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The Making of the English Working Class: Fifty Years On
A one-day conference organised by the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University in co-operation with the Victorian Study Centre at Saffron Walden.Date: Saturday 11 May 2013
Time: 10.00 - 17.15
Venue: Lab 107, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge
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Blue Labour and Labour History
A Symposium with Maurice GlasmanSince Labour's defeat in the 2010 General Election, it has become apparent that the party has needed fresh thinking. Some of this has been provided by Maurice Glasman who has been associated with what has been called 'Blue Labour'.
Update: papers and photos from the event now available.
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Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History and Politics
Date: Thursday 18 October 2012Time: 17.00-19.00
Venue: Helmore 208, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, UK
All welcome - free admission.
Eric Hobsbawm, one of Britain's leading historians, died last week. He was the author of The Age of Revolution, Captain Swing, Labouring Men and other major works that shaped the discipline. He was also an important voice on the political left. His 1978 essay 'The Forward March of Labour Halted' became a key text in the revisionism that began to reshape Labour in the 1980s. Few scholars have their passing announced on the front page of newspapers but this was true of Hobsbawm.
This will be an informal gathering to reflect on Hobsbawm's life and work. Rohan McWilliam will commence the discussion with a short paper and we will then discuss the significance of Hobsbawm's work. It will be an opportunity to discuss the shape of the way History has been practised over the last half century and to consider the ways that Hobsbawm shaped the ways we think about the nineteenth century.
Fresh Perspectives on Britain's second Labour government, 1929-31
A new collections of essays, coedited by Professor John Shepherd, Dr Jonathan Davis (Anglia Ruskin University) and Professor Chris Wrigley (University of Nottingham), reappraises the history of Ramsay MacDonald's second Labour government during the 1929-31 global financial crisis. Read more.
A new collections of essays, coedited by Professor John Shepherd, Dr Jonathan Davis (Anglia Ruskin University) and Professor Chris Wrigley (University of Nottingham), reappraises the history of Ramsay MacDonald's second Labour government during the 1929-31 global financial crisis. Read more.
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Date: Tuesday 6 December 2011
Time: 17.00
Venue: LAB 027
A symposium organised by the Labour History Research Unit to mark the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Three speakers will talk about various aspects of the end of the USSR:
Date: Tuesday 6 December 2011
Time: 17.00
Venue: LAB 027
A symposium organised by the Labour History Research Unit to mark the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Three speakers will talk about various aspects of the end of the USSR:
- Dr Edwin Bacon (Reader in Comparative Politics, Birkbeck, University of London): 'Forecasting and not forecasting the Soviet collapse: lessons for and about the future'
- Dr Jonathan Davis (Principal Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University): 'Mikhail Gorbachev and the end of socialism as we knew it'.
- Professor Christopher Read (University of Warwick): 'Could the Soviet Union have survived?'
An evening of history and politics with Roy Hattersley
Date: Thursday 4 March 2010
Time: 19.00
Venue: Mumford Theatre
Chair: Professor Michael Thorne, Vice Chancellor Anglia Ruskin University
Two hundred and fifty people, many from the Cambridge region as well as University staff and students, packed into the Mumford Theatre recently to listen to Roy Hattersley, the distinguished politician, journalist and broadcaster. This special occasion was... Read more.
Date: Thursday 4 March 2010
Time: 19.00
Venue: Mumford Theatre
Chair: Professor Michael Thorne, Vice Chancellor Anglia Ruskin University
Two hundred and fifty people, many from the Cambridge region as well as University staff and students, packed into the Mumford Theatre recently to listen to Roy Hattersley, the distinguished politician, journalist and broadcaster. This special occasion was... Read more.
The LHRU celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
The Labour History Research Unit held a very successful symposium in November, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall. A packed room heard... Read more.
The Labour History Research Unit held a very successful symposium in November, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall. A packed room heard... Read more.
Anglia Ruskin historian interviews former Australian Prime Minister
A four-week research visit to Australia this summer, in connection with the Labour History Research Unit British Academy-funded project on the British 'Winter of Discontent' 1978-9, also provided Professor John Shepherd with a memorable interview with the charismatic and colourful Bob Hawke, Australia's longest-serving Labour Prime Minister... Read more.
A four-week research visit to Australia this summer, in connection with the Labour History Research Unit British Academy-funded project on the British 'Winter of Discontent' 1978-9, also provided Professor John Shepherd with a memorable interview with the charismatic and colourful Bob Hawke, Australia's longest-serving Labour Prime Minister... Read more.
Britain's Second Labour Government 1929-31: A Reappraisal
Date: Friday 29 May 2009
Time: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Venue: Helmore 251, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, East Road, CB1 1PT
The second Labour Government has enjoyed a spectacularly bad press in Labour History since its demise in 1931. Critics on the right and the left have questioned the administration's fitness to govern and highlighted its... Read more.
Date: Friday 29 May 2009
Time: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Venue: Helmore 251, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, East Road, CB1 1PT
The second Labour Government has enjoyed a spectacularly bad press in Labour History since its demise in 1931. Critics on the right and the left have questioned the administration's fitness to govern and highlighted its... Read more.
Breaking the law at the House of Lords
Over a hundred people, including Professor Ian Gordon, Dr Rohan McWilliam and an enthusiastic party of Anglia Ruskin University History students packed into Committee Room 4A at the House of Lords in February to... Read more.
Over a hundred people, including Professor Ian Gordon, Dr Rohan McWilliam and an enthusiastic party of Anglia Ruskin University History students packed into Committee Room 4A at the House of Lords in February to... Read more.
Celebrating the Politics and Life of George Lansbury
In 2008-2009 the LHRU made a major contribution to the 'George Lansbury MP (1859-1940) Anniversary', which marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Christian socialist pioneer and pacifist Leader of... Read more.
In 2008-2009 the LHRU made a major contribution to the 'George Lansbury MP (1859-1940) Anniversary', which marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Christian socialist pioneer and pacifist Leader of... Read more.
What difference has the vote made?
Women and Democracy in British politics and society.
In November 2008 the LHRU marked a number of important anniversaries in women's history with its second seminar, 'What difference has the vote made? Women and Democracy in British politics and society'... Read more.
Women and Democracy in British politics and society.
In November 2008 the LHRU marked a number of important anniversaries in women's history with its second seminar, 'What difference has the vote made? Women and Democracy in British politics and society'... Read more.
Labour History: Past, Present and Future?
The LHRU was launched in March 2008 with a successful symposium, 'Labour History: Past, Present and Future?', which was chaired by Professor John Shepherd with key note speakers... Read more.
The LHRU was launched in March 2008 with a successful symposium, 'Labour History: Past, Present and Future?', which was chaired by Professor John Shepherd with key note speakers... Read more.
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