Institute for Volunteering Research events

Students, Volunteering and Social Action: 1880-1990

25 November 2010

Toynbee Hall, London

This one-day workshop will consider the history of volunteering and social action by university students in Britain. We welcome proposals for papers on any aspect of the history of student social service, volunteering or social action. Topics could include university settlements and missions; workcamps; work with the unemployed, General Strike; wartime volunteering; campaigning; Student Community Action.

Keynote speakers will include Professor Carol Dyhouse on the history of the RAG movement and Mike Day on the history of the National Union of Students.

This workshop is part of the Students, Volunteering and Social Action: Histories and Policies project convened by Student Hubs and the Institute for Volunteering Research with support from the Economic History Society and St John’s College Oxford.

Please send a 250 word abstract to Dr Georgina Brewis, georgina.brewis@volunteeringengland.org by 30 September 2010. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest at the same address. The event will be free to attend and there will be some travel bursaries available for presenters.

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