as well as select faculty and partners to workshop their latest research in a small supportive setting. Summer Institutes are timed to occur on the eve of the project’s thematic workshops and assembly in order to encourage participants to attend these as well. It is an opportunity to forge connection with other deindustrialization researchers and receive critical feedback on work in progress. \nThis year\, we will be coming together at Queen’s University Belfast for an exciting line-up of student talks\, discussion plenaries\, workshops\, and walking tours of the city. On June 23\, we will be traveling to Glasgow for DePOT’s project assembly and annual conference. \nThe Summer Institute is open to DePOT-affiliated students\, postdoctoral fellows\, researchers\, and partners. Please use the link on Basecamp to register or email deindustrialization@concordia.ca for more. We’re excited to share the program shortly! \nOrganizing committee: Sinead Burns\, Adna Camdzic\, Shonagh Joice\, and Naomi Petropoulos \nClick here to download the final program! URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/depot-summer-institute-difficult-histories-of-gender-and-community/ LOCATION:Queen’s University Belfast CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Option-1-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240625T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240626T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240201T120014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T145855Z UID:10003-1719306000-1719423000@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Gender\, Family\, and Deindustrialization — DePOT annual conference DESCRIPTION:In deindustrialization studies\, representations of industrial closures have often dwelled on the ways that masculinity is threatened or reconfigured through the experience of job loss and on the erosion of collective ties and spaces linked to the world of work. Conversely\, women have appeared only on the fringes of the literature on deindustrialization\, sometimes in their capacities as wives and mothers\, but increasingly also as displaced workers in their own right. DePOT seeks to bring the history of deindustrialisation into productive dialogue with histories of youth\, the body\, health\, the home and the caring economy.  \nThis conference\, the culmination of our project’s Gender\, Family\, and Deindustrialization research initiative\, features researchers from a variety of disciplinary and regional backgrounds. Registration is free. With a program of three concurrent panels\, two keynotes\, and a plenary with DePOT’s artists-in-residence planned\, we are excited to see you in Glasgow!  \n  \nOrganizing committee: Jackie Clarke\, Arthur McIvor\, Rebekah Chatellier\, Piyusha Chatterjee\, and Yvonne McFadden \nLinks and resources \n\nRegistration link\nFINAL conference program \nAccessAble page for the University of Strathclyde\nAccessAble page for the Graham Hills Building URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/gender-family-and-deindustrialization-depot-annual-conference/ LOCATION:Strathclyde University\, 40 George St (Graham Hills Building)\, Glasgow CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Conference-Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241009T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241009T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240924T142315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T142315Z UID:11075-1728466200-1728473400@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNTABLE: SETTLER COLONIALISM AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION DESCRIPTION:In Canada\, the United States\, Australia\, and other settler colonies\, the dispossession of Indigenous land is integral to histories of industrialization. Resource industries like forestry\, mining and oil are inextricably tied to the exploitation of Indigenous peoples. How then\, do scholars of deindustrialization respond\, when the “good jobs” lost during industrial closure were directly implicated in the ongoing dispossession of Indigenous lands? Join DePOT affiliates as they propose new directions for working through this tension in deindustrialization studies.   \nWednesday October 9 (9:30AM Eastern Time). \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nChair: \nPiyusha Chatterjee \nParticipants \n\nPeter Thompson\, University of New Brunswick\, \nMyriam Guillemette\, Université du Québec à Montréal\, \nRaechele Lovell\, 2024-25 DéPOT Artist in Residence\, \nLachlan Mackinnon\, Cape Breton University\, \nPetra Dolata\, University of Calgary  URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/rountable-settler-colonialism-and-deindustrialization/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Deindustrialization-settle-colonialism.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241120T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241120T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20241023T100027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240927T135857Z UID:11081-1732095000-1732102200@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE: DEINDUSTRIALIZATION\, RACE\, AND CASTE DESCRIPTION:Following the 2016 US presidential election\, much ink has been spilled on the topic of the “white working class.” Conjured as the face of the US Rust Belt\, whiteness has become synonymous with the “left behind” of deindustrialization\, whereas figures of the “migrant” are operationalized to inflict blame. How then\, have racialized communites been affected by deindustrialization\, when whiteness is taken as a given? What might the experience of racialized communities\, in the US\, Canada\, India and elsewhere\, tell us about the process and aftermath of deindustrialization? Join DePOT affiliates as they share their work and discuss how race and caste figure into the landscape of deindustrialization studies.  \nWednesday October 20 (9:30AM Eastern Time) \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nChair: \nStefan Moitra  \nParticipants: \n\nJames Rhodes\, Hiram College\nBharat Sundararajan\, University of St. Andrews\nSherry Lee Linkon\, Georgetown University\nRémy Chhem\, 2024-25 DePOT Artist in Residence\nGreg Wilson\, University of Akron URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-deindustrialization-race-and-caste/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Rountables-Deindustrialization-race-and-caste.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241209T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241209T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20241110T100057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T152143Z UID:11088-1733736600-1733743800@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE: DEINDUSTRIALIZATION AND POPULISM DESCRIPTION:  \nBrexit and the 2016 US presidential election threw “populism” into the spotlight. Populism\, from both the left (Jean-Luc Melenchon\, Bernie Sanders) and the right (Marine Le Pen\, Donald Trump) has come to define the politics of deindustrializing societies. How do we make sense of this groundswell? Join DePOT as we explore populism and deindustrialization.   \nWednesday December 9 (9:30AM Eastern Time). \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nChair: \nAmber Ward \nParticipants: \n\nFilippo Sbrana\, University for Foreigners of Perugia\nMarion Fontaine\, Science Po\nMike Makin-Waite\, independent scholar\nManuela Vinai\, University of Turin\nLachlan Mackinnon\, Cape Breton University\nSteven High\, Concordia University.  URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-deindustrialization-and-populism/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Roundtable-deindustrialization-and-populism.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250121T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250121T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20241225T100042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T191227Z UID:11095-1737451800-1737459000@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE: DEINDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE LEFT DESCRIPTION:View the event recording here \nWhat happens to workers’ parties when work dries up? Deindustrialization has presented a profound challenge to parties of the left and centre-left\, with their traditional base in the trade union movement becoming increasingly precarious. In this roundtable\, DePOT affiliates will explore how deindustrialization affected the political left\, how parties and organizations of the left responded to deindustrialization\, and the future of how the political left might adapt to the post-industrial moment.  \nTuesday January 21 (9:30AM Eastern Time). \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nParticipants: \n\nGilda Zazzara\, University of Ca’Foscari Venice\nFred Burrill\, University of New Brunswick\nMarion Fontaine\, Sciences Po\nXavier Vigna\, Université Paris-Nanterre\nIndranil Chakraborty\, Concordia University\nManuela Vinai\, University of Turin\nGraham Latham\, Concordia University. \n\n  URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-deindustrialization-and-the-left/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Left-Roundtable-Youtube-Thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20250212T204712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T204712Z UID:12324-1739352600-1739359800@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE: IN CONVERSATION WITH TIM STRANGLEMAN DESCRIPTION:Join his former students and colleagues to celebrate the career of Tim Strangleman\, DePOT co-founder and author of many books on the sociology of deindustrialization. \nWednesday February 12 (9:30AM Eastern Time). \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nSherry Lee Linkon\, Georgetown University \nJefferson Cowie\, Vanderbilt University \nGilda Zazzara\, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice \nThomas Wilson\, University of Kent \nTim Strangleman\, University of Kent URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-in-conversation-with-tim-strangleman/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Rountable-2025-02-123.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20250310T194839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T185808Z UID:12464-1745487000-1745494200@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE: NEW RESEARCH IN DEINDUSTRIALIZATION STUDIES DESCRIPTION:Journey from Poland to the American Midwest in our next roundtable\, featuring research from seven DePOT affiliates and chaired by Steven High! \nThursday April 24th (9:30AM Eastern Time). \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nChairperson: Steven High (Concordia University) \nYuan Yi (Concordia University) \, “Deindustrialization: A Useful Category for Challenging Linear History.” \nAnna Ruth Guildea (Scuola Normale Superiore)\, “Masculinity\, Occupational Change\, and Support for the Radical Right in Europe.” \nCory Haala (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)\, “Fighting Deindustrialization in the American Midwest\, from Factory to Farm.” \nNora Küttel (University of Halle)\, “Unveiling the Emotional and Social Consequences of Deindustrialisation: The Case of East Germany’s Shipbuilding Industry.” \nMart Chmielewski (European University Institute)\, “Bra-Making and Postsocialist Transformation: Privatization\, Global Capital\, and the Reshaping of Industry in Central Poland”. \nMonika Glosowitz (University of Silesia)\, “Narratives of Women from Coal Mining Families from Upper Silesian Coal Basin. An Artivist Research Project.” \nMelissa Meade (Seton Hall University)\, “Digital Memories in Centralia\, Pennsylvania and The Reshaping of Labor Narratives” URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-new-research-in-deindustrialization-studies-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Roundtable-2025-04-241.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250619T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250621T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20240829T155948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T193639Z UID:11013-1750320000-1750525200@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Désindustrialisation\, nation\, immigration : quelles réponses politiques ? / Deindustrialization\, Nation\, Immigration: What Political Responses? DESCRIPTION:Deindustrialization\, Nation\, Immigration: What Political Responses? \nDeindustrialization\, which began affecting North America and Northwestern Europe in the 1950s\, unevenly impacted various workforces. These groups\, which have experienced mass layoffs and relocations due to globalization and trade liberalization\, include both men and women\, national and immigrant workers\, and racialized individuals\, some of whom have been replaced by lower-paid\, less protected labor forces. This powerful movement gained momentum in the late 1970s and early 1980s\, at a time when the labor movement was at its peak and social democratic parties held power\, particularly in Western Europe. \nIn this context\, deindustrialization profoundly destabilized the labor movement and left-wing parties\, which faced an immense political\, strategic\, and intellectual challenge. This challenge arised from the disappearance of an industrial model that provided a framework\, the crisis of countercyclical economic and social policies\, and\, last but not least\, the erosion of their electoral base. Simultaneously\, chauvinistic or xenophobic reactions\, which traditionally accompany economic and political crises\, have multiplied\, aiding the consolidation of far-right movements that denounce the presence of immigrants\, unfair foreign competition\, and even local populations or entire regions perceived as burdens taking advantage of the social welfare system. \nWhile some of these issues regularly capture media and public attention\, it is clear that proper historical analyses linking these different elements are still lacking. The same applies to comparisons between regional and national situations. \nThe aim of this conference is to shed light on these different contexts from a historical perspective\, and to rearticulate these contemporary phenomena to understand how different forms of deindustrialization challenge issues of race\, immigration\, and nation. It also seeks to explore how these processes transform the political responses that can be offered to these issues. Case studies focusing on a particular situation\, territory\, or group are welcome (in Europe and North America during the late 20th-early 21st century but also in the global South). We also encourage papers that cross categories\, compare territories\, or vary the scales of analysis. \nSeveral non-exclusive avenues of inquiry may be explored\, including: Race\, nation\, and immigrant labor; Between powerlessness and action\, between blindness and awareness: what responses from workers’ movements?; Populism\, far-right\, and deindustrialization. \n  \nConference News  \nThe program is now available in English and French. \n  \nThe call for papers is now available on our website! Read and download it in French or English here. \nFrequently Asked Questions  \nAs conference organization proceeds\, we will be updating this page with more information about venues\, conference hotels\, program information\, and more information to help prepare attendance. URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/desindustrialisation-nation-immigration-quelles-reponses-politiques-deindustrialization-nation-immigration-what-political-responses-2/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Bilingual-conference-poster.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20250827T174811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T185952Z UID:13068-1758877200-1758884400@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE: IS THE FIELD OF DEINDUSTRIALIZATION STUDIES TOO ONE SIDED? DESCRIPTION:Oral history has been the primary methodology of the field of deindustrialization studies for the past quarter century. The field is therefore anchored in working-class lives and the lived interior of deindustrialization. In a draft paper\, DePOT member Stefan Berger provocatively asks if the field has become too one-sided as a result? He argues that “the field would gain in multi-perspectivity by moving away from its one-sided focus on working-class memories of deindustrialization.” The virtual session will begin with a 15-minute presentation from Stefan Berger and we will then hear from a series of respondents (who have read the paper) for 5-6 minutes each. It will then be opened for questions and comments. \nFriday September 26th 2025 at 9:00am eastern time \nRegister on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link and receive reminder emails ahead of the roundtable! \nChairperson: Steven High (Concordia University) \nPresentation: Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum) \nRespondents: Fred Burrill (University of New Brunswick)\, Xavier Vigna (University of Paris-Nanterre)\, Amber Ward (University of St. Andrews)\, Bharat Sundararajan (University of St. Andrews)\, Emiliano Aguilar (University of Notre Dame) \n  URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-deindustrialization-one-sided/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Roundtable-2025-09-261.