🎨 ARTISTS in RESIDENCY. We are pleased to welcome Nina Vroemen and Hervé Demers to the DePOT project, whose work will be featured at this year’s DePOT conference in Montréal, Canada. Welcome and congratulations! Read their biography and project description:

NEW BLOG! Read Nina Vodopivec's latest blog, examining how the experiences of Slovenian industrial (textile) workers were systematically silenced during the post-socialist transition, with their demands dismissed as “nostalgia” while deindustrialization was portrayed as inevitable.

Happy to announce the publication of The Politics of Industrial Closure: Transnational and Comparative Histories, which is a collective outcome of @deindustrialpol.bsky.social Huge thanks to Stefan Berger and all 26 contributors. It was a beautiful process of collaborative research and writing.

Roundtable: Don't forget that we are hosting a roundtable this Thursday on Political Abandonment, Silencing, and Absence in deindustrialization. Register here:

‼️The updated program, in both French and English, for our upcoming conference in Montreal this June is now available! Please use the link below to download the bilingual version from our website. DéPOT is excited to see you in Montreal!

Don't forget our environmental workshop tomorrow morning on Gentrification and Greening! Register on our Eventbrite link:

BLOG: Read our latest blog post by Philippine d'Halleine, a master's student at Concordia University. Philippine reviews Romain Castellesi's impressive publication, "Savoir Commencer un Grève," published by Agone Editions, in a detailed book review.

WORKSHOP - March 6th: Join DePOT's Deindustrialization and the Environment workshop to discuss ongoing research!

Join us this Friday for a roundtable on Industrial Heritage! www.eventbrite.ca/e/1980405314...

New blog for February! Dylan Brewerton-Harper, a postgraduate student at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Dylan is interested in the “half-life” of the former shipyard, adorned with monuments, sculptures, and murals commemorating Port Glasgow's industrial past.

ROUNDTABLE - February 6th: Join DePOT's Deindustrialization and the Environment roundtable to discuss ongoing research!

‼️The program, in both French and English for our upcoming conference in Montreal this June is now available! Please find the link below to our website to download both the English and French version. DéPOT is excited to see you in Montreal!

Happy New Year!🎊 Read our latest blog post by Melissa Meade from Seton Hall University. Learn about how public memorialization struggles to center workers in the narrative of industrial history.

Appel à candidatures - Devenez le nouveau ou la nouvel artiste en résidence de DePOT ! Une bourse de 16 000 dollars canadiens est offerte à un.e artiste ou à un groupe d'artistes explorant le thème de cette année, « La désindustrialisation et l'environnement ». Postulez avant le 15 janvier !

Call for applications - Become DePOT's new Artist in Residence! CA$ 16,000 in funding is available for an artist or group of artists exploring this year's theme of Deindustrialization and the Environment - Apply by January 15!

This Friday! Join our Deindustrialization and the Environment working group for the last DePOT roundtable of the year!

Our 2024-2025 Annual Report is out! Read it here to learn what we've been up to in the past year. deindustrialization.org/wp-content/u...

Congratulations to our awesome undergraduate student Sabina Leduc, who has won the Miramichi Historians' Prize in New Brunswick History for her work on the impacts of mill closure on Doaktown, Nackawic, and Juniper, NB. Way to go, Sabina!

📰 New from the blog - Aparna Das reflects on the complexity of Kolkata's culture and built environment

And just like that, it's real. When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26. Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

🚨Last chance! 🚨 Don't forget to sign up for tomorrow's roundtable

Don't miss the @deindustrialpol.bsky.social virtual roundtable this Friday! Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time Friday November 7th at 9:30am Eastern Time niche-canada.org/2025/10/29/v... #envhist #envstudies

New on the Blog 📰 Yuan Yi uses the case of Orinoka Mills to explore the dynamics and consequences of textile closures in the U.S.

📆 Next week! Remember to sign up for our roundtable organized by the Deindustrialization and the Environment Working Group

Join @stephross.bsky.social and Rob Kristofferson, as well as Toronto-based contributors, for the Toronto launch of The Art of Solidarity! This event is hosted by the Toronto Workers' History Project and Mayworks Toronto. Find more details here: btlbooks.com/events/view/...

