Monday 27 May 2024
LSHG seminar - The British Labour Party’s New Socialist and the business of political culture in the late Twentieth Century
CfP: The Benn Legacy -
Friday 12 January 2024
LSHG seminars - Spring 2024
London Socialist Historians Group seminars Spring 2024
'Doctor Who and the Communist: the work and politics of Malcolm Hulke TV scriptwriter' - Michael Herbert Date: Mon 22 January Start time: 1730 On Zoom.
‘Hen Chartists’ and ‘Vulgar Viragos’: Rethinking the role of women in the Chartist Movement - Judy Cox Date: Monday 5th February Start time: 5.30pm On Zoom -
Transnational Perspectives on French Anarchism(1880-1918), Biography, Networks and Print Culture - Constance Bantman Date: Monday 4th March Start time: 5.30pm In Person. Room 301, Institute of Historical Research - please book at the link below
https://www.history.ac.uk/events/transnational-perspectives-french-anarchism1880-1918-biography-networks-and-print-culture
The Great Defiance. How the World Took On The British Empire - David Veevers(Bangor) Date: Monday 18th March Start time: 5.30pm On Zoom
David Veevers will be speaking at the final Spring term seminar of the socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research on Monday 18th March at 5.30pm The seminar is free on Zoom but booking is essential to get a secure link: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/great-defiance-how-world-took-british-empire David Veevers is the author of the recently published book, The Great Defiance, How the World Took on the British Empire (Penguin). All welcome - for more information on seminars contact Dr Keith Flett on the address above
Wednesday 18 October 2023
LSHG seminar - Tony Collins on the Rugby World Cup
Socialist History Seminar Mon 23rd Oct 5.30pm. Tony Collins on the Rugby World Cup. William Webb Ellis- his role in the class struggle
In person seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet St, London WC1
Free but please register as space is limited:
https://www.history.ac.uk/events/rugby-william-webb-ellis-his-role-class-struggle
Room 301 on the 3rd Floor
Tony Collins will look at the origins of the William Webb Ellis trophy currently being played for in the Rugby World Cup in France, and the class struggles behind its origins
Tuesday 3 October 2023
LSHG seminar- Chartism in London in 1848
Socialist History Seminar - Monday 9th October. Catherine Howe, Chartism in London in 1848
1848 was a year of revolution across Europe, but Britain appeared to be an exception.
Catherine Howe’s book on London Chartism in 1848, 175 years ago, explores a rather different reality. The revolutionary currents and activists at work in the Spring and Summer of 1848 that caused a significant response from the State.
Chartism in London in 1848 Catherine Howe Monday 9th October Time: 5.30pm
Free on Zoom. Book here: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/chartism-london-1848
Organised by the Socialist History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research and the London Socialist Historians Group.
Wednesday 7 June 2023
Monday 24 April 2023
London Socialist Historians Summer Term Seminars 2023
London Socialist Historians Summer Term Seminars 2023
Monday 15th May 5.30pm - Keith Flett: The Coronation. Inventing and Reinventing Royal Traditions.
Free on Zoom
Book at this link: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/coronation-inventing-and-reinventing-royal-traditions
Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger argued that all traditions are invented and the British monarchy have been experts at it for centuries.
This seminar will look at what is real and what is invented in the Coronation of a monarch and grapple with what this means for an understanding of British history beyond patriotic posing
Monday 22nd May 5.30pm - Duncan Stone: Gentlemen v Players 60 years on. Deconstructing the Gentleman Amateur
Free on Zoom Link to Book https://www.history.ac.uk/events/60-years-gentlemen-v-players-deconstructing-gentleman-amateur
Duncan Stone, author of one of the most insightful cricket books of recent years, Different Class, speaks on the Gentleman Amateur in cricket 60 years after Gentlemen v Players was abolished and the 60 over a side Gillette Cup started
Monday 5th June 5.30pm - Ralph Darlington, Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-1914. In person seminar only Room 301. Institute of Historical Research