Scottish Working People's History Trust

Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture

On Thursday 7 April 2022, Ian’s family, friends and colleagues gathered at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh to hear Lynn Abrams, Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow, speak on the theme 'Listening to people speak: the value of oral histories of working people'. This marked the inauguration of the annual Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture and a further successful collaboration between the NLS, Scottish Labour History Society and the Scottish Working People's History Trust.

Do get in touch if you would like a summary note of the meeting or a link to the recording of the meeting.

We will announce the date and speaker for the 2023 Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture as soon as possible.

Thank you to the Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland

At this particularly sad time we are very pleased to announce that thanks to the support of branches and members of the Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland, Ian MacDougall's research on French Onion Johnnies will be published digitally. The Society has given us a grant sufficient to cover the editing of Ian's interview transcripts for online publication. The grant will also provide for a copy to be lodged with La Maison des Johnnies in Roscoff, Britanny.