Incendiary Words and Rebellious Campaigns: 1840-1890 and 1940-1990

A free 6-week course by David Rosenberg focusing on London’s radical and rebellious writers, pamphleteers, journalists and activists who challenged the status quo between 1840-1890 and 1940-1990.

A 6-week course, 6:30-8:30pm every Thursday 25 April - 30 May

As part of the HLF-funded Victorian Blogging project, Conway Hall will be running an interactive 6-part evening course focusing on London’s radical and rebellious writers, pamphleteers, journalists and activists whose words challenged the status quo in several arenas between 1840-1890 - whether on women’s rights, housing, workplace conditions, religious authority, militarism or other issues. And we will simultaneously examine the work and campaigning of their counterparts 100 years later between 1940-1990.

During the course we will use archive material from the Humanist Library & Archives and also make a visit to May Day Rooms, an evolving active archive of post-war radicalism in Britain.

The course will be taught by David Rosenberg whose new edition of Rebel Footprints; a guide to uncovering London’s Radical History is being published by Pluto Press in April 2019.

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On Thursday April 25, 2019 at 6:30 pm (ends Thursday May 30, 2019 at 8:30 pm)

Category: Attractions - Talks & Lectures

Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Greater London, WC1R 4RL

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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/385828-0?pid=5072
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/385828-2?pid=5072