Dave Steele

Good article by Mark Crail

Looking forward to this…

Tolpuddle Radical History School:George Mann Tribute to Les Kennedy Tolpuddle Radical History School Organiser, Les Kennedy who passed away in 2025, is remembered by 2025 attendees in front of the Tolpuddle cottages with a tribute song by radical singer George Mann. We honour his contributions to the Trade Union movement, to the festival and Radical History School. He was a great and generous man.

here's the tribute video: bit.ly/LesKennedy

Tolpuddle Radical History School:George Mann Tribute to Les Kennedy Tolpuddle Radical History School Organiser, Les Kennedy who passed away in 2025, is remembered by 2025 attendees in front of the Tolpuddle cottages with a tribute song by radical singer George Mann. We honour his contributions to the Trade Union movement, to the festival and Radical History School. He was a great and generous man.

Tribute at Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival to Radical History School Organiser Les Kennedy who died this year. Radical singer George Mann led us singing Si Kahn's 'People like you help people like me go on'. We honour Les's contribution to the Trade Union Movement and Radical History. bit.ly/LesKennedy

We missed you too Katrina. I’ll post a video of Les’s tribute later

One great thing about speaking at Tolpuddle is you get expenses in the form of Martyrs money which you can spend in the bar

Looking forward to giving my talk on ‘The Reputational Power of the Crowd’ at Tolpuddle Radical History School tomorrow Friday

Looking forward to this . . .

The Body of the Crowd Dave Steele "The Body of the Crowd - The Sensory and Somatic Experienceof Reform Crowds in Britain c. 1816-1848" Paper presented at Social History Society 49th Annual Conference Black Country Living Museum 7-9 July 2025

Here's a recording of my talk for those who missed it: bit.ly/body-crowd
"The Body of the Crowd - The Sensory and Somatic Experience
of Reform Crowds in Britain c. 1816-1848"
Paper presented at #SHSConf2025 9 July 2025 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Thanks so much for a great #SHSConf2025 conference at a superb location. Great to make new friends and catch up with older ones and so see so many excellent papers. Makes me hungry for what I missed in the parallel sessions! @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Loved your keynote

@socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Map of walking distance Dudley to Birmingham

Body of the crowd

It takes 3hrs to walk from Dudley to Birmingham, but why am I talking about that at a Social History Conference? Come along on Weds and find out. #SHSConf2025

Looking forward to attending this conference

Looking forward to tomorrow's INDY-HIST meeting - Weds 2 July 5pm

Looking forward to today’s HL+ Research & Policymaking Event

Looking forward to this event next Thursday…

Matt Chorley - 05/06/2025 - BBC Sounds Matt Chorley with political guests, news, and your views on the issues that matter to you.

My interview with BBC Radio 5 Live’s Politics Show went out today. Matt Chorley incorrectly introduced me as Professor Dave Steele but corrected it to Doctor later in the show.
Listen here: 12 min interview [starts 1hr:12m:51s]: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Correction at 1hr56m29s

Warwick History ‘POST-DOC’ CLUB Online Meeting: Thursday June 5 at 5pm Methodologies Series ‘POST-DOC’ Mary Fraser from the University of Glasgow on analysing occupational journals. Rob O'Toole of the University of Warwick will share his enthusiasm for how digital technology can assist Arts Faculty researchers. Dave Steele of the University of Warwick on using Digital Mapping to estimate potential crowd densities and site capacity and text mining Newspaper Archives to estimate news penetration. All welcome (not restricted to post-docs). Tickets: https://bit.ly/pdc-meth2 Email: PostDocClub@gmail.com

Looking forward to presenting at this Methodologies session tomorrow…

Warwick History ‘POST-DOC’ CLUB
Thur 5 June 5pm

Mary Fraser - analysing journals.
Rob O'Toole - digital technology
Dave Steele - crowd density & text mining .

All welcome: bit.ly/pdc-meth2

If this is a good as last Thursday's in-person event it will be great . . .

TEACHING IN A TIME OF CRISIS – Zoom Session
Wednesday 4th June 4-7pm

Following last Friday’s successful in-person event at Warwick we now offer a second chance to engage with this pertinent subject in a follow-up online session.

More details and sign-up: www.history.ac.uk/events/teach...

Just been interviewed by Matt Chorley about protest in and around Parliament for his Politics show on Radio 5 Live (for later broadcast).

Looking forward to attending this conference tomorrow . .

Looking forward to participating in this meeting next week . . .

commemorative jugs: 1) 1820 Death of Queen Caroline, estranged wife of King George IV; 2) 1816 marriage of their daughter Princess Charlotte to Prince Leopold of Belgium

commemorative jugs: 1) 1820 Death of Queen Caroline, estranged wife of King George IV; 2) 1816 marriage of their daughter Princess Charlotte to Prince Leopold of Belgium

I'm chuffed to have got these commemorative jugs at auction:

1) 1820 Death of Queen Caroline, estranged wife of King George IV

2) 1816 marriage of their daughter Princess Charlotte to Prince Leopold of Belgium

Looking forward to hosting the first of our Warwick History ‘POST-DOC’ CLUB Methodologies Series
Online Meeting: Tuesday May 13 at 5pm
Featuring: Matt Cunneen, Alex Hibberts, Caitlin Kitchener and Nic Madge

Tickets: bit.ly/pdc-meth
Email: PostDocClub@gmail.com

Pleased to have been nominated for a Research Celebration Award…

Call for speakers: Warwick History Post-Doc Club Methodologies Series.

Are you a researcher employing unusual/innovative/unique methodologies? Can you give 10 mins to share innovations, tips and insights?

The Methodologies Series will run as a series of zoom meetings over the next few months . .

I recommend this discussion group for Independent Historians:
www.bit.ly/INDY_HIST

A few places left for tomorrow's panel discussion: ALTERNATIVE CAREERS
Register: bit.ly/alt-car