Peterloo – 1819

Thu 11 April, 4.30pm – 7pm

Free, booking required.

To mark 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre, join us as we launch the special anniversary edition of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library: Peterloo – 1819.

The evening will be hosted by Hannah Barker, Professor of British History and Director of the John Rylands Research Institute, and will take the form of a talk by the curator of the University of Manchester Library’s Peterloo archives, followed by a conversation with each of the journal contributors:

Katrina Navickas (University of Hertfordshire)
The Multiple Geographies of Peterloo and Its Impact on Britain

Nathan Bend (University of Hertfordshire)
Sanctioned by the Government? The Home Office, Peterloo and the Six Acts

Robert Poole (University of Central Lancashire)
The Manchester Observer and Peterloo: Biography of a Radical Newspaper