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Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk

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Norfolk socialist societies, 1897-1916 sslh.org.uk/2024/07/09/n...

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In the 1830s and 1840s, Chartists fought for the right to vote in order to make a real difference to people’s lives. Find out more at #ChartismDay2024 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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Norfolk socialist societies, 1897-1916 sslh.org.uk/2024/07/09/n...

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In the 1830s and 1840s, Chartists fought for the right to vote in order to make a real difference to people’s lives. Find out more at #ChartismDay2024 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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How the Daily Herald’s front page reported the first Labour government (and the death of Lenin) sslh.org.uk/2021/08/23/d...

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'Labour Romps Home' in the last black and white general election sslh.org.uk/2024/05/22/l...

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🗃️ Elaine Pritchard tells the lost story of a trade union activist and efforts to remember his bravery sslh.org.uk/2024/07/02/v...

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🗃️ #C19th #Chartism
This is always a fantastic event. Very much looking forward to a great conference and to seeing everyone. A friendly and welcoming event for academic and non-academic historians alike. Please share conference details.

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In a BA/Taught Masters dissertation bursary report for the SSLH website, Lauren Halls (York University) writes about the representation of eighteenth-century female domestic servants sslh.org.uk/2024/06/18/l...

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Discover Prof Peter Ackers’ new intellectual biography of Hugh Clegg, pioneer in the post-war study of industrial relations, professor of industrial relations at the University of Warwick and one of the leading labour historians of his generation sslh.org.uk/2024/06/17/h...

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Discover Prof Peter Ackers’ new intellectual biography of Hugh Clegg, pioneer in the post-war study of industrial relations, professor of industrial relations at the University of Warwick and one of the leading labour historians of his generation sslh.org.uk/2024/06/17/h...

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Delighted that the wonderful South Wales Miners’ Library is now part of our directory of labour history archives - and in their fiftieth anniversary year, too. Find out more sslh.org.uk/south-wales-...

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Delighted to be able to share this from The Other Place…

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Interesting. Would love to hear any evidence for a date when you get back. Frustrating that the document itself is undated.

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🗃️ 'Your Britain': Labour’s programme for the 1940 general election that never happened sslh.org.uk/2023/06/02/y...

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Public service announcement
Manchester University Press half price summer sale is on until 10 June. Use code SUN50 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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#OTD (May 28) in the year 1871: The Paris Commune falls after two months. #OTDIH #history 🗃️ #c19th

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‘Of the men on board, 33% of first class passengers and 16% of third class passengers survived; of the women on board, 97% of first class passengers and 46% of third class passengers survived.’
🗃️ Why the sinking of the #Titanic was a class issue…
sslh.org.uk/2022/02/04/a...

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‘Of the men on board, 33% of first class passengers and 16% of third class passengers survived; of the women on board, 97% of first class passengers and 46% of third class passengers survived.’
🗃️ Why the sinking of the #Titanic was a class issue…
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#CallForPapers #C19th 🗃️
‘The Radical North 1779-1914: a symposium in memory of Malcolm Chase’
29 November 2024, University of Leeds.
Speakers include Katrina Navickas, Robert Poole and Matthew Roberts.
#CfP closes 28 June. sslh.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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New on the blog: 'Labour Romps Home': British Pathé captures the UK’s last black and white general election sslh.org.uk/2024/05/22/l...

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New on the blog: 'Labour Romps Home': British Pathé captures the UK’s last black and white general election sslh.org.uk/2024/05/22/l...

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Chartist National Land Company founded 19 May 1845. The scheme aimed to settle shareholders on smallholdings within Chartist estates, selecting those to receive land by ballot. The company built five such settlements before being wound up. www.chartistancestors.co.uk/chartist-lan...

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‘Ten percent and no surrender’: Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell and the 1853-54 Preston Lockout sslh.org.uk/2024/05/15/r...

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!!Conference bursary for early career researchers!!
Marking 125th anniversary of @livunipress.bsky.social, we are jointly offering a £300 bursary for ECRs contributing on a labour history topic to any conference. Ts&Cs and application details at sslh.org.uk/2024/05/13/l...

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!!Conference bursary for early career researchers!!
Marking 125th anniversary of @livunipress.bsky.social, we are jointly offering a £300 bursary for ECRs contributing on a labour history topic to any conference. Ts&Cs and application details at sslh.org.uk/2024/05/13/l...

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Northumbria University history student Callum Campbell used an SSLH bursary to research his undergraduate dissertation on Unity Theatre and the Spanish Civil War at labour history institutions in Manchester and London. Here’s what he found… sslh.org.uk/2024/05/03/c...

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Our special issue of Labour History (edited by Jon Piccini, Sophie Loy-Wilson, Padraic Gibson & myself) on the history of Australian workers and anti-colonialism has now been published. It has been a long time in the making and good to see it in print!

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🗃️ May Day greetings, everyone. Let’s have a look back, not to the first May Day, but to the first May Day bank holiday in 1978 sslh.org.uk/2024/05/01/b...

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🗃️ George Lansbury archives are now online. This is a great resource for labour historians and a fascinating insight into the life of the Labour Party politician and one-time party leader sslh.org.uk/2024/04/25/g...

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🗃️ George Lansbury archives are now online. This is a great resource for labour historians and a fascinating insight into the life of the Labour Party politician and one-time party leader sslh.org.uk/2024/04/25/g...

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Lola Mills (Warwick University) on the forgotten history of the Canary Girls sslh.org.uk/2024/04/24/l...

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🗃️ New on the website: Glyn Robbins on Abraham Kazan and trade union housing co-ops in New York City sslh.org.uk/2024/04/22/g...

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