The Museum of Revolution is the progeny of the mightiest of revolutions…

Revolutionary museums in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union before and after 1917
a Socialist History Society Public Meeting held on 29th October 2024

Speaker: Nikolay Sarkisyan

In Soviet Russia, the world’s first museum of revolution opened in Petrograd in 1919. This marked the beginning of a special type of museum – the historical-revolutionary museum – which was followed by other similar museums in the USSR, opening in the 1920s and 1930s and continuing until the end of the Soviet Union. Read on ...

Raphael Samuel and People’s History

A look at the work of socialist historian Raphael Samuel and the History Workshop movement.
2pm, Saturday, 1st June 2024 
Speakers
John Merrick, editor, Workshop of the World: Essays in People’s History by Raphael Samuel (Verso)
And
Anna Davin, socialist feminist historian and author of Growing Up Poor, among other works, who was part of the History Workshop and a founder editor of its journal.
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Sale of Back Numbers of Publications

The Socialist History Society is having a Sale of back numbers of our Occasional Publications.

Special offer £1 each plus postage. Members normally receive the Occasional Publications as part of their subscription, but if you want a copy of an issue that came out before you joined, these will be free to members, just pay the postage. Read on ...

Perfidious Albion: Britain & The Spanish Civil War

Speaker Professor Paul Preston

The eminent historian, Professor Paul Preston, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Spanish Civil War. He is the author of numerous books on modern Spain, the Spanish Republic, the war and its aftermath. In this talk, Paul will speak about his latest book, ‘Perfidious Albion’: Britain and the Spanish Civil War’ which is published by The Clapton Press. Read on ...