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Reading Group | Oxford Labour Network

Tuesday 5 May 2026, 4pm - 4.45pm

In person and online

The Oxford Labour Network will have its first reading group session on Tuesday 5 May 2026, 4-4.45pm. We will meet in the Learning Centre of the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, for those who can make it in person, and online for those who cannot please email labournetwork@torch.ox.ac.uk and they will provide the joining link.

Dr Chihab El Khachab will lead on a recent special issue in the Anthropology of Work Review on labour and disability. The following two articles will form the basis of the discussion.

Article 1: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/awr.70007

Article 2: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/awr.70008

Here are the full citations, if you wanted to include them on the term card:

Brocco, G. and Mauksch, S. (2025), Introduction to “Laboring from ex-centric Sites: Disability, Chronicity, and Work”. Anthropology of Work Review, 46: e70007. https://doi.org/10.1111/awr.70007

Az, E.I. (2025), Bodyworkability. Anthropology of Work Review, 46: e70008. https://doi.org/10.1111/awr.70008

Hoping to see many of you there.

If you have any further questions, please email labournetwork@torch.ox.ac.uk.

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