On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, dr pat starkey wrote:
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> 400 YEARS OF CHARITY
> A conference on the history of voluntary action
> University of Liverpool 11-13 September 2001
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> Outline proposals are invited for papers on the history of
> charity and voluntary action for a conference to be held at
> the University of Liverpool on 11 - 13 September 2001.
>
> The conference is being jointly organised by the Voluntary
> Action History Society, the School of History at the
> University of Liverpool and the Centre for Voluntary
> Organisation at the LSE. It is being timed to coincide with
> the 400th anniversary of the Elizabethan Statute of 1601
> which laid the foundations for the modern framework of
> charity and the 2001 United Nations International Year of
> the Volunteer.
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> Whilst proposals on any aspect of the history of voluntary
> action will be considered, we particularly welcome
> contributions on the following themes:
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> * relations between charities and the State
> * case studies of individual charities and voluntary
> organisations
> * the lives of individual philanthropists and voluntary
> sector activists
> * trends in volunteering, voluntary action and giving
> * mutual aid and self-help
> * international comparative research
>
> The conference is open to both academics and practitioners
> from the UK and overseas
>
> Conference fee to be confirmed, but will be in the region
> of £150 residential and £100 non-residential
>
> Outline proposals of no more than one page should be sent
> by 1 September 2000 to
>
> Pat Starkey
> School of History
> University of Liverpool
> Liverpool L69 3BX
>
> email [log in to unmask]
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> For further information please contact Pat Starkey at the
> above address or Justin Davis Smith at The Institute for
> Volunteering Research, 8 All Saints' Street, London N1 9RL.
> email [log in to unmask]
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