Llafur News & Events

Keep up to date with all the latest goings on at Llafur and events relating to Welsh history.

Llafur Online Event & 2024 AGM: Voices of the Strike 07/12/2024
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Llafur Online Event & 2024 AGM: Voices of the Strike
07/12/2024
at Online

Llafur invites you to our latest online event and 2024 AGM. In volume 4 number 2 of Llafur (1985), editors Deian Hopkin and Merfyn… Click to read more...
Globalising Welsh Studies – Online Book Launch 26/10/2024
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Globalising Welsh Studies – Online Book Launch
26/10/2024
at Online

Join Llafur, book editors Neil Evans and Charlotte Williams, and book contributors to discuss the exciting new publication, Globalising Welsh Studies (University of Wales Press). Agenda 10:00-10:05 – Welcome… Click to read more...
Chris Williams (1963- 2024): An Appreciation 12/10/2024
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Chris Williams (1963- 2024): An Appreciation
12/10/2024
at University of South Wales, Usk Way. Newport, NP20 2BP

Join us in Newport for a day school to remember Chris Williams and celebrate his immense contribution to Welsh history. Programme: 10:45-11:00 – Welcome… Click to read more...
Chris Williams (1963-2024): An Appreciation
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Chris Williams (1963-2024): An Appreciation
25/09/2024

Join us on Saturday 12 October 2024  (10.30 AM – 3.30PM) at University of South Wales Newport Campus for a day school to remember Chris Williams and celebrate his immense… Click to read more...
The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan – Book Launch 28/09/2024
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The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan – Book Launch
28/09/2024
at Bedwellty House & Park, Morgan Street, Tredegar NP22 3NA

Join us to explore Nye Davies’s exciting new publication, The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan (University of Wales Press). Agenda 11:00-11:10 – Welcome 11:10-11:40… Click to read more...
Llafur Online Event & AGM 2023 – ‘Duw, It’s Hard’: Heritage provision, collective identity and cultural memory after coal 09/12/2023
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Llafur Online Event & AGM 2023 – ‘Duw, It’s Hard’: Heritage provision, collective identity and cultural memory after coal
09/12/2023
at Online

Llafur invites you to our latest online event and 2023 AGM. On 23rd November 1973, Max Boyce recorded his first and most iconic album… Click to read more...
‘Knowledge is Power’ – 50 Years of the South Wales Miners’ Library and Llafur: the Welsh People’s History Society 21/10/2023
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‘Knowledge is Power’ – 50 Years of the South Wales Miners’ Library and Llafur: the Welsh People’s History Society
21/10/2023
at National Waterfront Museum, Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 3RD

Since 1973, the South Wales Miners’ Library has preserved and championed the ‘Resources of Hope’ of mining communities from across South Wales. It has… Click to read more...
Llafur Summer Series 2023 – Health, Healthcare and the NHS 08/07/2023 - 26/07/2023
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Llafur Summer Series 2023 – Health, Healthcare and the NHS
08/07/2023 - 26/07/2023
at Online

We are pleased to announce our new summer series of online Llafur events on the theme of ‘Health, Healthcare and the NHS in Wales’. All the… Click to read more...
A Conversation on Windrush 28/06/2023
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A Conversation on Windrush
28/06/2023
at Online

In June 1948, over 1000 British citizens made the journey from the Caribbean aboard the Empire Windrush seeking to build a new life in… Click to read more...
Tredegar Town Band in concert 20/05/2023
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Tredegar Town Band in concert
20/05/2023
at Onllwyn Welfare Hall, Wembley Avenue, Onllwyn SA10 9HL

Tredegar Town Band will be in concert at Onllwyn Welfare Hall commemorating the life of Hywel Francis, the 50th anniversary of the South Wales… Click to read more...
The Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Essay Prize 2023
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The Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Essay Prize 2023
25/04/2023

Llafur, The Welsh People’s History Society is pleased to invite entries for the Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Prize, 2023. Professor Ieuan Gwynedd Jones (1921-2018) was one of the most insightful of… Click to read more...
Llafur Online Event & AGM 2022 – ‘the miners must have justice!’: The Legacy and Consequences of the 1972 Miners’ Strike 03/12/2022
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Llafur Online Event & AGM 2022 – ‘the miners must have justice!’: The Legacy and Consequences of the 1972 Miners’ Strike
03/12/2022
at Online

Llafur invites you to our latest online event and 2022 AGM. For our 2022 AGM, join Llafur and guest speakers Ben Curtis, Emily Ingram… Click to read more...
Llafur Conference – Securing a Stronghold? The 1922 Election and the Political Development of Wales 29/10/2022
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Llafur Conference – Securing a Stronghold? The 1922 Election and the Political Development of Wales
29/10/2022
at Sir Stanley Thomas Lecture Theatre, Centre for Student Life, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BB

With the result of the 1922 General Election, the electoral map of Wales shifted in a new direction. The Liberal Party’s dominance in Wales… Click to read more...
Llafur Lecture: Caradog, Y Côr Mawr and their effect on Welsh cultural history 02/07/2022
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Llafur Lecture: Caradog, Y Côr Mawr and their effect on Welsh cultural history
02/07/2022
at Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Road, Aberdare, CF44 8DL

150 years on from the performance at Crystal Palace on 4th July 1872, join Llafur and our guest speaker Professor Trevor Herbert (The Open… Click to read more...
Llafur Spring Series 2022: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism 09/04/2022
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Llafur Spring Series 2022: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism
09/04/2022
at Online

Episode 3 – Reinventing Ourselves: A Conversation on Heritage Museums, archives, libraries and other heritage sites in Wales are places of historical discovery. They… Click to read more...
The Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Essay Prize 2022
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The Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Essay Prize 2022
23/03/2022

Llafur, The Welsh People’s History Society is pleased to invite entries for the Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Prize, 2022. Professor Ieuan Gwynedd Jones (1921-2018) was one of the most insightful of… Click to read more...
Llafur Spring Series 2022: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism 24/03/2022
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Llafur Spring Series 2022: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism
24/03/2022
at Online

Episode 2: Workers’ Holidays and Seaside Resorts  From Llandudno and Rhyl in the north, to Barry and Porthcawl in the south, Wales has produced… Click to read more...
Llafur Spring Series 2022: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism 10/03/2022
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Llafur Spring Series 2022: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism
10/03/2022
at Online

Episode 1: Curious Travellers: Then and Now Llafur begins its online Spring Series of 2022 with an exploration of how Welsh communities have been… Click to read more...
Angela V. John is ratified as new Llafur President
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Angela V. John is ratified as new Llafur President
05/02/2022

Llafur is delighted to announce that Angela V. John was ratified as our new President at the AGM on 27 November 2021, succeeding the late Hywel Francis, who died in… Click to read more...
What’s Happening in Black British History? XIV – Call for Papers
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What’s Happening in Black British History? XIV – Call for Papers
29/11/2021

A message from our partners, the Black British History group. Following the success of our previous events in London, Liverpool, Bristol, Preston, Huddersfield and Leicester, we would like to invite… Click to read more...
Llafur Online Event & AGM 2021 – Strikes, Lockouts and Collective Memories: Remembering 1921 and 1926 27/11/2021
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Llafur Online Event & AGM 2021 – Strikes, Lockouts and Collective Memories: Remembering 1921 and 1926
27/11/2021
at Online

Llafur invites you to our latest online event and 2021 AGM. Reflecting on his early life in Tredegar in In Place of Fear (1952),… Click to read more...
Exhibition – Imagining History: Wales in Fiction and Fact / Dychmygu Hanes: Cymru mewn Ffuglen a Ffaith
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Exhibition – Imagining History: Wales in Fiction and Fact / Dychmygu Hanes: Cymru mewn Ffuglen a Ffaith
25/10/2021

The paintings, installations, photographs, sculptures, stories, and films on display, chosen from the USW Artworks Museum Collection, as well as works on loan from other collections, artists, or writers, are… Click to read more...
Exhibition – Imagining History: Wales in Fiction and Fact / Dychmygu Hanes: Cymru mewn Ffuglen a Ffaith 12/11/2021 - 17/12/2021
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Exhibition – Imagining History: Wales in Fiction and Fact / Dychmygu Hanes: Cymru mewn Ffuglen a Ffaith
12/11/2021 - 17/12/2021
at Oriel y Bont, Treforest Campus, University of South Wales

The paintings, installations, photographs, sculptures, stories, and films on display, chosen from the USW Artworks Museum Collection, as well as works on loan from… Click to read more...
Online Conference – Imagining History: Wales in Fiction and Fact / Dychmygu Hanes: Cymru mewn Ffuglen a Ffaith 12/11/2021 - 13/11/2021
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Online Conference – Imagining History: Wales in Fiction and Fact / Dychmygu Hanes: Cymru mewn Ffuglen a Ffaith
12/11/2021 - 13/11/2021
at Hosted online by the University of South Wales - With an accompanying Exhibition at Oriel y Bont, University of South Wales

Imagined histories in the form of historical fiction, films or television programmes are often at the heart of how we think about our national… Click to read more...
Picturing Our Past/ Fframio’n Gorffenno – App
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Picturing Our Past/ Fframio’n Gorffenno – App
29/09/2021

Picturing Our Past / Fframio’n Gorffennol brings to vivid life the history of Welsh film and television. Its five chapters follow the compelling story from early pioneering silent film making, through… Click to read more...
Llafur and Co-ops & Mutuals Wales Event – Robert Owen’s Legacy, Welsh Co-operative Movement History and Co-operative Learning 03/07/2021
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Llafur and Co-ops & Mutuals Wales Event – Robert Owen’s Legacy, Welsh Co-operative Movement History and Co-operative Learning
03/07/2021
at Online

International Co-operators Day – Llafur and Co-ops & Mutual Wales Event Robert Owen’s Legacy, Welsh Co-operative Movement History and Co-operative Learning – What lessons… Click to read more...
Llafur Online Event – ‘The glorious harbinger of a new society’ – The Paris Commune and its Legacy 27/05/2021
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Llafur Online Event – ‘The glorious harbinger of a new society’ – The Paris Commune and its Legacy
27/05/2021
at Online

On 18th March 1871, the Central Committee of the Commune seized Paris, governing the capital of France for seventy-two days before a bloody and… Click to read more...
Imagining History: Wales in fiction and fact – Call for papers
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Imagining History: Wales in fiction and fact – Call for papers
28/04/2021

Imagining History: Wales in fiction and fact/ Dychmygu Hanes: Cymru mewn ffuglen a ffaith   Conference 12-13 November 2021  at Pontypridd Museum and University of South Wales  OR virtually, depending on… Click to read more...
The Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Essay Prize 2021
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The Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Essay Prize 2021
10/04/2021

Llafur, The Welsh People’s History Society is pleased to announce the Ieuan Gwynedd Jones Essay Prize. Professor Ieuan Gwynedd Jones (1921-2018) was one of the most insightful of Welsh social… Click to read more...
Llafur Spring Series 2021: Migration and Wales 20/02/2021 - 24/04/2021
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Llafur Spring Series 2021: Migration and Wales
20/02/2021 - 24/04/2021
at Online

We are pleased to announce our new series of online Llafur events on the theme of Migration and Wales.  All the events will be… Click to read more...
Letter to the Welsh Government regarding the National Library of Wales
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Letter to the Welsh Government regarding the National Library of Wales
05/02/2021

Llafur: Welsh People’s History Society welcomes the news that the Welsh Government will provide additional funding to the National Library of Wales for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years, which… Click to read more...
Llafur Spring Series: Migration and Wales
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Llafur Spring Series: Migration and Wales
30/01/2021

We are pleased to announce our new series of online Llafur events on the theme of Migration and Wales.  All the events will be held via Zoom.  They are free… Click to read more...
Llafur AGM 2020 – ‘Breaking out from the Cocoon’ – Commemorating 50 Years of Llafur, Past, Present and Future 05/12/2020
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Llafur AGM 2020 – ‘Breaking out from the Cocoon’ – Commemorating 50 Years of Llafur, Past, Present and Future
05/12/2020
at Online

In the first edition of the Llafur journal, produced in 1972, the society’s inaugural chair, and future president, Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, encouraged members to… Click to read more...
Llafur Online Event – Swansea Copper: A Global History Book Launch 14/11/2020
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Llafur Online Event – Swansea Copper: A Global History Book Launch
14/11/2020
at Online

During the eighteenth century, a revolutionary new ‘Welsh process’ of efficiently smelting copper led to Swansea becoming the epicentre of the global copper industry.… Click to read more...
From the Llafur archives…
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From the Llafur archives…
21/10/2020

To mark our 50th anniversary, we will be sharing items from the Llafur archive. We start with this letter sent on this day 50 years ago by founder member and… Click to read more...
Llafur Online Event – ‘To strive for a world of justice’ – Community, Internationalism, and the Campaign for Peace in Interwar Wales 10/10/2020
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Llafur Online Event – ‘To strive for a world of justice’ – Community, Internationalism, and the Campaign for Peace in Interwar Wales
10/10/2020
at Online

In the aftermath of the First World War, Welsh communities took concerted action in the name of internationalism, peace and equality with an increasing… Click to read more...
Llafur summer series: Black Lives Matter
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Llafur summer series: Black Lives Matter
12/09/2020

A message from our President, Hywel Francis: We hope you all enjoyed the Llafur summer series. It is incumbent on us all to actively speak out and act against the… Click to read more...
Llafur at 50!
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Llafur at 50!
29/08/2020

Llafur was founded 50 years ago in September 1970. We are appealing to members to share photos of the past 50 years of Llafur.  If you have any photos of… Click to read more...
Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 6:  ‘The Proud Valley’ – Paul Robeson and Wales  29/08/2020
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Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 6:  ‘The Proud Valley’ – Paul Robeson and Wales 
29/08/2020
at Online

 ‘The Proud Valley’ – Paul Robeson and Wales  In the final chapter of Llafur’s summer series, we conclude with a discussion on the life… Click to read more...
Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 5: Q+A – Slavery and Wales 26/08/2020
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Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 5: Q+A – Slavery and Wales
26/08/2020
at Online

Join us for an extended question and answer session on Wales’ connections to slavery. Welcoming back guest speakers Chris Evans, Marian Gwyn and Audrey… Click to read more...
Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 4: Crossing the Colour Line: Empire, War and Racial Violence, 1900-1925  15/08/2020
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Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 4: Crossing the Colour Line: Empire, War and Racial Violence, 1900-1925 
15/08/2020
at Online

Crossing the Colour Line: Empire, War and Racial Violence, 1900-1925  Llafur’s online event series continues on Saturday 15th August at 11am with a talk from… Click to read more...
Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 3: Slavery and Wales 01/08/2020
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Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 3: Slavery and Wales
01/08/2020
at Online

Join us for the third in our series of Online Llafur Events on Saturday 1 August at 11am. Llafur’s online event series continues with… Click to read more...
Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 2: STOP THE SPRINGBOKS! – Wales and Opposition to Apartheid 18/07/2020
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Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 2: STOP THE SPRINGBOKS! – Wales and Opposition to Apartheid
18/07/2020

Join us for the second in our series of Online Llafur Events: STOP THE SPRINGBOKS! – Wales and Opposition to Apartheid Fifty years ago,… Click to read more...
Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 1: Memorialisation and Welsh History 11/07/2020
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Llafur Summer Series 2020 – Episode 1: Memorialisation and Welsh History
11/07/2020
at Online

Darren Macey and Chris Hill reflect on controversial histories of ‘race’ and empire in Welsh memorials and monuments, inspired by the fall of Edward… Click to read more...
May 2020 – An update for all Llafur members
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May 2020 – An update for all Llafur members
22/05/2020

The latest issue of the Llafur journal has been completed. Unfortunately, due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions, there is currently a delay to delivery from the printers and distribution to members.… Click to read more...
1919: Race Riots & Revolt 17/04/2020
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1919: Race Riots & Revolt
17/04/2020
at Museum of Cardiff The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1BH

10.30am      Welcome and Introductions 10.40am      Aled Eirug (Morgan Academy: Swansea University):  1919 The Year of Rebellion 11.15am      Gaynor Legall (Chair: The Heritage & Cultural… Click to read more...
Hywel Francis is conferred as new Llafur President
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Hywel Francis is conferred as new Llafur President
25/01/2020

Hywel Francis has been conferred as the President of Llafur: the Welsh People’s History Society at its Annual General Meeting in Cardiff on 16 November 2019.  He succeeds the late… Click to read more...
Day School: Fighting Back – Wales and Public Protest 16/11/2019
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Day School: Fighting Back – Wales and Public Protest
16/11/2019
at Museum of Cardiff The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1BH

Programme 10.30am             Welcome and Introductions 10.40am             Rhian E. Jones  Popular Protest and Popular Culture: the Rebecca Riots and the… Click to read more...
‘Fields of Praise’: Sport and National Identity 14/09/2019
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‘Fields of Praise’: Sport and National Identity
14/09/2019
at Castle Hotel, The Parade, Neath SA11 1RB

Programme 10am                     Welcome and Introductions 10.20am               Martin Johnes  Race, Racism and Eddie Parris: Wales’ First Black International Footballer. 11.20am               Carolyn Hitt  Welsh Sport… Click to read more...
Llafur session at the Oral History Society Annual Conference, Swansea University, 6 July 2019 06/07/2019
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Llafur session at the Oral History Society Annual Conference, Swansea University, 6 July 2019
06/07/2019
at Talieson Create, Swansea University

2019 Annual Conference of the Oral History Society in association with Llafur and Britain at Work, hosted and supported by Swansea University Venue: Swansea… Click to read more...
Day School: Hopes and Dreams of 1918: Society Transformed 08/12/2018
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Day School: Hopes and Dreams of 1918: Society Transformed
08/12/2018
at Llanhilleth Miners' Institute, Llanhilleth, NP13 2JT

Hopes and Dreams of 1918: Society Transformed Programme 10.00 Welcome and Introductions 10.20 Morgan Jones: From Conscientious Objector to MP Wayne David MP 11.05… Click to read more...
Day School: Our Proudest Achievement? Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the NHS 07/07/2018
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Day School: Our Proudest Achievement? Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the NHS
07/07/2018
at Bedwellty House, Tredegar, NP22 3XN

Programme 10.00 Welcome and Introduction 10.20 Steve Thompson, Before the NHS: The Mixed Economy of Medical Care in Nineteenth and Twentieth-century Wales 11.10 Natalie… Click to read more...
Day School: Family, Faith, Party, People 09/06/2018
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Day School: Family, Faith, Party, People
09/06/2018
at Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil

Programme 10.00 Welcome Huw Williams 10.30 “For Dowlais, for Spain and for Socialism” Daryl Leeworthy 11.10 “Growing up in the Party” Witness Seminar Chaired… Click to read more...
DACE/SWML Seminar Series 09/02/2018
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DACE/SWML Seminar Series
09/02/2018
at DOVE Workshop, Roman Road, Banwen, Neath, SA10 9LW

Missionaries and Visionaries: A Century of Adult Education by Swansea University, 1920-2020 Changing Wales, Changing Universities Talk given by Rob Humphreys, formerly director of… Click to read more...
Day School: Migration Matters – Wales and the World 17/03/2018
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Day School: Migration Matters – Wales and the World
17/03/2018
at Weston Learning Centre, St Fagans National Museum Wales

A day school to discuss emigration from and immigration into Wales, organised by Llafur: The Welsh People’s History Society. To be held at the… Click to read more...
Day School: Too Soon to Know? The Impact of the Russian Revolutions on Wales and the Wider World 02/12/2017
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Day School: Too Soon to Know? The Impact of the Russian Revolutions on Wales and the Wider World
02/12/2017
at Swansea Museum, Victoria Road, Swansea, SA1 1SN

Programme 09.30 Welcome 09.40 David Selway   Strikes, Solidarity and Soviet Utopias: The Russian Revolution and the South Wales Coalfield, 1917-1972 10.20 James Ryan… Click to read more...
Day School: Dramatists and Drama in Twentieth-Century Industrial South Wales 14/10/2017
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Day School: Dramatists and Drama in Twentieth-Century Industrial South Wales
14/10/2017
at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Duffryn Road, Mountain Ash CF45 4DA

At 2.15pm, Fluellen Theatre Company will perform Philip H Burton’s play Granton Street   Tickets for the performance of Granton Street cost: £10 adults… Click to read more...
Book Launch: Joe England’s The Crucible of Modern Wales 23/09/2017
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Book Launch: Joe England’s The Crucible of Modern Wales
23/09/2017

Join us for the launch of Joe England’s Merthyr: The Crucible of Modern Wales, which is published by Parthian in its new Modern Wales… Click to read more...
Day School: Deindustrialisation and Wales 16/09/2017
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Day School: Deindustrialisation and Wales
16/09/2017
at Llay Miners' Welfare Hall, Wrexham, LL12 0TH

10:00 Welcome 10:10 Vic Tyler-Jones Llay Main: Its Colliery and Village. 10:55 Bleddyn Penny Protest and Pragmatism: Welsh Steelworkers’ Responses to Deindustrialisation. 11:40 Leon… Click to read more...
Swansea University Department of Adult Continuing Education & South Wales Miners’ Library Seminar Series 23/06/2017
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Swansea University Department of Adult Continuing Education & South Wales Miners’ Library Seminar Series
23/06/2017
at Council Chamber, Singleton Abbey, Swansea University, SA2 8PP

