LSE Library

Sharing our collections, celebrating our community and letting you know about our free events! Home to @LSEPress and proudly #PartOfLSE.

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

We are celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library, the UK’s oldest & largest book, archive & museum collection on the history of women's movement.
Join us for an exhibition and year of FREE events to mark its memory and continue its legacy. https://t.co/dKJXHogBcN
@LSEalumni

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

Thank you @ianvisits for visiting and featuring our exhibition. https://t.co/OqvZmbp7kF

[ianVisits @ianvisits]

A century of campaigning: Women’s Library marks 100 years with new exhibition

https://t.co/ADBlA7l5V9

Marking its centenary, the Women’s Library opens its archives to reveal stories from Victorian reform campaigns to modern equality m…

https://t.co/ADBlA7l5V9

[LSE International History @lsehistory]

Alongside Dr Leo Shipp, our first-year undergraduates visited the LSE Archives as part of their module HY120: Historical Approaches to the Modern World. Dr Gillian Murphy introduced them to some of the jewels from the LSE collections. #students #fieldtrip #history #lse

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

Listen to @HistoryWO discussing trade union history with Indy Bhullar, Chelsea Collison @LSEnews , Peter Fisher and Jenny Yu (TUC Library) @londonmetlib and historian Laura Schwartz (Warwick Uni).
Still time to see the exhibition until 31 Jan.
https://t.co/0LFD9ohe39
@The_TUC

[LSE Review of Books @LSEReviewBooks]

NEW READING LIST✨📚

Inspired by a six-part discussion series @LSEnews, Kevin Wilson @LSELibrary picks six books that explore #polarisation – from debates on academic freedom to the impacts of social media – and offer ideas for bridging divides. https://t.co/EeZIxGotZb

[LSE @LSEnews]

🖼️ Our Webb portrait has reached its temporary home!

@PallantGallery is showcasing this painting by William Nicholson for a retrospective of his work taking place from November 2025 to May 2026.

📖 Read our new blog about this iconic artwork: https://t.co/TG6HQYEt9F

#LSE130

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📅Thu 4 Dec 4-6pm The Brontës in London - Come along to hear historian Sharon Wright sharing the fascinating story of the family's relationship with London - the city of ‘wonders’ they regarded as a thrilling Babylon. @LSEalumni
https://t.co/qyxsolptgl

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📅Thu 27 Nov 4-6pm Open Archives + Tour: Disability History. Take a look into the archive! Browse materials relating to disability history on display and talk with staff on archives research.
https://t.co/1ZiYBZMx10
#DisabilityHistoryMonth

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📅Thu 20 Nov, 6pm - John Cooper @forpeacemaker
gives the @glansburytrust Memorial Lecture, Is a faith shaped peace only powerful for the 1930s, not 2030s? Chair: @LSEChaplain @LSEFaithCentre Join us - all welcome.
https://t.co/6bKXeLDzP9

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

ONLINE EVENT: Fri 21 Oct, 12-1pm Join us for a lively lunchtime chat with Townsend Theatre Productions about their play "We Are The Lions, Mr Manager!" on the impact of the 1976 Grunwick Strike, where workers demanded fair treatment. @londonmetlib
https://t.co/SDbI0OJOuk

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

We will be at #HistDay25 @SenateHouseLib on Tue 4 Nov from 11am - come and find out more about our collections for your research and studies. https://t.co/HCtEV1SRpy
@ihr_history

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added.
@LGBTHM https://t.co/JyZXCkC8ae

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

NEXT MONTH: John Cooper @forpeacemaker will give the @glansburytrust Memorial Lecture, Is a faith shaped peace only powerful for the 1930s, not 2030s? Chair: @LSEChaplain @LSEFaithCentre
📅Thu 20 Nov, 18:00
https://t.co/6bKXeLDzP9

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📢NEXT WEEK Thu 30 Oct 4-6pm - still time to join Caroline Derry and Claire Cunnington discuss The London Scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885 and how the dramatic events led to the Criminal Law Amendment Act. https://t.co/XoYZ6XEqxi

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📢ONLINE EVENT 21 Nov 12-1pm We Are The Lions Mr Manager!: In Conversation with Townsend Theatre Prod.
Theatre-makers discuss their play marking 50 years since the landmark Grunwick strike which reshaped British labour history.
@TUC_Library @The_TUC https://t.co/SDbI0OKmjS

[LSE Blogs @LSEblogs]

Discussing the current state of open educational resources and e-textbooks, @niamhtumelty & @heroicendeavour argue they should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement @LSEImpactBlog.

@LSEPress @LSELibrary
https://t.co/dcliMw43Ml

[LSE @LSEnews]

Catching rats, cleaning chimneys & building apartments – these are some of the activities users can engage in while playing a new world build of Victorian London for Minecraft Education - created by @LSELibrary, @LancasterUni & @blockworksyt! 📓🐀🏛️
https://t.co/TdROCEXutJ

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📅Thu 27 Nov 16:00 Open Archives + Tour: Disability History - look at archives of suffragette Rosa May Billinghurst, Maternity Alliance Disability Working Group, GEMMA newsletters, Gay Men's Disabled Group, the Disablement Income Group (DIG) and more! https://t.co/1ZiYBZMx10

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📅Thu 20 Nov, 18:00 Is a faith shaped peace only powerful for the 1930s, not 2030s?
John Cooper of @forpeacemaker will give the @glansburytrust Memorial lecture chaired by @LSEChaplain
@LSEnews @lsesu @LSEFaithCentre @LSEalumni
https://t.co/mBixWxofbD

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

📅Thu 30 Oct 16:00 The London scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885. A free workshop led by @CarolineDerry and @Cunning_Claire on the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885 with a chance to view original archives. https://t.co/XoYZ6XDSHK