Global Lecture Series 2022: The Fate Of Communities – What Happened When The Coal Mines Closed

Professor Hudson is the co-author of the highly acclaimed book ‘The Shadow of the Mine’, written with Professor Huw Beynon from the University of Cardiff. The book charts the story of mining communities in the North East and South Wales through the words of the people in the former pit villages. 

Through interviews, archive research and work with people in the mining communities, it tells the story of King Coal in its heyday and what happened after the pits were shut down. The book draws on decades of research to chronicle the momentous changes - from profitable mines to strikes and unemployment - described through the experiences of the former pit workers. 

The talk is part of Durham University’s 2022 Global Lecture Series with an umbrella theme of Extinction and Survival with respect to communities, species, ideas and the cosmos.