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POPULAR FRONT SEMINARS: A series of seminars on the Popular Front, part of a programme on the international communist movement, is being held on Fridays at 5.30 p.m. in the British Local History Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet St., London WC1E 6BT. Seminars include David Margolies, 'Left Review & problems of cultural policy in the Popular Front' (18 October); Robert Radford, 'The Artists' International Association' (1 November); Sarah Wilson, 'Art & the French Popular Front' (15 November); Michael Corris, 'Reinstalling "disorder & insensitivity": Ad Reinhardt & the modernist left' (29 November); O.K. Werckmeister, 'Picasso's Guernica & the cultural policy of the Popular Front in France & Spain' (13 December). Further information from Rick Halpern, Dept. of History, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
COMMUNIST ORAL HISTORY: The Communist Oral History Project is producing a second newsletter, available in December, which can be obtained by sending 50p and an SAE to Mike Squires, 20 Elmfield Road, London SW17 8AL. The project is also holding a life-history day school for communists and ex-communists at the Marx Memorial Library, Sunday 30 March 1997, 10.30 am-4 pm. The tutor will be Jo Stanley, who teaches life history at the University of Sussex, and donations to cover costs will be taken on the day. Further information and bookings c/o Mike Squires. Contributions are badly needed to assist the project in its work, which is almost entirely self-funded, and will be gratefully received at the same address.
CPGB DAYSCHOOL: Oxford University Department for Continuing Education is holding a day school on the CPGB on Saturday 19 April 1997. The speakers will be Andy Croft, Nina Fishman, Kevin Morgan and Andrew Thorpe. Further details and booking form from OUDCE, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA (01865-270308).
JOHN SAVILLE SPECIAL AWARD: To celebrate John Saville's 80th birthday, the Lipman-Miliband Trust is to make a special award of £3,000 for a project reflecting one or more aspects of John Saville's life. The application deadline is 31 December 1996 and further details can be obtained from: The John Saville Award, Journal of Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, Keele University, ST5 5BG.
