The London Socialist Historians Group has organised two conferences this year, one in November and the other at our more traditional time-spot in early May.

November’s conference commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Great Miners’ Strike of 1984/5 and will attempt to put the strike in its historical and international perspective. The keynote speaker is Professor Vic Allen, author of, amongst other things, The Militancy of British Miners. Professor Allen was secretary of the Miners’ Forum, the organising force behind the strike, and he will be talking about the work of this organisation for the first time.

The conference details are published on page 2.

The conference in May will look at the rise and fall of Great Powers. We are attempting to bring together historical analyses of a wide range of experiences of imperialism – how it arises, how it falls – and the role of resistance in this.

The call for papers is published on page 3.