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Voluntary Action History Seminar Series This seminar series is organised by the Committee of the Voluntary Action History Society (VAHS). VAHS aims to advance the historical understanding and analysis of voluntary action through seminars, occasional...

School of Advanced Study, University of London


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    Cloudesley: 500 years of Charity in Islington

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 47:08


    Voluntary Action History

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    Witness Seminar: Working with voluntary organisations since 1975

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 56:39


    Shirley Otto, Independent Researcher

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    Richard Titmuss and Voluntary Action: From Problems of Social Policy to The Gift Relationship.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2017 38:21


    John Stewart, Glasgow Caledonian University

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    Citizens of the world: Birmingham Quaker women, transnational voluntary service, and the meaning of citizenship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2017 47:46


    Institute of Historical Research Citizens of the world: Birmingham Quaker women, transnational voluntary service, and the meaning of citizenship Sian Roberts (University of Birmingham) This seminar will focus on the voluntary action of a grou...

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    Book Launch Seminar: Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918-48

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2017 58:00


    Institute of Historical Research Book Launch Seminar: Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918-48 George Campbell Gosling (University of Wolverhampton) Pamela Cox (University of Essex) Colin Rochester (Practical Wisdom R2Z) Pat Tha...

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    The Politics of Poverty: The Child Poverty Action Group, 1965-2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 37:24


    Institute of Historical Research The Politics of Poverty: The Child Poverty Action Group, 1965-2015 Dr Ruth Davidson (King's College London) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    The first decade of the Overseas Doctor's Association in the UK (1975-1985)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 62:33


    Institute of Historical Research The first decade of the Overseas Doctor's Association in the UK (1975-1985) Julian M Simpson (University of Manchester) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Witness Seminar: My Life in Volunteering in Three Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017 38:24


    Institute of Historical Research Witness Seminar: My Life in Volunteering in Three Stories Dr Justin Davis Smith (Cass Business School) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    The Untold Story of the St Pancras House Improvement Society: More than Charismatic Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2016 26:27


    Institute of Historical Research The Untold Story of the St Pancras House Improvement Society: More than Charismatic Leadership Dr Michael Passmore Seminar and Conducted Walk Following the presentation of his paper Dr Passmore will lead a c...

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    'Not just a "club for girls" but "a women's movement": the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), citizenship and voluntary action in Britain during the interwar years

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2016 51:58


    Institute of Historical Research 'Not just a "club for girls" but "a women's movement": the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), citizenship and voluntary action in Britain during the interwar years Dr Caitriona Beaumont (London South Ban...

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    Witness Seminar

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2016 46:03


    Institute of Historical Research Witness Seminar Pat Gay (One of the pioneers of the academic study of volunteering and volunteer management) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Humanities activists and humanitarian aid in the First World War: G.M. Trevelyan, the British Red Cross and the Italian wounded

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2016 44:24


    Institute of Historical Research Humanities activists and humanitarian aid in the First World War: G.M. Trevelyan, the British Red Cross and the Italian wounded Marcella Sutcliffe (University of Cambridge) In 1915, as Italy entered the war o...

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    A Study of Philanthropy: the Charitable Account Books of Lord Overstone, 1844-1883

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2016


    Institute of Historical Research A Study of Philanthropy: the Charitable Account Books of Lord Overstone, 1844-1883 Sarah Flew (LSE) Samuel Jones-Loyd, Lord Overstone (1796-1883) is an exemplar of nineteenth century philanthropy. He rose fro...

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    Charity in the Georgian Era: Lessons for Today?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2015


    Institute of Historical Research Charity in the Georgian Era: Lessons for Today? Dr Andrew Rudd (University of Exeter) This paper offers a cultural history of charity from the beginning of the Georgian era in 1714 to the implementation of th...

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    I never wanted to participate in a charity: Women's relationship to voluntary work within the UK Women's Liberation Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2015


    Institute of Historical Research I never wanted to participate in a charity: Women's relationship to voluntary work within the UK Women's Liberation Movement Dr Bridget Lockyer (Canterbury Christ Church University) This seminar considers the ...

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    Witness Seminar: A Place in a Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2015


    Institute of Historical Research Witness Seminar: A Place in a Community Michael Locke (Ex University of East London and Volunteering England) Mike Locke reflects on his involvement in community politics in the Notting Hill/ North Kensington...

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    National Kitchens in the First World War

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2015


    Institute of Historical Research National Kitchens in the First World War Dr Bryce Evans (Liverpool Hope University) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Volunteer Tourism: Development, Altruism or Narcissism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2015 54:12


    Institute of Historical Research Volunteer Tourism: Development, Altruism or Narcissism? Jim Butcher (Canterbury Christ Church University) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Who decides how 'safe' is 'safe'? The pertussis vaccine scare and the Vaccination Damage Payments Act 1979

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2015 42:33


    Institute of Historical Research Who decides how 'safe' is 'safe'? The pertussis vaccine scare and the Vaccination Damage Payments Act 1979 Gareth Millward (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    'People of our condition have not any right to expect stability, or certainty of subsistence' - Middle-class men's experience of receiving charity in mid-nineteenth century England

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2015 36:52


    Institute of Historical Research 'People of our condition have not any right to expect stability, or certainty of subsistence' - Middle-class men's experience of receiving charity in mid-nineteenth century England Marian Flint Voluntary Action...

