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Hi, Some list members may be interested in our next event at the Marx Memorial Library. Details are below. Thanks, Tank -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Next Event- Sites of Resistance: Radical Bookselling Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 12:53:39 +0000 From: Applied History <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Applied History <[log in to unmask]> To: Tank <[log in to unmask]> Next Event- Sites of Resistance: Radical Bookselling *Applied History Network* <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=10a780cbbb&e=2be938c325> View this email in your browser <http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=203ecc5cec&e=2be938c325> *Sites of Resistance: Radical Bookselling A discussion event* Tuesday 9th February 2016, 6.30-8pm, London EC1R 0DU We are pleased to announce that our next event ‘Sites of Resistance: Radical Bookselling‘ will be held at the Marx Memorial Library <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=b7400188a0&e=2be938c325>, London EC1R 0DR on Tuesday 9th February at 6.30pm until 8pm. Please go to our Eventbrite page <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=f457ff5038&e=2be938c325> to register. The event is free of charge but registration is required. We will be looking at the importance of radical bookshops as "sites of resistance." The 1970s saw a peak in the numbers of bookshops dedicated to providing access to alternative publications covering the growing anti-racist, LGBT+ and feminist movements, amongst others. Many of these bookshops also acted as meeting places and support centres for new and established groups, and offered a template for encouraging further grassroots and community activism and campaigning. More recently, the numbers of these vital “sites of resistance” have closed due to increasing rents, funding cuts, the growth of online bookstores and competition from larger bookshops. Although bookshops have been a core element of campaigns, as a subject this seems to have been neglected by researchers and historians of social history. Key questions that we will cover are: has the internet already filled the space left by these important centres? What is the future of activism and campaigning? And the future of radical bookshops? _*Speakers:*_ *Sarah Garrod: *Archivist, George Padmore Institute *Nik Gorecki: *Co-ordinator, Alliance of Radical Booksellers and co-manager of Housmans *Ken Worpole: *Author *Rosa Vilbr: *Oral Historian and founder of On the Record _*Event Info:*_ *Date:* Tuesday 9th February 2016 *Time:* 6.30pm-8pm *Venue:* Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU *Eventbrite:* Register here <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=5eeb8a0e0a&e=2be938c325> *Website:* Applied History Network <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=2afd4ded71&e=2be938c325> TheApplied History Network <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=accc87d9b2&e=2be938c325> is a group of PhD students and early career researchers committed to politically engaged history. We put on regular evening events in London which aim to apply an historical perspective to contemporary events and debates. The event grew out of conversations started at the ‘what is radical history?’ conference <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=d61915e3f4&e=2be938c325> at Birkbeck in March 2015. In an effort to carry on these important debates, we put on free events every two months in central London. This email was sent to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> /why did I get this?/ <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/about?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=0df09b628a&e=2be938c325&c=203ecc5cec> unsubscribe from this list <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=0df09b628a&e=2be938c325&c=203ecc5cec> update subscription preferences <http://wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&id=0df09b628a&e=2be938c325> Applied History · None · London, None · United Kingdom Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=23d6c05c6af5578dc6c8a9ac6&afl=1>