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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · 10d

Please join @andrewhartman.bsky.social & I for the first Newberry Capitalism seminar. Friday, October 3, 3pm CT. Registration link below.

Melanie Sheehan will be sharing her work on unions & trade policy with a comment from @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social

www.newberry.org/calendar/mel...

Melanie R. Sheehan, Hartwick College

Negotiating Fair Trade in a World of Uneven Development: US Garment Unions in the 1960s

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · 10d

Please join @andrewhartman.bsky.social & I for the first Newberry Capitalism seminar. Friday, October 3, 3pm CT. Registration link below.

Melanie Sheehan will be sharing her work on unions & trade policy with a comment from @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social

www.newberry.org/calendar/mel...

Melanie R. Sheehan, Hartwick College

Negotiating Fair Trade in a World of Uneven Development: US Garment Unions in the 1960s

www.newberry.org

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Aug 1

So honored to have been interviewed!

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Jul 1

Big news: I'm returning to the Sunbelt. I'm officially a professor in UGA's History Dept where I'll direct the new Applied History program. I am really excited for the chance to work with old friends and meet new colleagues.

I'll still co-run the virtual Newberry seminars. Please keep Zooming in!

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Jun 1

Newberry Scholarly Seminar Deadline Approaching! June 6. Please apply!

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · May 21

Friday, May 30, 3-430pm CT: Please join @andrewhartman.bsky.social and me for this year's last Newberry Capitalism Seminar. Neil Johnson will present his work on job retraining and @elicook.bsky.social will comment. Registration for the paper and Zoom link is free.

www.newberry.org/calendar/nei...

Neil Johnson-Rogers, University of Michigan

“The Learning Never Ends”: The New Industrial Relations and the Limits ofRetraining in the Age of Deindustrialization

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · May 21

Friday, May 30, 3-430pm CT: Please join @andrewhartman.bsky.social and me for this year's last Newberry Capitalism Seminar. Neil Johnson will present his work on job retraining and @elicook.bsky.social will comment. Registration for the paper and Zoom link is free.

www.newberry.org/calendar/nei...

Neil Johnson-Rogers, University of Michigan

“The Learning Never Ends”: The New Industrial Relations and the Limits ofRetraining in the Age of Deindustrialization

www.newberry.org

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Andrew Hartman @andrewhartman.bsky.social · May 12

For yet another year, I am co-hosting the Newberry Library History of Capitalism Seminar with the awesome @etshermer.bsky.social. Check out the CFP--submission deadline June 6.

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · May 4

The last Newberry Library Labor Seminar for 2024-2025 is next week. Y'all can register here for the paper for this free event, May 9, 3pm CT on Zoom. www.newberry.org/calendar/all...

Allyson Brantley, University of La Verne

Unionizing the Parochial School: The Battle over Lay Teachers & Labor Unions in Chicago’s Archdiocesan Schools in the 1970s

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Apr 22

Next Newberry Library Capitalism seminar w/ @andrewhartman.bsky.social and me! Jason Petrels will be sharing his new work on Cold War hair markets.

Zooming 3pm CT on May 2. Free registration for the paper and link. www.newberry.org/calendar/jas...

Jason Petrulis, The Education University of Hong Kong

From Temple Tonsure to Woman's Wig: Making Indian hair markets in the Cold War

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Apr 24

Email my Loyola address and we can set up a time. Likely in a few weeks because term is ending and I have a mountain of marking ahead of me

Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Apr 22

Next Newberry Library Capitalism seminar w/ @andrewhartman.bsky.social and me! Jason Petrels will be sharing his new work on Cold War hair markets.

Zooming 3pm CT on May 2. Free registration for the paper and link. www.newberry.org/calendar/jas...

Jason Petrulis, The Education University of Hong Kong

From Temple Tonsure to Woman's Wig: Making Indian hair markets in the Cold War

www.newberry.org

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Feb 21

Next Newberry Capitalism Seminar.

Fri., February 28th, 3pm CT

@janinegiordano.bsky.social will be sharing her work on schooling, homesteading, & the social contract after the Civil War. Comment by @nelsonhist.bsky.social

Register here for the paper and Zoom link
www.newberry.org/calendar/jan...