Missionaries and Visionaries: A Century of Adult Education by Swansea University, 1920-2020 Friday 23 June 2017 at 2.30pm in the Council Chamber, Singleton Abbey… Click to read more...
West of England & South Wales Women’s History Network 24th Annual Conference 01/07/2017
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West of England & South Wales Women’s History Network 24th Annual Conference
01/07/2017
at The Llewellyn Suite, Coleg y Cymoedd, Aberdare Campus, Cwmdare Road, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF44 8ST

Women and the Labour Movement in Britain from 1880 to 1950 9.30 – Registration 10.00 – Welcome Keynote Lecture 10.10 – Karen Hunt (Keele… Click to read more...
Llafur Newsletter 2016
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Llafur Newsletter 2016
09/05/2017

In this edition: Darren Macey on ‘should the history of “one” be our prime concern? Chris Parry and Rhodri Hughes report on the 6 February 2016 Day School on Keir… Click to read more...
Day School: 50 Years of Women’s and Gay Liberation 25/03/2017
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Day School: 50 Years of Women’s and Gay Liberation
25/03/2017
at Glamorgan Archives, Cardiff, CF11 8AW

10.00 Welcome 10.15 Daryl Leeworthy, Liberation Activism: A Welsh Story, 1967-Present. 11.00 Avril Rolph, Searching in Haystacks: Researching the Women’s Liberation Movement. 11.45 Jenny… Click to read more...
George Ewart Evans Plaque Unveiling 01/04/2017
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George Ewart Evans Plaque Unveiling
01/04/2017
at 51-53 Glancynon Terrace, Abercynon, CF45 4TF

GEORGE EWART EVANS (1909-1988) COMMEMORATIVE EVENT 10.30am Plaque Unveiling Ceremony (Premier Stores 51-53 Glancynon Terrace) 11.00am Function for donors and sponsors at Llechwen Hall… Click to read more...
Terry Thomas Memorial 20/01/2017
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Terry Thomas Memorial
20/01/2017
at Gorseinon Workmen’s Club, Brighton Road, Gorseinon, Swansea SA4 4BN

A Celebration of the Life of TERRY THOMAS (Vice President, South Wales Area NUM, 1983-1989) Chair: Eric Davies Tributes from:  Hywel Francis, John Gaventa,… Click to read more...
Prof. Duncan Tanner Annual Memorial Seminar 23/02/2017
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Prof. Duncan Tanner Annual Memorial Seminar
23/02/2017
at Teras Room 3, Main Arts Building, Bangor University

Unreliable Memories of Blair, New Labour and Welsh Politics in the 1990s. Dr Kim Howells (Labour Member of Parliament for Pontypridd, 1989-2010) For more… Click to read more...
Day School: The Anti-War Movement in Wales 10/12/2016
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Day School: The Anti-War Movement in Wales
10/12/2016
at The Community Hall, Shelone Road, Briton Ferry, SA11 2NS

10.00 Welcome 10.10 Alun Burge – From Abertillery to the Kremlin Wall: The New Era Union Men’s Sunday School Class and the Impact of… Click to read more...
South Wales Women’s History Network Annual Conference 20/06/2015
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South Wales Women’s History Network Annual Conference
20/06/2015
at Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN

9.30 Registration 9.50 Welcome 10.00 Keynote Lecture: Selina Todd, (St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford), Women, Work and Family in 20th century England 11.00- 11.30… Click to read more...
Llafur Newsletter 2015
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Llafur Newsletter 2015
01/04/2016

In this edition:- Daryl Leeworthy reports on the 2015 AGM and Day School on the 1945 Labour Government, held at the Winding House, New Tredegar. Stephanie Ward reports on the… Click to read more...
Shaping the Labour Party Conference 23/03/2015 - 24/03/2015
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Shaping the Labour Party Conference
23/03/2015 - 24/03/2015
at Bangor University

To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the election of the first majority Labour government in 1945, the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology… Click to read more...
The Cost of Coal: 100 Years On From Senghenydd 03/10/2013
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The Cost of Coal: 100 Years On From Senghenydd
03/10/2013
at Coleg Morgannwg, Nantgarw  CF15 7QY 

Speakers include: Neil Evans – ‘Imagining and Remembering Senghenydd’ Bill Jones  – ‘A Welsh Mining Disaster in the U.S.A.: Avondale, Pennsylvania,September 1869’ Ben Curtis – ‘The Price… Click to read more...