Voluntary Action History
Archived podcasts from the IHR's Voluntary Action History seminar series
23 Jun 2014
Some reflections on Philanthropy with special reference to Higher Education
William Squire
9 Jun 2014
International NGO's: New Directions for Historical Research
Dr Thomas Davies (City University London)
12 May 2014
Work Motivation Experiments at the Interwar Cocoa Works
Michael Weatherburn (Imperial College London)
20 Mar 2014
Exporting visions and saving children - the Swedish Save the Children Fund
Ann Nehlin (University of Stockholm)
17 Feb 2014
A personal account of the changes in the charity sector, 1980 - 2010, with reflections on what next
Michael Brophy (Witness)
3 Feb 2014
Voluntarism and democracy in Britain since the 1790s
Brian Harrison (University of Oxford)
11 Mar 2013
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)
14 Jan 2013
A Liberal Education for 'Citizens': The Case of the Working Men's College (1854-1914 ca.)
Dr Marcella Sutcliffe (University of Cambridge)
19 Nov 2012
Advertising war: The Visual Imagery of Charity Campaigns in the First World War
Leanne Green (Manchester Metropolitan University)
22 Oct 2012
The new leisure, voluntarism and well-being in inter-war Britain
Dr Bob Snape (University of Bolton)
18 Jun 2012
Saving Aboriginal Children: Save the Children Aboriginal Preschools, white volunteers and the rural colour bar
Dr Jennifer Jones (La Trobe University, Australia)
27 Mar 2012
The Historical Geography of Philanthropy in England and Wales
Professor Nigel Goose (University of Hertfordshire)
12 Mar 2012
Mapping Membership: A social and spatial analysis of associational activity, 1950-2005
Dr Laura Balderstone (University of Liverpool)
30 Jan 2012
Disability and Voluntarism in Britain, 1965-1995: an effective force in policy making?
Gareth Millward (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
16 Jan 2012
English children's work during the Second World War
Professor Berry Mayall (Institute of Education)
5 Dec 2011
A 'movement that moves': the settlement in Britain after the First World War
Dr Mark Freeman (University of Glasgow)
7 Nov 2011
From 'Cruelty Men' to 'Rottweilers'. The Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Child Protection 1960-2000
Dr Chris Nottingham (Glasgow Caledonian University)
24 Oct 2011
The Hoxton Cafe Project: Following the fault lines of community, welfare and perception
Dr Kate Bradley (University of Kent)
10 Oct 2011
Two Tier Philanthropy: the Philanthropists who funded the Bishop of London's Fund and the work that the Fund financed, 1863 to 1914
Sarah Flew (The Open University)
14 Jul 2011
The Fourth Voluntary Action History Society Research Conference
Hugh Cunningham (University of Kent) and Clare Midgley (Sheffield Hallam University)
19 Jun 2011
For the Sick Poor? Payment and Philanthropy and the pre-NHS Voluntary Hospital System, c. 1900-1948
George Campbell Gosling (Oxford Brookes University)
22 May 2011
Nineteenth-Century Voluntary Organisations and Urban Green Spaces
Dr Clare Hickman (University of Bristol)
14 Mar 2011
Transforming the Peasant: Mind, Body and Soul. Student Volunteers in Rural Romania, 1934-1938
Raluca Muşat (UCL)