News and information about the Society for the Study of Labour History and its activities.
The Labour History Review index for issues published in 2024 (volume 89) has been added to the website. It is now possible to access copies of the index for every issue of the Society for the Study of Labour History Bulletin (published from 1960 to 1989) and for Labour History Review (from 1990 to date). The index is compiled by Dr Mike Mecham. It is … Continue reading Labour History Review index 2024
In Screen Workers and the Irish Film Industry, Dr Denis Murphy traces the evolution since the 1950s of screen production industries on the island of Ireland. More specifically he looks at the people who work in its film, television dramas, documentary and animation industries – how they have shaped the work they do and the conditions under which that work is carried out. This is … Continue reading A labour history of Ireland’s film industry
Dr Natalie Thomlinson delivered the Society’s third annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture, Remembering the Strike: the miners’ strike of 1984-5 in popular memory at the University of Huddersfield on Saturday 9 November 2024. The lecture can be viewed on YouTube here. Dr Thomlinson is Associate Professor of Modern British Cultural History at the University of Reading, and co-author of Women and the Miners’ Strike (2023). She has … Continue reading Video: Remembering the Strike: the miners’ strike of 1984-5 in popular memory
The 2024 annual general meeting of the Society for the Study of Labour History will take place on Saturday 9 November at Heritage Quay, University of Huddersfield. The agenda and other papers for the meeting will be found in Members’ Resources. The business of the meeting begins at 11am, with a lunch break from 12.30 to 2pm, including (at 1.30pm) an optional tour of Heritage … Continue reading SSLH AGM set for 9 November
The October 2024 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 2024
The Society for the Study of Labour History has reissued all five of the labour history subject guides compiled by our Archives and Resources Committee, making them available to download in PDF format. Each guide includes details of the main archives in which relevant material can be found, the archives’ holdings, and current contact details. The five guides cover: Find out more about the work … Continue reading SSLH reissues subject guides for researchers
The Society for the Study of Labour History has halted its use of the X social media platform (formerly known as Twitter). We will, instead, focus social media efforts on Facebook and Bluesky, where the Society already has a significant presence. The Society has published the statement below to the X account along with links to other places where we can be found online. The … Continue reading Society quits X for more positive online spaces
The July 2024 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, July 2024
We have a new page on the website setting out the collections in the South Wales Miners’ Library and how these can be accessed. The library holds collections relevant to the social and cultural histories of industrial South Wales. Key periods covered by the collection include the Spanish Civil War, the nationalisation of coal and the 1984-5 strike. Holdings on these subjects span various resources, … Continue reading Inside the South Wales Miners’ Library
This year, Liverpool University Press (LUP) is celebrating its 125th anniversary. To mark this occasion, it has created a conference attendance bursary for early career researchers in cooperation with the Society for the Study of Labour History (SSLH). LUP and SSLH have longstanding links as the press publishes the society’s journal, Labour History Review as well as its ‘Studies in Labour History’ book series. The bursary is worth £ 300, which can … Continue reading LUP anniversary: labour history conference bursary for early-career researchers
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