Call for papers and panel sessions
The Voluntary Action History Society’s 7th International Conference will take place at the University of Liverpool, UK, between 13th and 15th July 2022. The conference will return to the University, site of our successful and convivial 25th Anniversary Conference in 2016.
The Conference will explore the historical development of voluntary action in its diverse forms and varied settings and will access a wide range of methodologies. We are looking for papers which will provide evidence, insights and linkages between past development and future challenges.
We are looking for papers which:
- approach voluntary action history from local, national, international and transnational perspectives
- explore subjects in a range of time periods, from the Middle Ages (or earlier) to the near-history of the twenty-first century
- make use of a variety of methodologies, both traditional and innovative
- are accessible to a broad audience of practitioners, activists, amateurs and academics
and which deal with subjects such as the following:
- the moving frontier between state and voluntary action
- organisational development and management
- the increasing hybridity of voluntary organisations
- philanthropy, mutual aid and self-help
- community economic development
- social justice and social change
- bad behaviour and the dark side
- expressive behaviours
- volunteering as leisure
- archival research: issues of preservation and access
- teaching voluntary action history.
This list is indicative: we are open to proposals dealing with topics not listed above.
Submitting an abstract
If you would like to propose a paper, please submit an abstract of around 300 words and a brief biography by e-mail to mzimmeck@btinternet.com no later than 31 December 2021.
We will be happy to consider proposals for panels of up to four papers on a similar subject, although if this is your intention, please submit an abstract for each of the proposed papers.
If you previously submitted a paper and it was accepted in 2020 or 2021, you do not need to resubmit.
If you have any queries or if you wish to discuss a proposed paper’s suitability, please e-mail Meta Zimmeck at mzimmeck@btinternet.com
Attending the event
Booking will open once the programme is finalised. Please note that all speakers must register for the conference.