UK-AUSTRALIAN LABOUR HISTORY CONFERENCE, 16,17,18 July 2003
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
The conference consists of three strands.
Strand A, Historiography, Archives and Comparative Perspectives, will be held at MMU in the Mabel Tylecote Building, third floor.
Strand B, Institutions and Cultures, will be held in the adjacent Manton Building at MMU, ground floor.
Strand C, The Political Economy of Labour, will be held at the International Centre for Labour Studies, Williamson Building, University of Manchester.
All three buildings are on Oxford Rd., south of the city centre. A walk of approximately five minutes along Oxford Rd. takes one from Oxford Rd. railway station to the Tylecote and Manton buildings. They are part of MMU’s main All Saints campus. Continue along Oxford Rd. for a few hundred yards to reach the Wlliamson Building on the left hand side of Oxford Rd., almost opposite Manchester University’s student union.
PROGRAMME
| Wednesday, 16 July | |
| 10am | Coffee and Tea. Atrium, Manton Building |
| 10.30am | Welcome and Introduction. The co-organisers: Greg Patmore, Univ. Sydney; Neville Kirk, MMU, Manton Building, ground floor, Lecture Room 1 |
| STRAND A | Mabel Tylecote, 3rd Floor |
| 11am- 1pm | Comparative History. Stefan Berger; Greg Patmore. |
| 2pm-4pm | UK Labour Historiography- Keith Gildart Aus. Lab. Historiography- Harry Knowles |
| 4.15pm-6pm | UK Lab. Archives - Jeannette Martin, Alan Bell AusLab. Archives- Sigrid McCausland |
| STRAND B | Manton Building, Lecture Theatre |
| 11am- 1pm | Co-ops. UK - John Walton, Gwen Cropper, Peter Gurney Co-ops. Aus - Erik Eklund |
| 2pm-4pm | Friendly Socs. —
UK Dan Weinbren Friendly Socs. — Aus Bob James |
| 4.15pm-6pm | Trade Unions - UK
Gary Daniels Trade Unions - Aus Mark Hearn |
| STRAND C | Williamson Building, 3rd Floor |
| 11.15am-1pm | Management and Labour
—UK Arthur Mclvor Management and Labour- Aus Chris Wright |
| Labour and the State-UK
David Coates Labour and the State- Aus Greg Patmore |
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| 4.15pm-6pm | Labour Parties and
Class- UK Leighton James Aus Ray Markey |
Suggested meeting place at 6.1 5pm: Krobar 2 (between MMU and Oxford Rd. railway station, right-hand side of Oxford Rd., opposite John Dalton building).
| Thursday, 17 July | |
| STRAND A | Mabel Tylecote, 3rd Floor |
| 10am-1pm
|
Comparative Perspectives British Chartists in Australia and New Zealand- Paul Pickering ‘Land and Liberty’: Henry George in Britain and Australia- Tony Taylor Australian and British Labour and Socialist Attitudes to the Monarchy, 1901-1911 - Neville Kirk |
| 2.30pm-4pm | Comparative UK and Australian
Labour History and Archival Research: The Way Forward. Panel members and general discussion. |
| STRAND B | Manton Building, Lecture Theatre 3 |
| 10am-1pm
|
Volunteer Labour-UK Justin
Davis-Smith Volunteer Labour- Aus Melanie Oppenheimer Child Labour-UK Stephen Cunningham Child Labour- Aus Maree Murray |
| 2.30pm-6pm | Race-UK Ken Lunn Race-Aus Julia Martinez Gender-UK Karen Hunt Gender-Aus Raelene Frances and Bruce Scates |
| STRAND C | Williamson Building, 3rd Floor |
| lOam- 1pm
|
Communist Parties-UK Kevin Morgan Communist Parties-Aus Stuart Macintyre Labour and the Cold War-UK Neil Redfern Labour and the Cold War-Aus Philip Deery |
| 2.30pm-4.30pm | Labour Intellectuals-UK David
Howell Labour Intellectuals-Aus Terry Irving and Sean Scalmer |
| 4.45pm-6pm | The Political Economy of Labour: The Way Forward |
| Friday, 18 July | |
| STRAND B | |
| 10am- 12pm | Issues in
Working-Class Culture-UK Mike Savage Issues in Working-Class Culture-Aus Bobbie Oliver |
| 12pm- 1pm | Institutions and Cultures: The Way Forward |
| 2.30pm-4pm | Plenary, Manton, Lecture Theatre 3 Review, Issues, the Way Forward |
| 6pm | Drinks and Dinner: To be arranged |
Contacts
Neville Kirk, History, MMU; Anne Morrow, Labour Studies;
Greg Patmore, Work and Organisational Studies, Univ. Sydney.
Organisational matters are in the hands of the Conference Office, MMU.
Anne Morrow will continue to organise matters at Manchester University.
Nev Kirk, Oct. 2002