Welcome to the Social History Society

NEW - The draft programme for the SHS annual conference 2010 is now available. See http://www.gellius.net/downloads/org_3/2010prog.doc. The conference will take place from 30 March to 1 April, at the University of Glasgow.

NEWDownload a poster advertising the SHS 2010 conference:
http://www.gellius.net/downloads/org_3/poster3.pdf

For the booking form, please click here. There is a reduced registration fee for bookings received before 1 February 2010, and for postgraduate students.

There is no conference hotel, but a list of hotels in the vicinity can be found by clicking here.

The plenary lecture will be given by Professor Frank Mort, and will explore the themes of sexualities and the city in relation to cultural and social history.

The Society's conference has no single theme. It is organised in six strands:

Deviance, Inclusion and Exclusion
Global Markets and Social Orders
Life-cycles and Life-styles
Political Cultures, Policy and Citizenship
Narratives, Emotions and the Self
Spaces and Places

Papers presented at the conference can be submitted to the Society’s journal, Cultural and Social History, to be considered for publication. For details, see
http://www.socialhistory.gellius.net/Journal.php.

The Royal Historical Society offers conference attendance grants for postgraduate students. Details can he found here.

General enquiries should be sent to: Mrs. Linda Persson, Administrative Secretary, Social History Society, Furness College, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YG (Tel: 01524-592547; Fax: 01524-846102; Email: l.persson@lancaster.ac.uk).