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]

 

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)