Janine Giordano Drake, Indiana University

Hoping on Homesteading: The Failure of the Civil War to Galvanize a New Social Contract, 1862-1872

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Feb 21

hosts @andrewhartman.bsky.social and me

Janine Giordano Drake, Indiana University

Hoping on Homesteading: The Failure of the Civil War to Galvanize a New Social Contract, 1862-1872

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Feb 21

Next Newberry Capitalism Seminar.

Fri., February 28th, 3pm CT

@janinegiordano.bsky.social will be sharing her work on schooling, homesteading, & the social contract after the Civil War. Comment by @nelsonhist.bsky.social

Register here for the paper and Zoom link
www.newberry.org/calendar/jan...

Janine Giordano Drake, Indiana University

Hoping on Homesteading: The Failure of the Civil War to Galvanize a New Social Contract, 1862-1872

www.newberry.org

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Feb 11

Please Zoom into the Newberry Labor Seminar, Feb 21, 4pm CT. We’ll be discussing Sam Hege’s paper on workers in the Texas meat packing industry. Roger Horowitz will be providing comments.

Register here for the paper and Zoom link.

www.newberry.org/calendar/sam...

Sam Hege, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

“The Most Non-Union Place I’ve Been”: United Packing's Texas Panhandle Campaign and the Transformation of Meatpacking in the 1960s

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Jan 5

Join @andrewhartman.bsky.social and me for the first Newberry History of Capitalism seminar of 2025. Cheryl Hudson will be presenting her new work on the company town of Pullman -- Comment by Andrew Cohen . We Zoom at 3pm CT, Friday, Jan 10. Register for link & paper www.newberry.org/calendar/che...

Cheryl Hudson, University of Liverpool

Capitalism v Democracy: Lessons from the Pullman Experiment

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Jan 5

Join @andrewhartman.bsky.social and me for the first Newberry History of Capitalism seminar of 2025. Cheryl Hudson will be presenting her new work on the company town of Pullman -- Comment by Andrew Cohen . We Zoom at 3pm CT, Friday, Jan 10. Register for link & paper www.newberry.org/calendar/che...

Cheryl Hudson, University of Liverpool

Capitalism v Democracy: Lessons from the Pullman Experiment

www.newberry.org

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Dec 1

Join @andrewhartman.bsky.social & me for the next virtual Newberry History of Capitalism Seminar. Dan Geary will be sharing his new work on Gloria Steinem -- Leandra Zarnow will be commenting. We start at 3PM CT, December 6. Free registration for the link and paper. www.newberry.org/calendar/jos...

Daniel Geary, Trinity College, Dublin

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Nov 15

Join Andrew Hartman and me for the
@NewberryLibrary
Capitalism Seminar, on Zoom, Friday Nov 22, 330-5pm CT. We will discuss Joseph Heathcott's new work, "Surreal Estate: Property After Abandonment," -- Naomi Williams will comment. Register: www.newberry.org/calendar/jos...

Joseph Heathcott, The New School

Surreal Estate: Property After Abandonment

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · May 19

Apply to share your work for next year's (2024-25) Newberry Library Capitalism Seminar.

Or encourage others to apply!

Deadline is June 7, 2024.

@andrewhartman.bsky.social and I are excited to continue to offer it virtually so more can join
drive.google.com/file/d/1_irE...

CAPS CFP.pdf

drive.google.com

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · May 19

Apply to share your work for next year's (2024-25) Newberry Library Capitalism Seminar.

Or encourage others to apply!

Deadline is June 7, 2024.

@andrewhartman.bsky.social and I are excited to continue to offer it virtually so more can join
drive.google.com/file/d/1_irE...

CAPS CFP.pdf

drive.google.com

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · May 10

Last Zoom Newberry Library Capitalism Seminar. Please join @andrewhartman.bsky.social and I for next Friday's session, May 17 3pm CT, featuring Eli Cook's work on choice in the neoliberal economy. Registration info below
www.newberry.org/events/categ...

History of Capitalism

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · May 10

Last Zoom Newberry Library Capitalism Seminar. Please join @andrewhartman.bsky.social and I for next Friday's session, May 17 3pm CT, featuring Eli Cook's work on choice in the neoliberal economy. Registration info below
www.newberry.org/events/categ...

History of Capitalism

www.newberry.org

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Apr 19

Bouie has a terrific article on southern labor out this morning? Why is it so good? It emphasizes the amazing work of Kate Jewell in her first book, Dollars for Dixie. Read the article, the book, and her second book on college radio!

www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/o...

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