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Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture This year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, on Monday 29 April, from 6pm to 7.30pm, at the University of Glasgow in Room 745 of the James McCune ...

The 2024 Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture The 2024 Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture will explore the lives of Peeblesshire textile workers and the process of telling their stories. It will take place on 4 April at the National Library of Scotland ...

Calling Academic Teaching Staff! The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize deadline approaches The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize honours the memory of Dr Ian MacDougall (1933-2020), founding secretary of the Scottish Labour History Society and the Scottish Working ...

Calling Academic Teaching Staff! The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize deadline approaches The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize honours the memory of Dr Ian MacDougall (1933-2020), founding secretary of the Scottish Labour History Society and the Scottish Working ...

SLHS John Maclean Centenary Conference The Society’s John Maclean conference on 18 November proved a great success, from the opening remarks by Bailie Roza Salih of Glasgow City Council to the sounds of the John Maclean March at the close. Between ...

SLHS John Maclean Centenary Conference: Saturday 18 November With 67 people now booked for the conference, there are a few remaining places. It will now feature Tam Dean Burn performing Maclean’s Speech from the Dock, and Calum Baird will perform the ...

The Calton Martyrs SLHS supported the revival of the commemoration of the 'Calton Martyrs', which took place at the Calton Burial Ground, Glasgow on Sunday 24 September. The martyrs were six weavers murdered when shot by the Glasgow city militia in ...

CALLING ALL ACADEMIC TEACHING STAFF! Please Promote the Ian MacDougall Essay Prize 2023/4 The Scottish Labour History Society (SLHS) has established the Ian MacDougall Essay Prize with a threefold purpose: * to honour the memory of Dr Ian MacDougall ...

SLHS John Maclean Centenary Conference Preparations for the John Maclean Conference are well advanced and the programme is nearing completion. SLHS is offering first choice of reservations to its members, and reservation can be made by completing and ...

Willie Thompson (1939-2024) With great sadness we must report the death of Willie Thompson, a longstanding member of the Scottish Labour History Society, occasional member of our committee, contributor to Scottish Labour History and generous donor to ...