Welcome to the website of the Society for the Study of Labour History. Founded in 1960, the Society is the UK's principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history. The Society organises meetings and conferences, represents the interests of labour history and labour historians in a number of fora and publishes the highly-regarded journal Labour History Review.

Membership is open to everyone interested in the field of Labour History. In addition to LHR, individual members receive among other things regular newsletters and advance notice of all Society conferences. Join here.

Constitution and Governance

The Constitution of the SSLH

The SSLH Code of Governance

SSLH Elections, 2011

In accordance with the SSLH Constitution, members are invited to make nominations for the election of the Society's officers and the Executive Committee. Nominations must be made in writing to the Secretary by 1 August 2011. All persons nominated must (a) be members of the Society, as evidenced by their holding a current individual subscription to Labour History Review at 31 July 2011; (b) give the secretary written or verbal confirmation of their readiness to stand. Nominations must be proposed and seconded by members of the Society, as evidenced by their holding a current individual subscription to Labour History Review at 31 July 2011.

SSLH AGM

The 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Society for the Study of Labour History will be held at 1.00pm on Saturday, 26th November 2011 at the Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2. An agenda will be posted on the SSLH website in October. All members of the Society are entitled to attend the AGM. A buffet lunch will be provided.

SSLH Postgraduate Conference

To coincide with the 2011 AGM, the SSLH is holding a postgraduate conference on the theme 'Histories of Activism' on Saturday 26th November 2011 at the Bishopsgate Institute. See our events page for details.

Dorothy Thompson (1923 – 2011) and Ray Challinor (1929-2011)

The Society was sorry to learn of the death of two eminent labour historians, Dorothy Thompson and Ray Challinor.  Fuller tributes will appear later on this website.  An obituary for Dorothy Thompson by Sheila Rowbotham has been published in the Guardian.

Stephen Roberts has uploaded a presentation of images of radicals on You Tube in memory of Dorothy Thompson. It can be viewed here.