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The 2022 SLHS Conference/AGM and Lecture – preliminary information The June SLHS committee meeting agreed in principle to a combined conference and AGM in November, pending no further destabilising Covid variants. It will likely be a partly in-person ...

Ian MacDougall Essay Prize Fund A splendid response to the Ian MacDougall Essay Prize Fund, launched at the inaugural Memorial Lecture in April, has now reached £4,000, enough to fund the prize and its promotion for several years to come. The annual ...

SLHS Occasional Publications We hope all SLHS members have received and enjoyed their exclusive advance copy of Diverse Voices, Challenging Injustice: Banner Tales from Glasgow, issued with Scottish Labour History Volume 56. A public launch is now ...

The Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture On Thursday 7 April, family, friends and colleagues of the late Ian MacDougall (Scottish Labour History Society Secretary, 1961-1996) gathered at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh for the inauguration ...

Scottish Labour History Society Essay Prize Having recently received several donations to support the Society’s activities, SLHS is planning to launch an annual essay competition for undergraduates in the near future, with a prize of £250, and the ...

Ian MacDougall Lecture The inaugural lecture in memory of Scottish labour historian Ian MacDougall will take place at the King George IV Bridge site of the National Library of Scotland on Thursday 7 April, from 5.30pm-7pm. It will be delivered by ...

Inaugural Ian MacDougall Lecture – and Diverse Voices Launch Full details of the first lecture in memory of Scottish labour historian Ian MacDougall are not yet finalised but the date is set – Thursday 7 April – and, like the successful joint ...

SLHS 60th Anniversary Event The joint SLHS 60th anniversary/Scottish Working People’s History Trust 30th anniversary event took place successfully on 30 November, hosted by the National Library of Scotland. Chaired by Dorothy Kidd of the SWPHT, the ...

News from SLHS The 2021 edition of Scottish Labour History, the society’s peer-reviewed journal, will be distributed over the next few weeks. With it will come a complimentary copy of Diverse Voices, Challenging Injustice: Banner Tales from Glasgow ...

‘Hard Work, Ye Ken': The Past, Present, and Future of Scottish Labour History On 30th November the National Library of Scotland (NLS) is hosting a celebration of the work of Scotland’s two leading labour history societies, which are both marking ...