Ann: a conference in Paris, 2-4 July
The annual international Chartism Conference is organised by the Society of Labour History, the Chartist Study Group and the South Wales Centre for History and Interdisciplinary Research (SWCHIR). It will be held at the Sorbonne, Paris, 2-4 July 2010.
Speakers include:
- Malcolm Chase (University of Leeds), 'What next for Chartist Studies?'
- Greg Varco (Columbia University, New York): 'Outworkers of the citadel of corruption': The Chartist press reports the Empire
- Eugenio Biagini (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge): 'Chartism, Reynolds's Newspaper and the enduring relevance of Chartism, 1848-1906'
- Michael Sanders (University of Manchester): Chartist Hymn Books Lost and Found: the case of the 'National Chartist Hymn Book
- Joan Allen (University of Newcastle): 'George Julian Harney and the Democratic Review'
- Benoît Agnès (Université Paris1- Panthéon Sorbonne): 'Une singularité chartiste? Les mobilisations pétitionnaires britanniques et françaises pour la démocratie, 1838-1848'
On Sunday morning 4th July, French historian of the 1848 revolution Louis Hincker will guide an outdoor tour on the traces of revolutionary Paris.