AAC Colloque « The Miners’ Strike in Britain in 1984/5 », Bochum, 20-21 mars 2025

Chères et chers collègues,
Bonne année 2024 à toutes et tous.
Vous trouverez ci-dessous l’appel à communication (en anglais) pour un colloque international organisé dans le cadre du 40ème anniversaire de la grève des mineurs britanniques de 1984-85. Intitulé :* « The Miners’ Strike in Britain in 1984/5 – New Perspectives »*, le colloque aura lieu à *l’Institute for Social Movement* à Bochum en Allemagne les *20 et 21 mars 2025.*
Les propositions de communication devront être envoyées avant le *15 mars 2024.*
N’hésitez pas à diffuser cet appel dans vos réseaux.
Bien cordialement,
Marion Henry

*Call for Papers *
*Conference: The Miners’ Strike in Britain in 1984/5 – New Perspectives *
*Organizing Committee: Jörg Arnold (University of Nottingham), Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Marion Henry (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), and Jim Phillips (University of Glasgow)*
The miners’ strike of 1984/5 is regarded as a seminal event of contemporary British history. The strike pitted Britain’s most iconic group of workers, organised in the National Union of Mineworkers, and led by Arthur Scargill, against the Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher. The government drew on the full resources of the state – ranging from the police to the courts to public relations – to ‘contain, isolate and defeat’ the striking miners in twelve gruelling months of attrition..
The international conference, to be held at the *Institute for Social Movements in Bochum over two days on 20/21 March 2025*, aims to evaluate critically the existing historiography and to sketch avenues for future research. In this call for papers, we invite contributions of original research addressing diverse economic, social, cultural and political dimensions of the strike and its aftermath. These include but are not necessarily restricted to:
– Political dimensions of the strike: these include the aims and strategies of the National Coal Board, and the Conservative government but also the strategic thinking of the National Union of Mineworkers.
-The role of women in the strike, including gender perspectives on the strike
-The experience of children in the strike
-The role and experience of strike-breakers
-The perspective of people not directly involved in the conflict
-The strike and people from different ethnicities
-Environmental questions and energy politics
-The strike and international perspectives
-How the strike is remembered and memorialized
Please submit a short abstract (c. 200 words) of your proposed paper, and a one-page CV to Stefan Berger at stefan.berger@rub.de. The deadline for submissions is *15 March 2024*. We expect to be able to cover travel and accommodation costs for all invited delegates. — Marion Henry Maîtresse de conférences en histoire contemporaine Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – Centre d’histoire sociale des mondes contemporains (CHS) Chercheuse associée au Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po (CHSP)