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

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Raymond Williams Society Postgrad Essay Prize 2026 We are delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay competition for its 12th year. The deadline for entries is Friday 3 April 2026. The prize for the winning …

Our annual postgraduate essay prize is back for a 12th year! The winner receives £250 and a year's subs to RWS, plus the opportunity to revise their essay for publication in Key Words. For details, see: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/02/23/r.... Please share widely with relevant postgrads! 🙏

23.02.2026 12:41 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Call for Papers: Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, A Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism Speaking in 1980 amid the New Right upsurge, Raymond Williams noted that ‘cultural struggle is absolutely crucial, because this is the terrain on which the interpretation of the crisis had to be es…

🚨🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨🚨Fancy contributing to a special issue on Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, edited by @elinormtaylor.bsky.social? Look no further... Details, including the deadline, at the link: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/c...

28.01.2026 17:53 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Interested in guest editing a special issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism? We've made it easier than ever to pitch us. Download our special issue proposal form here: raymondwilliams.co.uk/submission-g...

12.12.2025 08:51 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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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…

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
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14.10.2025 11:57 👍 32 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 5
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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…

🚨🚨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.

09.06.2025 14:03 👍 9 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 3
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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…

🚨🚨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.

09.06.2025 14:03 👍 9 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 3
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Comics & AI: Critical Prompts A multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity

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

19.05.2025 12:32 👍 3 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2
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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

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.

28.05.2025 10:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

06.05.2025 13:41 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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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…

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/

07.03.2025 13:32 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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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

08.02.2025 10:05 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Just a few weeks left to submit your essay for our PG essay prize! Please share widely.

07.02.2025 09:29 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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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…

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....

14.01.2025 09:43 👍 10 🔁 15 💬 3 📌 1