We are delighted to say that our 2025 SHS Conference was an immense success! This was the first time we have ever hosted a conference in a heritage site: namely, the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. It made for a fabulously evocative and exciting venue. It’s also safe to say that social historians clearly … Continued

We are now accepting bookings for our annual conference at Durham University, Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 July 2024. If you submitted an abstract to present a paper, you will be written to shortly with the outcome. The conference is open to all members of the Social History Society, whether speaking or not. We encourage … Continued

Our conference is the largest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK. For almost fifty years, our members have transformed historical research by exploring the ways our social worlds are made, imagined, shared and shattered. Our next annual conference will take place at Durham University, 8-10 July 2024. We warmly welcome proposals for individual … Continued

We are excited to share the details of our next conference, which will be held at the University of Essex, 5-7 July 2023! We are currently accepting paper submissions relating to our revised strands. The Call for Papers has been extended to 20 January 2023 and full details are available on the conference page. We … Continued

Our annual conference is organised around eight thematic strands. Each strand has its own identity, reflecting the variety of approaches taken by our membership. The strands are overseen by strand convenors, who play a crucial role in developing each strand. They are responsible for reviewing abstracts, programming and shaping the scope of each strand. These … Continued

We held our last annual conference online over two weeks in summer 2021. The conference centred on our eight thematic research strands, which range across time and space. It also featured a plenary panel on ‘Women and Work’ featuring contributions from Emma Griffin, Helen McCarthy and Jane Whittle. We recorded a selection of the presentations, … Continued

After two years of successful online events, we are delighted to be returning to Lancaster University for our first in person conference since the start of the pandemic. The conference will take place from 6-8 July 2022. The conference will be shorter than in pre-pandemic times and we are encouraging participants to attend the whole … Continued

To celebrate the start of our 45th annual conference, we are offering a 30% discount on membership. Just add the discount code SHSCONF2021 at checkout when you sign up. The code is valid until 17 July 2021. We rely on income from membership fees to fund our activities. From events and activities to bursaries and … Continued

Our annual conference will be taking place online, over two weeks from 28 June-9 July 2021. The conference has been deliberately designed for online delivery. Instead of replicating a physical event via Zoom, we have spread the event over a longer time frame to allow speakers and audience to dip in and out without fear … Continued