The Mass Observation Anniversary Lectures Series, 2011 - 2012

Celebrating 75 years of Mass Observation & 30 years of the Mass Observation Project

The Mass Observation Archive boasts an international reputation for the material it holds and generates about everyday life in Britain. In 2012 it is 75 years since Mass Observation was founded. The newer Mass Observation Project was 30 years old in 2011. To celebrate we are hosting a series of lectures starting in October 2011 and ending in May 2012. The final lecture in the series is:

 Thursday 10th May 2012, 6.30pm University of Sussex, Fulton Lecture Theatre A.

 

Joe Moran - ‘Mass Observation and the History of Everyday Life’

Joe Moran is a Reader in Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. His most recent books are Queuing for Beginners (2007) and On Roads: A Hidden History (2009) and he is currently writing an intimate history of British television. He is a cultural critic and historian focusing on Britain in the very recent past, with a particular interest in the everyday. Along with his academic research, he writes regularly for the Guardian, the Financial Times and other newspapers and magazines, mainly about the history and politics of mundane aspects of daily life.

This lecture is sponsored by the Mass Observation Trustees in partnership with Special Collections

RSVP essential - Click here to book a place.

Past lectures in the series include:

12th October 2011 - Juliet Gardiner - ‘Writing the mid century with Mass Observation’

8th Decemver 2011 - Virginia Nicholson - ‘The Living Archive’

26th January 2012 - Kevin Macdonald - ‘Life in a Day: Using the Mass Observation Archive’

17th March 2012 - David Kynaston - ‘Reshaping Our View of the “1945” Moment and Beyond: Mass Observation and the Big Picture’

Listen to selected recordings from the Mass Observation Anniverary lecture series here.