Society for the Study of Labour History

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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

Cartoon shows the scene of the Chartist 'riot' in Birmingham 1839, with giant large London policemen attacking the crowd. Text: Chartism Day 2026. 19 September, Warwick.
Image shows home page of SSLH website.
Book covers for ‘Feargus O’Connor’, Samuel Holberry’ and ‘Chartist Lives’.
Image of historian E.P.Thompson, founder member of the Society for the Study of Labour History.
Conference in session. Image from Northern Star newspaper on screen.
Image of workers at a public meeting during the strike. Logo "100: General Strike: 1926-2026". Logos of partner organisations.
Image of Keir Starmer. Text as in the post.
Text: Chartism Day 2025. Heritage Quay, Huddersfield, Saturday 6 September.
Front cover of Labour History Review.
Text: Chartism Day 2025, Heritage Quay, Huddersfield, Saturday 6 September.
Text: Chartism Day 2025. Heritage Quay, Huddersfield. Saturday 6 September. Illustration: placard advertising Chartist meeting in Huddersfield.
Front cover with list of articles: Eric Heffer - the Marxist Years; Wortley Hall - the Workers’ Stately Home; Domestic Service and the Labour Movement in Franco-Era Spain. Plus Book Reviews.
Picture of Keir Starmer in the Cabinet room at 10 Downing Street.
Front cover of Labour History Review. The journal is propped up on a bookcase.
Picture of Keir Starmer in the Cabinet Room. Title of article and list of contributors as in the main post.
Front cover of Labour History Review, Liverpool University Press and SSLH logos.
Shopfronts in a brick terrace. Over one is a sign reading National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies & Shotfirers.
Front cover of academic journal. No images,
Front cover of academic journal Labour History Review. No illustrations.
Academic journal front cover.
From cover of academic journal Labour History Review.
Front cover of academic journal Labour History Review.
Text reads: In this issue Édouard Dolléans: First Modern Historian of Chartism? Kevin Morgan Exorcizing Dysfunctional Myths: Betrayal, Economic Incompetence, and the Memory of the 1931 Second Labour Government's Crisis Giuseppe Telesca From Old Labour to the Third Way: The UK Labour Party's Social and Welfare Policy Evolution between 1975 and 1997 Ben Williams Book Reviews
Woman in 18th century costume sings; man plays fiddle; pub scene from BBC drama The Gallows Pole.
Text: Entries now open. Winner’s prize: publication in Labour History Review; cash prize of £700; One year’s membership of the Society to include LHR subscription.
Poster advertising bursaries.
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Cover of academic journal with editorial statement also found at the link.
Image of text reading Entries now open, and listing prize including publication in LHR, £700, and a year’s membership of the Society including an LHR subscription.
Poster advertising lecture ‘Remembering the Miners’ Striike’. Follow link for more info.
Poster with details of scheme to be found via web link.
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Image of E.P Thompson. “When E.P. Thompson became a member, he had not yet written The Making of the English Working Class. What does your future in Labour history hold?”
Poster advertising lecture ‘Remembering the Strike: the miners’ strike of 1984-85 in popular memory’. Speaker: Natalie Thomlinson. Heritage Quay, Huddersfield. 9 November 2024.
Flyer for Remembering the Strike, speaker Dr Natalie Thomlinson, Heritage Quay, Huddersfield, 2pm 9 November 2024. All welcome.
Screen grab of post from the SSLH website showing a 'share this' button for Bluesky.
Flyer advertising bursaries.
Images of front covers