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WEA Talk by John Stirling: William Morris – Past, Present and Future

Brunswick Methodist Church Brunswick Place, Newcastle upon Tyne

From Joanna Keith, Workers Educational Association. William Morris – Past, Present and Future A talk by John Stirling, Vice Chair of the William Morris Society on Saturday 20 November from 10.00am to 1.00pm at the Brunswick Methodist Church, Brunswick Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ (entrance at the side of the Fenwicks Building) Course Code: […]

Massimiliano Papini (Northumbria University) will talk about: The Idea of Japan in Victorian Charity Bazaars: Fundraising, Orientalism and Transculturality in the North East of England, 1867—1912

Zoom

Please book here: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/idea-japan-victorian-charity-bazaars-fundraising-orientalism-and-transculturality-north-east Beyond international expositions and musical operettas such as The Mikado(1885) or The Geisha(1896), the other type of Japan-themed public event in which Victorian people experienced a transcultural encounter with Japan was the charity bazaar. Becoming popular in Britain in the early nineteenth century, the charity bazaar was a temporary, fundraising event which relied […]

Midnight Traveller: a Film Night with Tyneside Welcomes. Black Swan Centre, Newcastle

Black Swan Centre Newcastle Arts Centre, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

A showing of "Midnight Traveller", a multi-award winning documentary film by Hassan Fazili filmed by the Fazili family as they document their journey from their home in Afghanistan to Europe seeking safety. Details and Booking here. The film will be followed by a live question and answer session with the director from Germany via zoom, […]

Tyneside Irish Centre (Zoom). Prof Marie Coleman will talk about: Who were the Black & Tans? The Crown Forces in Ireland during the War of Independence

Zoom

Professor Coleman will look at all the different groupings within the Crown Forces - Army, RIC, Tans, Auxiliaries, B Specials etc. She is particularly keen to examine the social composition of the Tans and Auxiliaries in particular and will be covering the controversy over the commemoration plans in 2020. Marie Coleman is Professor of Twentieth Century […]

The Society’s Christmas Quiz

Zoom

The Society's Christmas Quiz takes place next Tuesday 14 December at 7.00pm Peter Brabban and Pat Candon will test your historical knowledge (to its limit) and after that you are welcome to stay for the 'chat'. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84946680511?pwd=NEdSNFdDd1JLZFEwS1ZwYTlYOHNJdz09 Meeting ID: 849 4668 0511 Passcode: 918050

Zoom now available: NELH Tuesday Meeting: Mike Barke will talk about his new book on the history of Newcastle: Mapping the City

Zoom

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86337404230?pwd=MEtySlM0WTB1amhNejJTdEV0aHEyZz09 Meeting ID: 863 3740 4230 Passcode: 361822 Our first Tuesday meeting of the year will take place on 25 January at 7.00pm when Mike Barke will talk the history of Newcastle-upon-Tyne based on his new book, Mapping the City (co-authored with Brian Robson and Anthony Champion). Newcastle has a long and […]

Morpeth Methodist Church: John Stirling will talk about William Morris

Morpeth Methodist Church Howard Terrace, Morpeth

From Joanna Keith at the Workers Educational Association   We are putting on a course about William Morris in the Morpeth Methodist Church on Saturday 29 January from 10.00am to 12.30 pm. The speaker is John Stirling (Vice-Chair of the William Morris Society and NELHS Committee Member). There is a fee of £8.00, reductions available.  If […]

POSTPONED: Using Trade Union Banners for Education: The Case of the 1938 ‘Red’ Follonsby Miners’ Banner – a talk by Lucy Grimshaw (Northumbria University) and Lewis Mates (Durham University)

To be advised

From David Connolly, Secretary, North East Labour History Society: To: NELHS Members and Supporters Our apologies for the short notice but this is to let you know that we are postponing our Zoom meeting on Using Trade Union Banners for Education: The Case of the 1938 'Red' Follonsby Miners' Banner which was due to take […]

Leeds University: Chartism Day 2022 in honour of Professor Malcolm Chase

University of Leeds

From the Society for the Study of Labour History Chartism Day returns in March 2022 after an enforced absence of two years. This year’s event, held jointly with the Social History Society, is in honour of Professor Malcolm Chase, who died in February 2020. Malcolm was a great historian of Chartism, a stalwart of the […]