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251107T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251107T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20251023T200717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T192033Z UID:13315-1762507800-1762513200@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE - POLICIES AND PROGRAMS: DEINDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION:DePOT’s Deindustrialization and the Environment working group is pleased to host its first roundtable\, Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment. This session brings together eight scholars whose research examines the intersections of industrial decline\, environmental activism and remediation\, and policy responses by a variety of levels of government. Presentations will consider how states\, companies\, and communities respond to the environmental legacies of deindustrialization\, including questions surrounding the construction of uneven geographies of remediation and sacrifice zones. Drawing from several national and local contexts\, the panel will highlight how difference policy frameworks shape the aftermath of deindustrialized spaces and landscapes. \n\nFriday November 7th at 9:30am Eastern Time \n\nPresenters: \n\nGreg Wilson (University of Akron)\nValerio Caruso (Institute for Mediterranean Studies)\nPetra Dolata (University of Calgary) & Julian Rioux (University of Saskatchewan)\nShouvik Mukhopadhyay (University of Calcutta) & Indranil Chakraborty (Fanshawe College)\nChris Walley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)\nDavid Beorlegui (University of the Basque Country)\nSteven High (Concordia University) URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/policies-and-programs-deindustrialization-and-environment/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Workshop-11-07.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251205T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20251204T161733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T161733Z UID:13430-1764928800-1764934200@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE - RESEARCH FROM ENERGY IN SOCIETY DESCRIPTION:Join DePOT and Energy In Society as we talk extractivism\, energy transitions\, and degrowth!\n\n\n\nDePOT’s Deindustrialization and the Environment working group is pleased to host its second roundtable\, Deindustrialization and Environment: Research from Energy In Society. This session brings together scholars from the Energy In Society working group at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities\, a DePOT partner institution. Based in the “energy province” of Alberta\, these researchers from across a variety of disciplines (anthropology\, history\, communication studies\, political science\, geography\, economics and creative writing) examine questions of deindustrialization and energy transition\, degrowth and extractivism. Presentations will use examples and case studies from Alberta\, Canada and the world to consider the role energy has played in deindustrialization processes and critically engage with the many ways (stories\, political economy\, propaganda etc.) people think about energy industrialization\, deindustrialization and reindustrialization. \nPresenters \nKatelyn Anderson (University of Calgary\, Communication\, Medi and Film) \nAnna Bettini (University of Calgary\, History/Anthropology) \nPetra Dolata (University of Calgary\, History) \nWilliam Gillies (Calgary) \nLilia Garcia Manrique (University of Calgary\, Earth\, Energy\, and Environment) \nJennifer McDougall (University of Calgary\, English) \nMack Penner (University of Calgary\, History/CanCO2Re) \nAna Alicia Watson Jimenez (University of Calgary\, Political Science) \n\nREGISTER HERE URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/energy-in-society/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Roundtable-12-051-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260206T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260206T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095304 CREATED:20260120T191708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T192139Z UID:13874-1770372000-1770377400@deindustrialization.org SUMMARY:Rountable: Labor and Working Class Environmentalism DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first Deindustrialization and the Environment working group discussion of the year!\n\n\n\nChairperson: Gregory Wilson \nPresenters: \nLachlan Mackinnon: Blue Economy and Ocean Industries in Atlantic Canada \nUte Eickelkamp: “From the ground up? Grappling with ethnographic stories about nature lovers\, climate change deniers and working-class environmentalists in the post-carbon Ruhr” \nAdna Camdzic and Alessandro Ponsi: “From Jobs to Justice: Environmental-Work Conflicts and Industrial Closures in Italy (1980–1999)” \nMonika Glosowitz: “Fluorosis – A Broken Story of Worker’s Fights” \nMelissa R. Meade: ““Standing Tall Before You”: Culm Banks\, Memory\, Play\, and Survival in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region” URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/rountable-political-abandonment-silencing-and-absence-in-deindustrialization-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/environment-roundtables.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR