The Liberal Democrat History Group promotes the discussion and research of historical topics, particularly those relating to the British Liberal Democrats and its predecessor parties, the Liberal Party and the SDP, and of liberalism more broadly.

Activities

The Liberal Democrat History Group aims to appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of British Liberalism, whether academics, party activists or spare-time students of political history. We:

- Publish the quarterly Journal of Liberal History, containing articles, book reviews, biographies, and meeting reports

- Publish books, including the Dictionary of Liberal Thought, Dictionary of Liberal Biography, the Dictionary of Liberal Quotations and Great Liberal Speeches

- Organise discussion meetings, both in London and as fringe meetings at Liberal Democrat conferences

- Make resources available to students of Liberal history, including news of research in progress and guides to archive sources (see the items listed under 'Research resources' on the left-hand menu)

- Provide a concise history of the Liberal Democrats and its predecessor parties, along with a more extensive set of historical articles and biographies - the Liberal History Online project, available through the top menu bar.

How the site is organised

Use the left-hand menu to navigate to the various activities of the Group, and the menu bar at the top for Liberal History Online - pages on the history of the party sorted according to period, theme or person, together with relevant articles from the Journal of Liberal History.

Also use the top menu bar to send up queries about Liberal history, to subscribe to the Journal of Liberal History, and to join our email mailing list for news of our meetings and publications.