Recordings of ‘Histories of the British Political Left’ panel now available

1 November 2024

About the event

The recent UK general election prompted much comment on the Labour party’s history: its patterns of electoral success (and defeat), its record in government, the significance of the 2024 result within an historical context, and the electoral geography on which it rested. This year has also marked the hundredth anniversary of Britain’s first Labour government, proving a fruitful time for public events, conferences and publications reflecting in different ways on the history of the political left.

With the panel ‘Histories of the British Political Left’, the RHS brought together five historians who have made significant interventions in the scholarship exploring that history, to discuss the state of the field, new interpretations, and recent developments in research. The conversation took place online on 23 October 2024.

Audio and video recordings of the panel event are now available.

 

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Coming soon and now available to book

Forthcoming events from the RHS include the Society’s 2024 Public History Lecture, ‘Why Writing Women Back into History Matters’, given this year by the historian and broadcaster, Janina Ramirez. Attendance of Janina’s lecture is available in person at Gresham College, London, and also online.

This is followed on Friday 22 November with the Society’s 2024 Presidential Address, given by the incoming RHS President. Lucy Noakes (University of Essex). Lucy will speak on ‘War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain’.

Booking for both events is available by following the links below: