Family, friends and others who knew and respected Alan Haworth (Lord Haworth) continue to mourn his death on 28 August while on holiday in Iceland. There have been many tributes, including the obituary linked here in the Guardian. I first got to know Alan in the visceral days of 1970s Newham North East Labour Party. It was a difficult time for many people but Alan never lost his … Continue reading Alan Haworth (1948 – 2023)
The Scottish Labour History Society has launched an essay competition for undergraduates. The competion, which comes with a cash first prize of £400 and publication of the winning essay in the journal Scottish Labour History, is open to anyone currently registered for a first degree in Britain or abroad, or to anyone who has completed such a degree no earlier than February 2023. Download the entry … Continue reading Scottish Labour History Society undergraduate essay prize
My PhD thesis asks: when do trade unions come to support universal welfare policies? It pursues the question through a comparison of the British and American labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century. Thanks to the funding from the Society for the Study of Labour History, I was able to make two archival visits which hugely advanced my research. The first was to … Continue reading Maya Adereth (LSE) on trade unions and friendly society benefits in the UK and US at the turn of the 20th century
Writing in the October 2023 issue of Workers of the World: International Journal on Strikes and Social Conflict, Dr Dave Lyddon explores ‘Three hundred years of British strikes: contours, legal frameworks, and tactics’. The article, which is available open access, is a first attempt to cover the topic over such a long time span. Read the article in full. Abstract Britain has the longest … Continue reading The long view: three hundred years of British strikes: contours, legal frameworks, and tactics
Are you supervising a student studying a labour history topic for their dissertation in 2023-24? Or do you know a postgraduate researcher (MA and doctoral) or independent scholar engaged in postgraduate-level research in labour history? A bursary could provide support to fund archive or library research. The Society for the Study of Labour History offers up to £500 for undergraduate (final year) and taught Masters … Continue reading SSLH bursaries: financial support for labour history researchers
A one-day conference on ‘Transfers of socialism between France and Great Britain, and its popular reception, in the long nineteenth century’ will take place at the University of Tours, France, 8-9 February 2024. The call for papers is now closed. Please note that the conference proceedings are in French. Programme de la JEJeudi 8 février 2024 14h :J.-J. Tatin (U. Tours) : « Les textes … Continue reading Transfers of socialism between France and Great Britain, and its popular reception, in the long nineteenth century
Dr Robert Fyson who has died aged 83 regarded himself primarily as a local historian, and as he himself said, ‘you are drawn to the area where you live’. True to his word, his best known work dealt with Chartism in the Staffordshire Potteries, where he spent his academic career, and the history of the Isle of Man, where he lived in retirement. Born in … Continue reading Robert Fyson (1940 – 2023)
In Union, a major new television series for the BBC, historian Professor David Olusoga examines questions of national identity, social class and inequality, ‘shining a light on our fractured modern society through the lens of the past, exposing the fault lines dividing the UK’, as publicity material for the four-episode series puts it. And in episode three, The Two Nations, he reaches the nineteenth century, … Continue reading A touch of labour history for BBC Union history series
The October 2023 issue of our members’ newsletter is out now. If you are a member of the Society for the Study of Labour History, you will have received this in a PDF document by email. You can also download it from the Members’ Resources page here on the website. The newsletter is not sent to non-members, who are, instead, invited to join us. Continue reading SSLH members’ newsletter, October 2023
SPECIAL SSLH MEMBERS’ OFFER: GET 40% OFF WHEN YOU BOOK ONLINE: GET THE DISCOUNT CODE HERE. The People’s History Museum is holding a unique open day to mark the centenary of the 1923 General Election, offering an opportunity to discover how the labour movement developed, and the impact of the election which led to Britain’s first Labour government taking office in January 1924. There will … Continue reading PHM event: 1923 general election centenary commemorations
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