Labor and Working-Class History Association

Thursday, January 7, 2027

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Histories of Technology and Governance from Palestine to the Philippines
AHA Session 12

South American Pacific Worlds of Labor and Community
AHA Session 18

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


The Labor of Sovereignty Across the 19th-Century Americas
AHA Session 34

Building Socialism, Transforming Nature: Industry and Infrastructure in Mao’s China
AHA Session 43

Friday, January 8, 2027

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Working Class Communities and Extractive Landscapes in the Americas
AHA Session 70

New Directions in Medieval Economic History, Part 1: Land and Labor
AHA Session 75

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Governing Bodies: Public Health, Race, Disability, and Labor in the Modern United States
AHA Session 87

Beyond Exports: Commodities, Society, and Environmental Change in Latin America
AHA Session 95

Rethinking Capitalism from Below: Mexico’s Long 19th Century
AHA Session 97

Domesticating Topographies: Mountains, Materiality, and the Metis of Andean Development
AHA Session 98

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Behind the Scenes: Don’t Stand Alone: Black Labor Organizing in New Orleans
AHA Session 109

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


New Directions in Environmental Histories: Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia
AHA Session 137

Deep Roots, Shifting Ground: Extraction and Resilience in Colonial Latin America
AHA Session 144

From Mountain Peaks to Sugar-Factory Towns: Repurposing Landscapes for Leisure, Livelihood, and Industry in 20th-Century Latin America
AHA Session 146

Saturday, January 9, 2027

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Island Circuits in the Early Modern Atlantic, Part 1: The Political Economy of Atlantic Islands
AHA Session 177

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Caste, State Power, and Artisans in Modern India
AHA Session 185

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Beyond Top-Down Propaganda: Participation, Practice, and Its Limits
AHA Session 209

Whose Health, Whose Safety? Historicizing Health and Safety Measures as Sites of Struggle in 20th-Century US Workplaces
AHA Session 215

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


Feudalism: The Utility of a Construct
AHA Session 235

Sunday, January 10, 2027

11:00 AM-12:30 PM


Institutions of Care and Care Work in 20th-Century Lebanon and the United States
AHA Session 290