Information about forthcoming conferences, calls for papers and invitations to register, plus reports on conferences, seminars and similar events that have already taken place.
Archivist Sarah Chubb reports on a workshop exploring newly catalogued records for the coal mining industry in the Midlands, and at ways these might be developed and made easier to access and use Continue reading Mining the seams: exploring Derbyshire and Warwickshire’s coal archives
The National Library of Scotland is to host a celebration of the pioneering work of Scotland’s two leading labour history societies. Continue reading Hard work, ye ken: the past, present and future of Scottish labour history
Ireland’s first working-class studies conference is to take place from 8-12 November. The first three days will be online via Zoom, followed by two face-to-face days at Liberty Hall, Dublin. The event includes 30 panels, two keynote Speakers and two live performance evenings. The Organising Committee is made up of working-class and feminist scholars currently researching and teaching in Ireland and overseas. The keynote speakers … Continue reading Conference: working-class studies in Ireland
The 2021 funding round for the Joint BME Events and Activities Small Grants scheme designed to support Black and Minority Ethnic history in the UK has now closed. Grants of up to £1,000 for available for eligible projects, and the deadline for applications was 12 November 2021. The scheme is administered by the Social History Society in partnership with the Society for the Study of … Continue reading Funding round for 2021 BME history projects now closed
Dr Hannah Parker reports on 10th International Congress for Central and East European Studies Continue reading Strategies of letter-writing and letter-reading in the 1920s-1930s Soviet Union
he Working Class Movement Library offers an impressive and extensive series of talks, all of which are live-streamed and subsequently made available on its YouTube channel. Its autumn 2021 series of ‘Invisible Histories’ ranges from Thomas Spence to Jayaben Desai, and from the Social Democratic Federation to Militant Continue reading Great online events at the WCML for autumn 2021
This Sunday, 1 August, at 7pm, listeners to Radio 3 will be able to hear the noted Manchester actress Maxine Peake read The Masque of Anarchy in a performance that makes the poem resonate for a contemporary audience. Continue reading Maxine Peake and Jennifer Reid bring the culture shaped by Peterloo to life
The Workers Educational Association and the General Federation of Trade Unions are launching a series of online classes with leading experts in their fields on key components in working class history that have lasting impact. Continue reading Their legacy – our heritage: online classes in labour history from the WEA and GFTU
Dr Mike Sanders introduces the work of two Ashton-under-Lyne radical poets, and Jennifer Reid performs their work as ballads. Continue reading Ashton-under-Lyne’s radical poets brought to life by Mike Sanders and Jennifer Reid
Huddersfield Local History Society and the University of Huddersfield resumed their annual series of Luddite Memorial Lectures in April 2021 with a lecture by Professor Edward Royle on a century of Radicalism in the West Riding of Yorkshire Continue reading Edward Royle lectures on Radicalism in the West Riding, 1790-1890
Society for the Study of Labour History 