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Feb 25
We are celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library, the UK’s oldest & largest book, archive & museum collection on the history of women's movement.
Join us for an exhibition and year of FREE events to mark its memory and continue its legacy. lse.ac.uk/library/twl100
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Mar 30
Thank you @ianvisits for visiting and featuring our exhibition. lse.ac.uk/library/twl100
Mar 30
A century of campaigning: Women’s Library marks 100 years with new exhibition
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Marking its centenary, the Women’s Library opens its archives to reveal stories from Victorian reform campaigns to modern equality m…
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Feb 18
RT @lsehistory: Alongside Dr Leo Shipp, our first-year undergraduates visited the LSE Archives as part of their module HY120: Historical Ap…
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Jan 9
Listen to @HistoryWO discussing trade union history with Indy Bhullar, Chelsea Collison @LSEnews , Peter Fisher and Jenny Yu (TUC Library) @londonmetlib and historian Laura Schwartz (Warwick Uni).
Still time to see the exhibition until 31 Jan.
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22 Dec 2025
NEW READING LIST✨📚
Inspired by a six-part discussion series @LSEnews, Kevin Wilson @LSELibrary picks six books that explore #polarisation – from debates on academic freedom to the impacts of social media – and offer ideas for bridging divides. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb…
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🖼️ Our Webb portrait has reached its temporary home!
@PallantGallery is showcasing this painting by William Nicholson for a retrospective of his work taking place from November 2025 to May 2026.
📖 Read our new blog about this iconic artwork: ow.ly/JBYZ50XALKT
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25 Nov 2025
📅Thu 4 Dec 4-6pm The Brontës in London - Come along to hear historian Sharon Wright sharing the fascinating story of the family's relationship with London - the city of ‘wonders’ they regarded as a thrilling Babylon. @LSEalumni
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24 Nov 2025
📅Thu 27 Nov 4-6pm Open Archives Tour: Disability History. Take a look into the archive! Browse materials relating to disability history on display and talk with staff on archives research.
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17 Nov 2025
📅Thu 20 Nov, 6pm - John Cooper @forpeacemaker
gives the @glansburytrust Memorial Lecture, Is a faith shaped peace only powerful for the 1930s, not 2030s? Chair: @LSEChaplain @LSEFaithCentre Join us - all welcome.
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5 Nov 2025
ONLINE EVENT: Fri 21 Oct, 12-1pm Join us for a lively lunchtime chat with Townsend Theatre Productions about their play "We Are The Lions, Mr Manager!" on the impact of the 1976 Grunwick Strike, where workers demanded fair treatment. @londonmetlib
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3 Nov 2025
We will be at #HistDay25 @SenateHouseLib on Tue 4 Nov from 11am - come and find out more about our collections for your research and studies. exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/h…
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ALT Promotional poster for History Day featuring Queer History Trail details, 4 Nov, 11-4
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27 Oct 2025
New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added.
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24 Oct 2025
NEXT MONTH: John Cooper @forpeacemaker will give the @glansburytrust Memorial Lecture, Is a faith shaped peace only powerful for the 1930s, not 2030s? Chair: @LSEChaplain @LSEFaithCentre
📅Thu 20 Nov, 18:00
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22 Oct 2025
📢NEXT WEEK Thu 30 Oct 4-6pm - still time to join Caroline Derry and Claire Cunnington discuss The London Scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885 and how the dramatic events led to the Criminal Law Amendment Act. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-londo…
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15 Oct 2025
📢ONLINE EVENT 21 Nov 12-1pm We Are The Lions Mr Manager!: In Conversation with Townsend Theatre Prod.
Theatre-makers discuss their play marking 50 years since the landmark Grunwick strike which reshaped British labour history.
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Discussing the current state of open educational resources and e-textbooks, @niamhtumelty & @heroicendeavour argue they should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement @LSEImpactBlog.
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Catching rats, cleaning chimneys & building apartments – these are some of the activities users can engage in while playing a new world build of Victorian London for Minecraft Education - created by @LSELibrary, @LancasterUni & @blockworksyt! 📓🐀🏛️
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📅Thu 27 Nov 16:00 Open Archives Tour: Disability History - look at archives of suffragette Rosa May Billinghurst, Maternity Alliance Disability Working Group, GEMMA newsletters, Gay Men's Disabled Group, the Disablement Income Group (DIG) and more! eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-arch…
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📅Thu 20 Nov, 18:00 Is a faith shaped peace only powerful for the 1930s, not 2030s?
John Cooper of @forpeacemaker will give the @glansburytrust Memorial lecture chaired by @LSEChaplain
@LSEnews @lsesu @LSEFaithCentre @LSEalumni
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📅Thu 30 Oct 16:00 The London scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885. A free workshop led by @CarolineDerry and @Cunning_Claire on the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885 with a chance to view original archives. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-londo…
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