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Culture, politics, letters, socialism, Raymond Williams. Est. 1989. Publisher of 'Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism'.

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CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
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CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research
To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…
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October 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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🚨🚨Call for contributors to next year's issue of Key Words, a special issue on 'Foreclosure,' guest edited by Chloe Ashbridge and Owain Burrell🚨🚨 Deadline for abstracts is July 18th, 2025. Read more here: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/06/09/c... Please share widely.
Call for Contributors: Foreclosure, a Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
British cultural production has a long history of foreclosure. Understood as a premature abandonment, or an abortive failure, of radical political projects, foreclosure has an imaginative and mater…
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June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🚨🚨Call for contributors to next year's issue of Key Words, a special issue on 'Foreclosure,' guest edited by Chloe Ashbridge and Owain Burrell🚨🚨 Deadline for abstracts is July 18th, 2025. Read more here: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/06/09/c... Please share widely.
Call for Contributors: Foreclosure, a Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
British cultural production has a long history of foreclosure. Understood as a premature abandonment, or an abortive failure, of radical political projects, foreclosure has an imaginative and mater…
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June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Thank you to everyone who has started sending us their abstracts. We will start reviewing submissions after the deadline (10 July) and will be emailing decisions by 1 August 2025. Full details at comicsandai.org
Comics & AI: Critical Prompts
A multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity
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May 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Register for a two-day conference taking place at MMU on 19th-20th June 2025: www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/neith.... Co-organised by RWS Chair Dr David Wilkinson and other members of the Subcultures Network.
Neither Factory Records nor Madchester: Rethinking Manchester’s Musical and Subcultural Histories - School of Digital Arts (SODA) – Manchester Metropolitan University
Cities tell stories about themselves. Manchester likes to tell a story about itself that’s often summed up in the alleged words of Tony Wilson, founder of
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May 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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We are delighted to announce two winners of the 2025 Simon Dentith Memorial Prize, the Society’s postgraduate essay competition. First prize goes to Friederike Sachs. Second prize goes to Alexander Curtis. Read more about the winners here: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/05/01/e...
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May 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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In case you missed it Key Words 19, and Key Words 20, guest edited by @danieljhartley.bsky.social, are now both freely available online. All past issues are available here: raymondwilliams.co.uk/view-issues/
View Free Open Access Issues
Issue 1 – (1998): Download Key Words 1 Issue 2 – ‘Ecocriticism’ (1999): Download Key Words 2 Issue 3 – ‘Futures’ (2000): Download Key Words 3 Issue 4 &#821…
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March 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Delighted to see my paper on masculinities, structures of feeling and the British left in the latest edition of Keywords, published by @r-williams-soc.bsky.social. My thanks to editorial board for their supportive and collegiate comments during the publishing process
February 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Just a few weeks left to submit your essay for our PG essay prize! Please share widely.
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We're delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay prize. The prize for the winning entry is £250 and a year's subscription to the Society. See full T&Cs and details of how to enter on our website: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/01/14/r....
Raymond Williams Society Postgrad Essay Prize 2025
We are delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay competition for its 11th year. The deadline for entries is Friday 28th February 2025. The prize for the wi…
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February 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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We're delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay prize. The prize for the winning entry is £250 and a year's subscription to the Society. See full T&Cs and details of how to enter on our website: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/01/14/r....
Raymond Williams Society Postgrad Essay Prize 2025
We are delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay competition for its 11th year. The deadline for entries is Friday 28th February 2025. The prize for the wi…
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January 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM