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Hi all, Please find detail of a conference below which I hope may be of interest to some of you. Best wishes, Stefan Oral Labour Histories: Britain at Work 1945-95 Britain at Work (B@W) in association with: British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) IR History Group and Oral History Society For further details or to reserve a place, please contact Michael Gold (01784-443402) or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> SYMPOSIUM The Goss Room, Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate (nearest tube: Liverpool Street Station) Saturday 24 March 2012, 10am-4pm Click on this hyperlink for full location details: http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=980 Programme Coffee/ tea 10.00am Welcome and introduction: Michael Gold (10.30am) - Oral History with a Purpose - Oral Labour History Opening address: 'Labouring Memories', 10.45 - 11.30am Graham Smith, Chair of the Oral History Society Round table introductions: 11.30 - 1.00pm Five minutes from everyone (if they wish), saying who they are, the project(s) they are involved in and their interest in oral labour history Lunch 1.00-2.00pm Panel discussions (both in plenaries) 2.00-3.00pm 1. Labour v. local history? (led by Linda Clarke; rapporteur Stef Dickers) * Can oral history 'plug the gaps' in labour history? (Mary Davis) * Ethical uses of oral history (Chris Wall) * Oral history methods and occupational health and safety (Arthur McIvor) * What can oral history tell us about our industries? (Dave Welsh) 3.00-4.00pm 2. How to promote oral labour history? (led by Joanna Bornat, Oral History Society; rapporteur Jeff Howarth) * Funding projects (Judith Garfield) * Gathering and storing material (Elisabeth Bennett, Sian Williams) * Dissemination, including websites and digital archiving (Chris Coates) 4.00-4.30pm Conclusions - what do we want to achieve from this conference? (Michael Gold) Finish 4.30 (latest) ______________________________________________________________________ This message may contain privileged or confidential information and is intended for the named addressee. If you have received this message in error, please notify Bishopsgate Foundation & Institute by telephone on 020 7392 9200 (+44 20 7392 9200 from outside the U.K.). We reserve the right to monitor emails in accordance with all relevant legislation and we do not accept liability for any errors or viruses in this e-mail. ______________________________________________________________________ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra