Society for the Study of Labour History, 1960-2010
50th Anniversary Conference
Fifty Years of Labour History: Past Achievements, Future Prospects
Saturday, 15 May 2010
People's History Museum, Spinningfields, Manchester
The programme for the day is as follows:
10.00-10.30: Registration and Coffee
10.30am Welcome
Dr Alan Campbell, Chair, SSLH
Dr Nick Mansfield, Director, People's History Museum
10.45am Celebrating Fifty Years of Labour History Why We're Here: The SSLH Over 50 Years: Professor John McIlroy (Middlesex University) Labour History and 'History Proper': Professor John Belchem (University of Liverpool) British Labour History and the Wider World: Professor Neville Kirk (Manchester Metropolitan)
12.15pm Labour Archives: Past, Present, Future Janette Martin (University of Leeds) Stefan Dickers (Bishopsgate Institute, London)
12.45pm: Lunch (Participants make their own arrangements)
2.00pm Future Agendas (1): National Labour Histories
Scotland: Dr Bill Knox (University of St Andrews)
Wales: Dr Neil Evans (University of Cardiff)
Ireland: Dr Emmet O'Connor (University of Ulster)
3.00: Coffee
3.15: Future Agendas (2): Approaches to Class, Gender and Ethnicity, Panel Discussion
Dr Selena Todd (University of Manchester) Dr Hester Barron (University of Sussex) Professor Don MacRaild (Northumbria University)
4.15 Summing up and closing remarks:
Professor Keith Laybourn (University of Huddersfield)
Admission: £5.00; free to students/unwaged. Places are limited. Advance registration by 1 May is strongly recommended to guarantee a place: contact Dr Charlotte Alston, SSLH Conference Secretary, Dept of Humanities, University of Northumbria, NE1 8ST; charlotte.alston@northumbria.ac.uk. Cheques should be made payable to the Society for the Study of Labour History.