Diarmaid Kelliher
@diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social
Human geographer & historian. Research on solidarity, labour, social movements etc.
Excited to have my chapter included in this book out next week from @cataratalibros.bsky.social on anti-racist struggle and trade unionism Lots of great looking chapters “drawing together experiences from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, colonial Africa and Spain.”
Glasgow book launch. The Glasgow book launch for my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is being held at Glasgow University at 6pm on Thursday 29 October. You're all welcome! Sign up here 🔽 It's free!
An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class
Join us on Thursday 29 October for this event which is part of the University of Glasgow's Festival for Social Sciences offering.
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My article on 'The True Conservationists' was published in a special edition of Contemporary British History on rethinking working-class politics. The special issues also features articles on slavery and emancipation, race and class, seafarers and Brexit.
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'Green' and 'class' politics are often viewed as mutually hostile to each other. My research explores how British miners, electricity workers and builders articulated a distinctive working-class environmental politics in the 1970s and 80s. You can read my new article here.
‘The true conservationists’: British trade union environmental politics in the late twentieth century
This article demonstrates British energy trade unionists engaged intently with environmental debates during the 1970s and 1980s. These findings challenge dominant interpretations of the emergence o...
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Delighted to have this special issue on Labour History and 'Brexit Britain' out, co-edited with Laura Schwartz (who was really the force behind it) and Aditya Sarkar. It's been a long time in the making, but I'm very pleased with the result. All open access. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcbh20/4...
brilliant special issue of CBH here on writing labour histories in Brexit Britain, featuring great people like @emilyrobinson.bsky.social, @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social and @ewangibbs.bsky.social
Contemporary British History
Ordinary Working-Class People? Labour History and 'Brexit Britain'. Volume 40, Issue 3 of Contemporary British History
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June Issue: 'Thatcherism and the Picket Line' by Diarmaid Kelliher @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...
Thatcherism and the Picket Line*
Abstract. This article explores the relationship between Thatcherism and the picket line. The picket line in late twentieth-century Britain was a space in
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My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is coming out in October. You can preorder it from Waterstones with a 25% discount today and tomorrow! Place your order here ⬇️ www.waterstones.com/book/an-inju...
looking forward to this tomorrow - book below if you fancy it
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social · 7mo agolooking forward to talking at this in Haringey in a week's time, even more looking forward to actually meeting the activists involved, who will also be part of the panel. link to book below
New article! Diarmaid Kelliher @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social on 'Thatcherism and the Picket Line' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
Thatcherism and the Picket Line*
Abstract. This article explores the relationship between Thatcherism and the picket line. The picket line in late twentieth-century Britain was a space in
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New article in English Historical Review (@enghistrev.bsky.social) on 'Thatcherism & the Picket Line'. Looks at relationship between picketing & Conservatives esp. in 1980s, but also the legacy into the 1990s. Of relevance, I think, to upcoming Orgreave inquiry. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
🚨It’s publication day!🚨 My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops! Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you! Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
CONFERENCE - 'Sociability & Political Life', University of York, 3rd/4th July 2026 Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb!
Laura C Forster@lauracforster.bsky.social · 11mo ago📢Call For Papers📢 Sociability & Political life Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements? Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
If you don’t get the print version, my Tribune article on the Merseyside WLM is now available to read for free online: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/the-...
I'm delighted to be included in this, thanks @richmondbridge.bsky.social!
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 9mo agoHow have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years? From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
Women and the Miners’ Strike, 1984–1985. By Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaiteand Natalie Thomlinson; Making Cultures of Solidarity: London and the 1984–5 Miners’ Strike. By Diarmaid Kelliher @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social
Marking the anniversary of the Miners' Strike of 1984/5, Keith Gildart reflects on a selection of recent titles in a new Review Article: 'Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... #MinersStrike
Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5
The year 2025 marks the fortieth anniversary of the end of the bitter twelve-month miners’ strike of 1984/5. The dominance of coal in British energy produc
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Very pleased that my book is among the writing reviewed in this essay
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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Vol. 89 is out! sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/89/suppl/C Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/42
Can a rock band make history? Glasgow rock band, the Tenementals (@tenementals.bsky.social) explore what it means to create radical history through music.
Can A Rock Band Make History?
A Glasgow rock band, The Tenementals, explore what it would mean to create radical history through music.
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Why did 155 nursery workers employed by London’s Islington Council go on strike in 1984 – and why has their story been forgotten? Former strikers join present-day childcare workers and activists to reflect on how the action developed and the lessons it holds for us now.
The 1984 Islington Nursery Strike
Why did 155 nursery workers employed by London's Islington Council go on strike in 1984 - and why has their story been forgotten?
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