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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 ...

SLHS John Maclean Conference, 18 November 2023 Fund-raising for the conference has gone extraordinarily well with over £1000 raised, and donations of a venue and speakers' expenses. The Society is very grateful to all donors and notably to the ...

SLHS 2023 Conference on John Maclean The Scottish Labour History Society is organising a conference to mark the centenary of the death of Clydeside revolutionary John Maclean, to take place in Glasgow on Saturday 18 November 2023. A generous response ...

SLHS 2023 Conference on John Maclean The SLHS conference marking the centenary of the death of Clydeside socialist and campaigner John Maclean will take place on Saturday 18th November at the Unite Offices in Glasgow. November 23rd marks the actual ...

Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture 2023 The second Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture will take place in the Boardroom of the National Library of Scotland (NLS), Edinburgh, on Thursday 20 April at 5pm. This year's lecturer is Professor Jim Phillips of the ...

Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture at NLS in April Following the death of SLHS founder Ian MacDougall in 2020, SLHS, with the Scottish Working People's History Trust and National Library of Scotland (NLS), has inaugurated an annual Ian MacDougall ...