I loved her storytelling, its poetic elegance, and how it also confronted
the lack of Goodness in the world
I recall her keynote address at sc¹MOI, the standpoint she took on
critical feminism.
david
On 9/4/14, 10:39 AM, "David Weir" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I echo Pierre's good words. I knew Heather for nearly forty years as a
>good friend, colleague and wonderful scholar. I was delighted when after
>very successfully building up research in her School at Bolton she joined
>us at Northumbria as a Head of School where she was also a great leader
>and a model of how to deal intelligently and imaginatively with the
>central bureaucracy as well as with her team who adored her. She was a
>strong scholar and also a very funny person with an infectious giggle.
>She was a great supporter of our little, new School at UCS with always
>lots of time for students. A real star and as Pierre says, a role model.
>
>
>On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:22:00 +0200, Pierre Guillet de Monthoux
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> She courageously opened the doors of Academe to the Humanities and the
>>Arts and took on an impressive responsibility to improve and rethink
>>what we could do in Business Schools to focus on our human condition.
>>She is forever a role model to all of us!
>> P
>>
>>
>> From: Aesthetics, Creativity, and Organisations Research Network
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Monika Kostera
>> Sent: 4. september 2014 08:28
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Heather Hopfl
>>
>> Heather touched so many minds and hearts. We will remember her, always.
>>
>> M.
>>
>>
>> At 01:54 2014-09-04, Hatch, Mary Jo wrote:
>>
>> Heather made academia and life itself more interesting. Sad for all who
>>knew her so well. Freed for Heather. Goodbye Dear. ~ ~ ~ (private
>>message she will understand).
>>
>> Much live
>>
>> Mary Jo
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:00 PM, "Strati, Antonio"
>><[log in to unmask]< mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>> It is very very sad.
>>
>> Most of us loved her poetic touch on what she was doing and this will
>>remain inside our feelings to color the memory of the friendship and the
>>work we shared
>>
>> Antonio
>> -
>> Antonio Strati
>> Dept of Sociology & Soocial Research
>> University of Trento
>> Via G. Verdi 26
>> 38122 Trento
>> Italy
>>
>> www.unitn.it/rucola<http://www.unitn.it/rucola> <
>>http://www.unitn.it/rucola>
>>
>> recently published:
>> http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=14638
>>
>>
>> Da: Stephen Linstead
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>> Data: mercoledì 3 settembre 2014 15:11
>> A: "[log in to unmask]< mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
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>> Oggetto: Heather Hopfl
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> Very sad news. As you will know, Heather has been seriously ill since
>>last summer, and she finally passed away this morning.
>>
>> She leaves a monumental hole in our world. she was chair of SCOS
>>1995-8, and joint editor of Culture and Organization with me and then
>>Bob Westwood during a period when its present identity was forged. She
>>made such a difference to SCOS, but indeed, to the lives of everyone she
>>touched. She was a brilliant thinker, a warm and generous colleague, an
>>unforgettable teacher, and an irreplaceable friend. We are dreadfully
>>diminished by her loss.
>>
>> There will be more information about a memorial service to come.
>>
>> May she rest in peace, and stay warm in our hearts.
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>> --
>> Professor Stephen A. Linstead DLitt. AcSS FRSA
>> Director of Postgraduate Research and
>> Director of the Centre for the Study of Working Lives
>> The York Management School
>> Freboys Lane
>> Heslington
>> York
>> YO10 5GD
>>
>> Monika Kostera
>> Professor Ordinaria
>> www<http://www.kostera.pl/> .kostera.pl
>>
>> <http://www.kostera.pl/>
>>
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