Events around socialist historian Raphael Samuel, soon in London

Radical Histories

 

LONDON JUNE 30-JULY 3 2016

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the death of the socialist historian Raphael Samuel, along with the fortieth anniversary of the journal he helped to found, History Workshop Journal. A weekend of discussion, celebration and debate bringing together activists, community historians, students, teachers, writers, artists, practitioners of history, from inside and outside universities
Talks, films, screenings, theatre, song, dance, walks and talks
Stands, exhibitions, caucuses, debates

THEMES INCLUDE
What is radical history? ● History and radical struggle ● Utopianism, radical visions and visionaries ●Radical education ● Radical religion ● Gender and sexuality ● Race, ethnicity, and activism ● Radical London ● The politics of housing ● Radicalism and the university ● Radical arts and aesthetics ● Radical archives, radical publishing ● History online ● Oral history ● Protest movements ● Class, communities, labour history ● Local and global connections ● Peace activism

PLENARIES
Radical Histories Then and Now
History Workshop and its Legacies
Open plenary discussion to conclude the conference

The conference takes place over three days, at Queen Mary University of London, with a pre-conference day event at Birkbeck.

THURSDAY 30 JUNE: pre-conference day event
RADICAL UTOPIAS, with Sasha Roseneil, including workshop and screening on Greenham Common, and roundtable discussion ‘Feminism and Radical Utopianism, Past and Present’. This pre-conference event will be held at Birkbeck, University of London, organised by Birkbeck Centre for Gender and Sexuality and Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image

Thursday timetable
Workshop and screening: booking for workshop and screening.
Feminism and Radical Utopianism, Past and Present – Roundtable Discussion: booking for roundtable discussion

This event is free, but booking is essential, and places for the workshop and screening are limited

Click here for the History Workshop Journal Virtual special issue!

FRIDAY 1ST –SUNDAY 3RD JULY: RADICAL HISTORIES/ HISTORIES OF RADICALISM

Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, London E1
Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July, conference at Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road, London E1
Chargeable, registration essential. Booking for QMUL Radical Histories conference
Fee: Full price £50, Unwaged £25, Day rate £20, Unwaged £10.

Click below for full timetables day by day:
Friday timetable
Saturday timetable
Sunday timetable

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT TIMETABLES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!

More detailed information will appear on this site in the near future – keep watching.

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