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| My friend and colleague Steve Ludlam, who has died from pancreatic cancer aged 66, was a respected academic in the fields of British politics and Cuban studies. He was a member of the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield for 24 years, and an authority on the economic policies of Harold Wilson’s Labour governments. | My friend and colleague Steve Ludlam, who has died from pancreatic cancer aged 66, was a respected academic in the fields of British politics and Cuban studies. He was a member of the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield for 24 years, and an authority on the economic policies of Harold Wilson’s Labour governments. |
| After 10 years of research in British politics, he switched his focus to Latin American politics and to the study of Cuba in particular. This switch came about after a chance meeting in 2000, on a flight from London to Havana, with Juan Miranda – a Chilean whose family were refugees from the Pinochet regime, whom Steve had supported in Sheffield. Juan was by then living and working in Cuba. Linked to Steve’s academic interest was his political commitment to the country and its people and he was tireless in his work with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign. | After 10 years of research in British politics, he switched his focus to Latin American politics and to the study of Cuba in particular. This switch came about after a chance meeting in 2000, on a flight from London to Havana, with Juan Miranda – a Chilean whose family were refugees from the Pinochet regime, whom Steve had supported in Sheffield. Juan was by then living and working in Cuba. Linked to Steve’s academic interest was his political commitment to the country and its people and he was tireless in his work with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign. |
| Steve was born in Portsmouth, one of four children, to Stan Ludlam, an accountant with an insurance company, and his wife, Eda (nee Penney). He won a scholarship to Portsmouth grammar school and ended his school career as head boy. A year into a degree in Scandinavian studies at University College London, he decided to terminate his studies – initially because an alternative lifestyle with his anarchist friends was more attractive. | Steve was born in Portsmouth, one of four children, to Stan Ludlam, an accountant with an insurance company, and his wife, Eda (nee Penney). He won a scholarship to Portsmouth grammar school and ended his school career as head boy. A year into a degree in Scandinavian studies at University College London, he decided to terminate his studies – initially because an alternative lifestyle with his anarchist friends was more attractive. |
| He went on to work as a porter at Moorfields Eye hospital, where he was involved in trade union activities, helping to build a network of NHS shop stewards in London. However, in 1982 he returned to university as a mature student, to study politics and economic and social history at the University of Sheffield. After graduating in 1985 with a first-class degree and prizes from both the politics and economic history departments, he went on complete his PhD in 1991. He was appointed to his first post at the University of Central Lancashire, then returned in 1993 to Sheffield, where he remained until his retirement last year. | He went on to work as a porter at Moorfields Eye hospital, where he was involved in trade union activities, helping to build a network of NHS shop stewards in London. However, in 1982 he returned to university as a mature student, to study politics and economic and social history at the University of Sheffield. After graduating in 1985 with a first-class degree and prizes from both the politics and economic history departments, he went on complete his PhD in 1991. He was appointed to his first post at the University of Central Lancashire, then returned in 1993 to Sheffield, where he remained until his retirement last year. |
| He was extraordinarily active and had much planned for the future. Cycling was one passion and he was a longstanding (and dare one say, longsuffering) Sheffield Wednesday supporter. But towering above all these academic, political and social commitments was his family. | He was extraordinarily active and had much planned for the future. Cycling was one passion and he was a longstanding (and dare one say, longsuffering) Sheffield Wednesday supporter. But towering above all these academic, political and social commitments was his family. |
| He is survived by his wife, Julia (nee Robinson), whom he married in 1976, and two sons, Joe and Thomas. | He is survived by his wife, Julia (nee Robinson), whom he married in 1976, and two sons, Joe and Thomas. |
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