EP Thompson @ 100 was a joint project of the Network for Law, Arts and Humanities in the ANU College of Law and the School of History in the College of Arts and Social Sciences. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Network for Law, Arts and Humanities sought to recognise, celebrate, evaluate, and critique the legacy of one of the greatest historians of the 20th century.

Thompson’s work was of wide interdisciplinary significance. All the participating speakers had been influenced by his work enabling a discussion covering different aspects of Thompson's protean output. These included ANU-based scholars from law, history, cross-cultural and humanities research, English literature, and two distinguished Australian figures in history and the sociology of law: Ann Curthoys and Martin Krygier. EP Thompson’s pioneering work on “history from below”, his books on the working class, the law as a cultural discourse, the modern university, William Blake, and the rule of law, amongst many others, as well as his landmark contribution as a peace activist and a public intellectual, make him a giant of the intellectual landscape. His prescient writing and thinking in all these areas make him more relevant than ever.