Call For Papers

Papers of 15-20 minutes are welcomed on any aspect of Benn’s life and legacy.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

• Congregationalism/nonconformist contribution to political thought.

• Movement for Colonial Freedom.

• The peerage.

• Technology (notably the post office and Mintech).

• 1960s radicalism.

• Referendum 1975 (and reflections on 2016).

• Manufacturing industry in the 1970s and 1980s.

• Coal and the miner’s strike.

• The Falklands War.

• Gulf War 1.

• Iraq, anti-war protests.

• Radicals in the House of Commons.

• Political diaries.

• The Benn Archive.

Abstracts (up to 300 words) and biographies (up to 100 words) should be submitted in Word to Pippa Catterall and Jad Adams.

The Deadline is 30th November 2024.

p.catterall@westminster.ac.uk

jadadams@btinternet.com