The eleventh annual conference of the Institute of Contemporary BritishHistory was held at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London,July 12–16, 1999. The first day was largely concerned with British Marxistand socialist movements; the second concentrated on the trade unions andcomparative perspectives; the third and fourth days focused on the Labour party;and the conference concluded with a day on the future of the Left. Theconference was male-dominated to about the same proportion as most universitydepartments in Britain, but the age range of participants was broad and involveddoctoral students as well as professors. Only two papers were presented on womenin the labor movement, and although participants addressed issues concerned withidentity and ethnicity, there was nothing directly concerned with imperialism orimmigrants from Britain's former colonies and their British-bornoffspring.