🗓️Notez la date dans vos agendas ! La conférence « Quelle est la valeur du travail? Passé, présent et futur de la classe ouvrière et des études sur le travail » se tiendra les 13 et 14 novembre à Montréal, avec des présentations de plusieurs affilié.e.s de DéPOT

🗓️Mark your calendars! The conference "Why Does Labour Matter? The Past, Present, and Future of Labour and Labour Studies" is taking place November 13-14th in Montreal with many DePOT members presenting in attendance.

FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 7th: Join DePOT's Deindustrialization and the Environment working group to discuss ongoing research!

#Yellowknife people: We're in town for the launch of The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife! If you're in town, join us at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Thursday Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion of the book with the authors and local guests.

[AAC] Le prochain colloque du RUCHE aura pour thème "Genre et environnement" et se déroulera à Aix-en-Provence du 10 au 12 juin 2026. N'hésitez pas à proposer une communication et à partager l'appel à communication ! ajch.hypotheses.org/8251

Hâte de prendre part au colloque Streetstories | Histoires de rue (7–8 nov.), où j’aurai le plaisir de donner la conférence d’honneur. Un bel événement sur la ville, ses usages et ses imaginaires.

📰 New DePOT blog! Joseph Coates and Emiliano Aguilar discuss the memory of ACME steel workers following its departure from the Calumet region.

Wonderful to see the fabulous Scottish Oral History Centre (and Arthur McIvor) featured this way!

In our October blog, Amber Ward reviews Netflix’s Toxic Town, a depiction of women’s response to the continued exploitation of residents in a deindustrialized English town.

Call for papers! The Hans-Böckler-Stiftung and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung are hosting a conference titled "Trade Unions, the Far Right, and the Battle for the Working Class. Perspectives from Europe and North America since 1945". Submissions may be sent in English or German before October 22nd

🚨 For folks in the Toronto area looking for something to do this Sunday 🚨 Hot Docs and DePOT partner UNIFOR are hosting a free 40th anniversary screening of "Final Offer" with a discussion on Canadian Sovereignty in the Time of Trade Wars - get your tickets in advance!

us pulling up to the Lachlan MacKinnon my bloody valentine deindustrialization lecture

Appel à communications pour une journée d'études que je co-organise : Les administrations du travail et les restructurations industrielles des années 1970 aux années 1990 afhmt.hypotheses.org/5868

DéPOT's own @stevenhigh.bsky.social will be offering the keynote at COHDS' AGA marking the centre's 20th anniversary on Oct 3! Register for the hybrid event here: storytelling.concordia.ca/event/aga2025/

It is a very good idea to hold this debate and examine this serious criticism!

This Friday! I'll be participating in what promises to be a lively debate on @ruhr-uni-bochum.de Stefan Berger's controversial intervention into the field of deindustrialization studies.

This week! Don't forget to sign up if you'd like to join our roundtable

[Événement] Plus que quelques jours avant le premier colloque de la CHCQ! Ce vendredi débutera notre colloque de l’An 1, intitulé « Où en est le Québec d’hier ? Faire et refaire l’histoire du Québec contemporain ».

Two (2) MA fellowships at Concordia in deindustrialization studies.

Great to see @deindustrialpol.bsky.social team members in the news - but few of us get to be sketched too ! www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...

Next Friday! Join us for our first roundtable of the fall where we will discuss Stefan Berger's new paper arguing that Deindustrialization Studies have been too one-sided in their discussion of the effects of deindustrialization on workers

Wonderful opportunity for a fellowship with one of our affiliates!

We are pleased to announce that DePOT affiliate Shonagh Joice will be joining the respondents at our next roundtable! Don't forget to get your tickets here

We're now accepting applications for a 30K Masters fellowship, in collaboration with @deindustrialpol.bsky.social, on topics related to deindustrialization and working-class life. Co-supervised by @fburrill.bsky.social and Dr. Peter Thompson (English). Spread the word! www.unb.ca/fredericton/...

CORRECTION The event will take place at 9:00AM EDT, not PM. We apologize for any confusion.