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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T093000
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250619T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250621T170000
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T090000
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251107T093000
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260206T100000
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260220T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260220T110000
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: (In)Justice and Heritage After Industry
DESCRIPTION:Join DePOT for this new roundtable as we talk about the aftermath of industry!\n\n\n\nChairperson: Myriam Guillemette \nPresenters \nRiccardo Rosa\, “Bagnoli after steel. Deindustrialization and participation in a former industrial area of southern Italy.” \nTim Liebregt\, “Bust Amid Boom: Automotive Plant Closures in Windsor\, Ontario\, 1945-1965.” \nThéo Georget\, “Restructuration industrielle en France\, économie morale et mobilisations sociales”. \nSeana Irvine\, “Spatializing (In)Justice: Politics\, Planning and Citizen Participation in King’s Cross Redevelopment.” \nJaime Gallego Bellas\, “La culture et le patrimoine dans la redynamisation des régions postindustrielles : analyse comparée entre le Pays Basque et l’agglomération lilloise” \nGuilherme Pozzer\, \nAparna Das\, “Deindustrialisation and Spatial Governance in Kolkata’s Jute Mill Lands: A Bourdieusian Reading.”
URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/roundtable-injustice-and-heritageafter-industry/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260306T100000
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SUMMARY:DePOT Environmental Workshop: Gentrification and Greening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a March workshop with the Environment initiative to discuss Gentrification and Greening\n\n\n\nChairperson: Greg Wilson \nPresenters: \n\nAlexandrina Vanke: The visual aesthetics of green gentrification in deindustrialising landscapes: a cross-national qualitative comparison\nEliot Perrin: Environmental Reclamation and the Reimagining of Sudbury\, Ontario’s Identity\nEllinor Eriksson: The nomadic town: Temporalities and trauma in Sweden’s postwar hydropower projects and their aftermath\nPatrick Cooper-McCann: Planning the Future of Industry in Detroit: Gentrifying vs. Declining Contexts\nFiona Hamilton: Rivers of Industry\, Currents of Decline: Environmental Memory in Adaptive Reuse
URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/rountable-political-abandonment-silencing-and-absence-in-deindustrialization-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Keyword workshop,Online Roundtable
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time":MAILTO:deindustrialization@concordia.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260312T093000
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SUMMARY:Rountable: Political Abandonment\, Silencing and Absence in Deindustrialization
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the March Roundtable to discuss Political Abandonment Silencing and Absence in deindustrialization\n\n\n\nChairperson: Clarence Hatton-Proulx \nPresenters: \nNina Vodopivek\, “Why is it still important to talk about deindustrialization? Silencing industrial workers and deindustrialization: postsocialist experiences.” \nSona Baldrian\, “Among the Ruins of Past Utopias: Women\, Work\, and Political Abandonment in Postsocialist Armenia.” \nPhilippine D’Halleine\, “La conséquence masquée de la désindustrialisation: la violence domestique” \nAndrea Negro\, “Deindustrialized Bodies in Motion: The Return of Italians from the Belgian Mines.” \nSteven High\, « A Grim Deterrent: Darlington\, the US Supreme Court\, and the Legalization of Anti-Union Plant Closures.” \nMatthew Penney\, “Between ‘Flying Geese’ and ‘Hollowing Out’ – Discourses of Deindustrialization in Japan.” \nSahar Ghasemshahi\, “Oil\, Deindustrialization\, and the Absence of Heritage Policy: Abadan as an Industrial Palimpsest.”
URL:https://deindustrialization.org/event/rountable-political-abandonment-silencing-and-absence-in-deindustrialization/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Roundtable
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