Upcoming Events
History and Policy Online Seminar Series
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The Workless: Stigma, Unpaid Labour, and the Myth of Economic Inactivity – Q&A
James Morrison
Online seminar
29 Sep 2026
5 pm
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From “Old Offenders” to Teenage Pregnancies: the Making and Re-making of the Single Mother Stigma in the Long History of Welfare
Peter Jones
Online seminar
27 Oct 2026
5 pm
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The New Moral Politics of Punishment: Deterrence, Redemption, and Revenge in British Public Policy
Tom O’ Grady
Online seminar
24 Nov 2026
5 pm
Workhouse Lives
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The Ballad of Bethnal Green: women’s voices, workhouse dynasties and whistleblowing in the 1860s
Peter Jones
Online seminar
03 Nov 2026
5 pm
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The Irish Question? Administering the Anatomy Act in St Giles Workhouse, c.1832–1850
Julie Ann Mathias
Online seminar
01 Dec 2026
5 pm
Past Events
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The History of Special Education in England: Divisions, Divergences, and Coalitions
Deborah Robinson
Online seminar
30 Jun 2026
5 pm
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Returning to Health: First World War Ex-Servicemen, Welfare Policy, and the Creation of the NHS
Jessica Meyer
Online seminar
26 May 2026
5 pm
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Disability, Health, and Employment: Post-Industrial Realities and Historical Lessons for Welfare Policy
Jonathan Warren
Online seminar
31 Mar 2026
5 pm
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The pre-1834 workhouse revisited
Susannah Ottaway, Alannah Tomkins, and Samantha Williams
Online seminar
07 Jul 2026
5 pm
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Monitoring the localities: the Poor Law Inspectorate and barriers to control
Natalie Carter
Online seminar
02 Jun 2026
5 pm
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Welsh Women Poor Law Guardians and the Workhouse, 1869–1928
Joelle Gorno
Online seminar
05 May 2026
5 pm
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“Weak Minded and a Cripple”: Disability and Persistence in Manchester’s Workhouses
Annette Wright
Online seminar
07 Apr 2026
5 pm
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“He’s just a pauper whom nobody owns”: pauper burials and the public history of the workhouse in Ulster
Robyn Atcheson
Online seminar
03 Mar 2026
5 pm