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    Saving Winchester: Voluntary Societies, Historic Buildings and Urban Redevelopment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2015 44:10


    Institute of Historical Research Saving Winchester: Voluntary Societies, Historic Buildings and Urban Redevelopment Michael Nelles (University of Southampton) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    The Making Of A Social Researcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2015 55:07


    Institute of Historical Research The Making Of A Social Researcher Dr Duncan Scott (Independent Scholar) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Historicizing Citizenship in Cold War Britain: Obligations, Voluntary Action, and Exclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2014 47:15


    Institute of Historical Research Historicizing Citizenship in Cold War Britain: Obligations, Voluntary Action, and Exclusion Dr Matthew Grant (University of Essex) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Learning from Britain's development NGOs: a case study of Oxfam's Education Department during the Development Decades 1960-1980

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2014 37:43


    Institute of Historical Research Learning from Britain's development NGOs: a case study of Oxfam's Education Department during the Development Decades 1960-1980 Dr Don Harrison (University of Bristol) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Some reflections on Philanthropy with special reference to Higher Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2014 72:42


    Institute of Historical Research Some reflections on Philanthropy with special reference to Higher Education William Squire Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    International NGO's: New Directions for Historical Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2014 56:43


    Institute of Historical Research International NGO's: New Directions for Historical Research Dr Thomas Davies (City University London) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Work Motivation Experiments at the Interwar Cocoa Works

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2014 78:58


    Institute of Historical Research Work Motivation Experiments at the Interwar Cocoa Works Michael Weatherburn (Imperial College London) Voluntary Action History

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    Exporting visions and saving children - the Swedish Save the Children Fund

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2014 72:09


    Institute of Historical Research Exporting visions and saving children - the Swedish Save the Children Fund Ann Nehlin (University of Stockholm) Voluntary Action History

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    Late-medieval methods of poor relief

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2014 88:30


    Institute of Historical Research Voluntary Action History Late-medieval methods of poor relief Christopher Dyer (University of Leicester)

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    A personal account of the changes in the charity sector, 1980 - 2010, with reflections on what next

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2014 49:57


    Institute of Historical Research Michael Brophy (Witness) Voluntary Action History

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    Voluntarism and democracy in Britain since the 1790s

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2014 93:46


    Institute of Historical Research Brian Harrison (University of Oxford) Voluntary Action History

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    Spying on Charity: The Allied investigation into Red Cross espionage in North Africa, 1942-43

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2014 63:56


    Institute of Historical Research Spying on Charity: The Allied investigation into Red Cross espionage in North Africa, 1942-43 James Crossland (Murdoch University)

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    Campaigning the vote

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2014 73:27


    Institute of Historical Research Campaigning the vote Elizabeth Crawford (Historian)

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    Citizen Scout: The Historical Geographies of Scouting in Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2013 37:18


    Institute of Historical Research Sarah Mills (Loughborough University) Voluntary Action History

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    Building a theory of the voluntary sector: reflections on past policy and practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013 89:32


    Institute of Historical Research David Billis (Witness) Voluntary Action History

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    A permanent environment of brightness, warmth and homeliness: children's experiences of institutional care in the Waifs and Strays Society, 1881-1914

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2013 40:38


    Institute of Historical Research A permanent environment of brightness, warmth and homeliness: children's experiences of institutional care in the Waifs and Strays Society, 1881-1914 Claudia Soares (University of Manchester) Voluntary Action...

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    A Liberal Education for 'Citizens': The Case of the Working Men's College (1854-1914 ca.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2013 44:14


    Institute of Historical Research A Liberal Education for 'Citizens': The Case of the Working Men's College (1854-1914 ca.) Dr Marcella Sutcliffe (University of Cambridge) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Advertising war: The Visual Imagery of Charity Campaigns in the First World War

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2012 40:12


    Institute of Historical Research Advertising war: The Visual Imagery of Charity Campaigns in the First World War Leanne Green (Manchester Metropolitan University) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    The new leisure, voluntarism and well-being in inter-war Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2012 51:54


    Institute of Historical Research The new leisure, voluntarism and well-being in inter-war Britain Dr Bob Snape (University of Bolton) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    The Historical Geography of Philanthropy in England and Wales

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2012 42:26


    Institute of Historical Research The Historical Geography of Philanthropy in England and Wales Professor Nigel Goose (University of Hertfordshire) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Mapping Membership: A social and spatial analysis of associational activity, 1950-2005

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2012 44:50


    Institute of Historical Research Mapping Membership: A social and spatial analysis of associational activity, 1950-2005 Dr Laura Balderstone (University of Liverpool) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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    Disability and Voluntarism in Britain, 1965-1995: an effective force in policy making?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2012 37:09


    Institute of Historical Research Disability and Voluntarism in Britain, 1965-1995: an effective force in policy making? Gareth Millward (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Voluntary Action History seminar series

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