AHRC Research Network Workshop: Labour Behind the Label: Working with Textiles, Northumbria University, 8 November 2013

This one-day AHRC-funded cross-disciplinary workshop will investigate the impact that operational and professional developments in the British textile industry had on workers and workers’ communities. Organised as part of the ‘Tailored Trades Tailored Trades: clothes, labour and professional identity 1880-1939’ research network, speakers will include Dr Pete Maw (University of Leeds), Dr Sally Tuckett (University of Edinburgh), Professor Jutta Schwarzkopf (Bielefeld University), Dr Janet Greenlees (Glasgow Caledonian University) and Professor Joseph Melling (University of Exeter). The event will take place at Northumbria University on 8 November. For further information, please visit the event pages. After the event, you will also be able to access podcasts from the project site.