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'MAKING MOVEMENTS': A conference on the theme 'Making Movements: The British Marxists Historians and the study of social movements', to be held at Edge Hill College between 26-28 June 2002, will study the legacy of historians including Thompson, Hill, Hobsbawm, Saville, Torr and others. Speakers confirmed so far include Brian Manning, Bryan D Palmer and Ellen Wood. Conference details are available from: Alan Johnson, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire; e-mail: johnsona@edgehill.ac.uk.
'NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CPGB HISTORY': On February 20 2002 a seminar, arranged by the Institute of Contemporary British History (ICBH), will debate 'New Developments in the Contemporary History of the Communist Party of Great Britain'. Panelists who have so far confirmed their attendance are John Callaghan, Eric Hobsbawm, Kevin Morgan, David Renton, Willie Thompson, Andrew Thorpe and Matthew Worley, with an introductory paper provided by Nina Fishman The seminar will be held between 5.00-6.30pm in the Local History Room at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. It is hoped that the widest possible range of views on CPGB history will be represented at the seminar. Other participants are wecome. For further details e-mail: icbh@icbh.ac.uk; visit http//www.icbh.ac.uk/icbh; or telephone 020 7862 8810.
'A MINE OF INFORMATION': The Modern Records Centre (MRC) at the University of Warwick is collaborating in a new archival project which aims to 'improve access to research resources relating to the South Wales Coalfield. Funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme, the 'Mine of Information' programme will generate a cross-referenced cross-institutional database of archival sources. The MRC will contribute a catalogue of some 20,000 files from the British Trade Union Congress archive, covering the period 1920 to 1987 and including 'much material of relevance to mining, industrial health, industrial disputes, nationalisation, and records of local Trade Councils.' The MRC's on-line guide to its holdings is accessible at: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/
