Ex-national servicemen: oral history interview data available now

An important social history resource, based on extensive oral history interviews with former national servicemen, is now available through the Data Archive Service. Professor Peter Gurney has deposited a significant catalogue of life story transcripts with the Data Archive Service, University of Essex. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the oral history interviews with (mainly working-class) ex-national servicemen formed the basis of his recent book on … Continue reading Ex-national servicemen: oral history interview data available now

gregorybillamOctober 6, 2026

Research bursaries

Yasmin Getirana (LSE) on domestic workers’ activism and Catholic internationalism in Cold War Latin America

The Young Christian Workers (Juventude Operária Católica/Juventud Obrera Católica, JOC) was founded by Belgian priest Joseph Cardijn in the 1920s, as a response to the perceived de-Christianisation and spread of communist and anarchist ideologies among the industrial working class in Europe. Rooted in Catholic Action and built around the ‘See-Judge-Act’ pedagogical method Cardijn developed, the JOC aimed for young workers to observe the conditions of … Continue reading Yasmin Getirana (LSE) on domestic workers’ activism and Catholic internationalism in Cold War Latin America

gregorybillamAugust 26, 2026

Bursary reports, Research bursaries

Rosa Lange (European University Institute) on self-organised labour in late colonial Accra

In March 2026, with the support of the Society for the Study of Labour History, I visited the National Archives in Kew. During this research trip, I collected material for the third chapter of my PhD project. In my research, I investigate urban labour struggles in late and post-colonial Accra, the capital of today’s Ghana (1930-1965). I explore how shifts in the colonial labour system … Continue reading Rosa Lange (European University Institute) on self-organised labour in late colonial Accra

gregorybillamAugust 6, 2026August 7, 2026