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by James Crossley

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New podcast on William Grindecobbe, John Wrawe, and John Ball and their millenarian (or otherwise) activities in the 1381 uprising censamm.org/blog/wrawe-g...
New CenSAMM Podcast: John Wrawe, William Grindecobbe, and John Ball | CenSAMM
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The late Christopher Hill was central to my life and work. I look forward to reviewing this book for @thenation.com: *Christopher Hill: The Life of a Radical Historian* by Michael Braddick, to be published by @VersoBks in February 2025.
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Tomorrow as part of the Apocalypticism and Millenarian Movements Seminar at Cambridge, James Crossley will discuss his new book, an intellectual biography of A. L. Morton.

The seminar will meet as usual in Faculty of Divinity, Room 7, Tuesday 11 March, 4.30–5.30pm The talk will be recorded.
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We're excited to share that the new edition of the Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions is now out (Vol. 26, 2024).
Vol 26 (2024): Environmental Endings and Religious Futures | Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion (JBASR)
www.jbasr.com
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A. L. Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition

Thursday 3rd April 2025

Speaker: James Crossley

All welcome, but advance registration required.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: A. L. Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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by James Crossley

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Register!

A.L. Morton and the Radical Tradition

Thursday, 26 June 2025 - 7:00pm
Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London

In person and online

www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/event/504
Event display | Marx Memorial Library
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by James Crossley

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Full talk to SHS now available on A. L. Morton's life and work
youtu.be/9E5JoLDX9CQ?...
A L Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition
YouTube video by Steve Cushion
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by James Crossley

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Morton posting will end in 2026 labourhub.org.uk/2025/04/02/r...
Remembering A. L. Morton, Historian of English Radicalism
Ahead of a talk to the Socialist History Society tomorrow, James Crossley looks at the life of a trailblazing historian. A. L. Morton (1903–1987) is best remembered for A People’s History of Englan…
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by James Crossley

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James Crossley @jc01229.bsky.social · Mar 25
Sign up:

A. L. Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition

Thursday 3rd April 2025

Speaker: James Crossley

All welcome, but advance registration required.

ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: A. L. Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: A. L. Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Today's Ehrhardt Seminar is underway, with @jc01229.bsky.social speaking on 'Meeting Old Quests Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus among British Dissenters, Radicals, and the Working Class (c. 1790-c.1850)'
A screengrab of a slide titled "Jesus in Durham County Prison" and James speaking.
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by James Crossley

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Is everything we dont like "apocalyptic"?
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · Mar 26
We're excited to share that the new edition of the Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions is now out (Vol. 26, 2024).
Vol 26 (2024): Environmental Endings and Religious Futures | Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion (JBASR)
www.jbasr.com
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by James Crossley

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Recording available soon, unless I botch it, obviously
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · Mar 10
Tomorrow as part of the Apocalypticism and Millenarian Movements Seminar at Cambridge, James Crossley will discuss his new book, an intellectual biography of A. L. Morton.

The seminar will meet as usual in Faculty of Divinity, Room 7, Tuesday 11 March, 4.30–5.30pm The talk will be recorded.
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by James Crossley

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A. L. Morton biography now in @mstaronline.bsky.social ow.ly/FMPo50Vczxo
The enduring power of radical ideas
PHIL KATZ applauds the biography of a man of principle that is a vibrant excavation of the radical tradition itself
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Are you famliar with the Palgrave Studies in Utopianism series? The latest publication in the series, A. L. Morton and the Radical Tradition, is from our Academic Director, Professor James Crossley. Check it and the rest of the series out here: link.springer.com/series/15242
Palgrave Studies in Utopianism
Utopianism is an interdisciplinary concept which covers philosophy, sociology, literature, history of ideas, art and architecture, religion, futurology and ...
link.springer.com
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"Where his contemporary Norman Cohn represented an influential ‘liberal’ scholarly reading of millenarianism as having a malign political influence, ...
A. L. Morton - CDAMM
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by James Crossley

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A. L. Morton and the Radical Tradition out now! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
A. L. Morton and the Radical Tradition
This book covers the life of Communist activist, historian, and literary critic, A. L. Morton, who pioneered studies in utopianism and radical history.
link.springer.com
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The Apocalypticism and Millenarian Movements Seminar are starting back up later this month starting on 28 January, 4.30pm.

Seminars will take place in Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge.
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by James Crossley

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CenSAMM seminars for this term...
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by James Crossley

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Here we go
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It's John Milton's birthday! We are lucky to look after a copy of the original issue of his 'Lycidas' (part of a 1638 collection of poems marking the death of Edward King), with corrections & additions in Milton's own hand. Find out more on our Digital Library. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-ADV-...
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by James Crossley

jc01229.bsky.social
Next CenSAMM Seminar:

Justin Meggitt, “‘Babilons Bastards’ [sic] and the End of Hell: Benjamin Lay’s Antislavery Exegesis of Revelation” (Tuesday 26 November, 4.30–5.30pm)

Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
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by James Crossley

jc01229.bsky.social
Thanks, and interested to discuss further. Timing of two biographies on Historians' Group members (not to mention work on your man Samuel) is unintentional but...significant? Not sure what that significance would be tho
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by James Crossley

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Morton's close friend (Hill, that is) also has a biography coming out early 2025...
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · Nov 16
The late Christopher Hill was central to my life and work. I look forward to reviewing this book for @thenation.com: *Christopher Hill: The Life of a Radical Historian* by Michael Braddick, to be published by @VersoBks in February 2025.
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by James Crossley

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The answer to Rev. 1:13 is Mateczka www.equinoxpub.com/home/mariavi...
The Mariavites; Heresy, The Apocalypse, and Poland's Female Savior; Cyrocki - Equinox Publishing
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by James Crossley

jc01229.bsky.social
For all things John Ball and A. L. Morton (and much more English radical tradition to follow), see... johnball1381.org
English Radical Tradition
History and Reception of English Radical Politics and Religion
johnball1381.org
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A review of the new book features in the Morning Star:

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/outs...
Outstanding Marxist historiographer
ELAINE MCFARLAND and JIM WHISTON introduce a collection of essays published in honour of Professor John Foster
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by James Crossley

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John Foster fs
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Since I'm new here, can I re-up a project of which I am v proud? It's the complete Eric Hobsbawm Bibliography - a fully searchable database of all his published & unpublished works + a set of curated thematic lists to introduce select topics. It was a labour of love. Link: hobsbawm.shca.ed.ac.uk
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by James Crossley

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Jezreel's Tower
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by James Crossley

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Back to the Panacea Museum to talk towers and the apocalypse
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