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Held in his favourite seaside town, this year’s international conference on Engels was a resounding success, with important contributions from Chinese scholars, reports JOHN PATEMAN
Friedrich Engels and Eastbourne beach
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“ENGELS in Eastbourne” was an international conference to celebrate the 175th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto, organised by the University of Brighton and the International Association of Marx and Engels Humanities Studies (MEIA), held at the View Hotel, Eastbourne, from June 1-3 2023.
During the last 15 years or so of his life Engels adopted Eastbourne as his favourite go-to English seaside town.
Whenever he had time to spare, he would hurry down to the south coast, usually accompanied by a member of Marx’s family and close friends.
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