Category: Meetings
The German Peasants’ War of 1524-6 and why you should care about it
Socialist History Society public meeting on-line via Zoom
Tuesday 24th February 2026
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:
https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/Oeuw1FnUQGiNM-_diblvLQ
Lyndal Roper is Emeritus Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, the first woman to hold the post. She has written on women and the German Reformation, on witchcraft, and on the German reformer Martin Luther. Read on ...
Big Flame: Building Movements, New Politics
Socialist History Society public meeting on-line via Zoom
Wednesday 4th February 2026
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:
https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/VEPy–sbSeq1Pa4ezQF_Cg
Speakers: Max Farrar & Kevin McDonnell, authors of the recent book on Big Flame published by Merlin Press
Read on ...Christopher Hill: the life of a radical historian
Speaker: Michael Braddick
A Socialist History Society on-line meeting on 7 October 2025
Christopher Hill was one of the leading historians of his generation. His work across more than fifteen books and dozens of articles fundamentally rewrote the way we understand the English Revolution and the development of the modern British state. Read on ...
Aimé Césaire and Martinique
Socialist History online public meeting on 19 May 2025
Speaker Kevin Morgan
In October 1956 Aimé Césaire announced his resignation from the French communist party in an open letter to the PCF’s leader Maurice Thorez. Better known as a writer and co-architect of the concept of negritude, Césaire was a communist of eleven years’ standing and one of two PCF deputies representing Martinique in the French national assembly. Read on ...