Chartism Day 2024

Chartism Day 2024 is coming to the University of Reading for the first time in its twenty-nine year history. The event will take place on Saturday, 7 September, and is open to all. Chartism Day 2024 will be hosted by Professor David Stack and themed to commemorate Dorothy Thompson’s impressive scholarship.

The annual Chartism Day Conferences were launched at the University of Birmingham in September 1995 by the renowned Chartist historian Dorothy Thompson (1923-2011). Apart from the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic, the conferences, which are endorsed by the Society for the Study of Labour History [SSLH], have been held in a variety of locations in England, Wales, Ireland and France every year since, bringing together established academics, postgraduate researchers and members of the public who all share a common interest in the history of the Chartist movement. As well as a strong contingent of labour historians, Chartism Day brings together a broad spectrum of academicsfrom the diverse fields of arts and humanities. It is this dynamic interchange between scholars working in an interdisciplinary environment that gives the event its distinctively friendly and productive character.

Speakers include:

Dr Len Smith, Stephen Hawksworth, Dr Matt Roberts, Simon Morgan, Dr Judy Cox, Professor Robert Poole, Mark Crail, David Black, Sam Miller, Huw Ryochi Davies, Dr John Sanders, Dominic Barron Carter

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mike Sanders

Introduced by Professor David Stack

Chaired by Dr Joan Allen & Dr Richard Allen

Full programme can be downloaded :

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