Making Social Movements: The British Marxist Historians and the study of social movements

First Call for Papers

June 26-28, 2002, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, England

Conference sponsors:
Social Movements Research Group, London Socialist Historians Group, Historical Materialism

Confirmed Speakers:
Brian Manning, author The English People and the English Revolution; Bryan D Palmer, author E.P. Thompson: Objections and Oppositions; Ellen Wood, author Democracy Against Capitalism

The Societal Consequences of Deindustrialization, 1750-2000
Call for Papers

Deindustrialization is due to various causes, principal among which is loss of competitiveness (as a result of sources being exhausted, inferior product quality, a generally high level of costs, or adverse government policy); it can also be the result of technological advances, however, or management decisions to relocate production facilities, for whatever reason.

The Ewan MacColl wing of the Working Class Movement Library website is now open and can be entered at www.wcml.org.uk/em/timeline.html.

Ewan MacColl will be known to most people as a songwriter, and as a singer, but he was also of significant influence in the worlds of theatre and radio broadcasting. He was a committed socialist all his life and his political sensibilities underpinned all his creative activities.

From: Carol Mandel carol.mandel@nyu.edu
Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 10:25 am

Dear colleagues,

With sadness I am writing to let you know that our dear and deeply admired colleague, Debra E. Bernhardt, died peacefully in her home last night. A memorial service is planned for May.

IALHI's XXXII Conference: Tampere 2001

The conference will be organized by the Central Museum of Labour in Finland (Työväen Keskusmuseo), and will take place on September 5-8, 2001.

The Museum is located at Väinö Linnan aukio 5, 33210 Tampere (tel 358-931-2110404, fax 2110402, email info@tkm.fi).

The preliminary program is now available at www.ialhi.org/iconf.php.

Posted: 22 March 2001

Policy History Conference
May 23-26, 2002

International Conference: "Marxism 2001"

Date: June 21-23, 2001
Sponsor: Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences
Place: Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, southwestern China. China's most ethnically, geographically and bio-diverse province.

Law and the 'Disappearance' of Class in 20th Century America

Socialism and Sexuality Series
IIHS (Amsterdam), EHESS (Paris), IHC-UMR 5605 (Dijon)

Labour Organizations and Sexuality
Friday, 5 October, 2001, Dijon
Preliminary Program

Issue number 25 (2000-2001) of North West Labour History, journal of the North West Labour History Group, has been published after some delay. The articles are as follows: