The BPHA organises regular talks, lectures and discussions open to members. For more information, get in touch birminghampha@gmail.com
Future Events
Saturday 22 March 2025: Labour and the Liberals: Conservative recruits to the early Labour party
2:00 pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Past Events
Tuesday 10 December 2024: Constitution and Conspiracy: Chartism and Trade Unionism in the West Midlands
6:00 pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Tuesday 17 December 2024: Labour and the Liberals: Conservative recruits to the early Labour Party
6:00 pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Sat 14 Sept: Heritage Week Archive Open Day
11.00am – 3:00pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Follow this link to book a slot: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/birmingham-peoples-history-archive-tickets-944262834557
Wed 11 Sept: “Over by Christmas: Brandwood End graves and memorials to those killed in 1944”
2.00pm Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham, B14 6EQ. and followed up with a talk on Zoom on Thursday 12th at 7.30 pm.
Sat 25 Nov: How the Liberal party shaped the Labour party
12.30pm – 3.30pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Sat 16 Dec: ‘Blessed be ye poor’ : Christianity and socialism in Britain
12.30pm – 3.30pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Sat 11 Nov : Oct ’17 – Albert Knight: a British railwayman in Bolshevik Russia
12.30pm – 3.30pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Sat 7 Oct : The fight against racism: the IWA (GB) and Avtar Jouhl, marking 1 year since his death.
Speakers: Jag Jouhl, Katherine Cremer and contributions from the floor – sponsored by the Social History Society
12.30pm – 3.30pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
Sat 21 Oct : Forging Ahead: the birth of trade unionism in Britain
12.30pm – 3.30pm – BPHA Rooms, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street
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