Exploring the History of Settlements
Hosted by Social Work History Network and Research SIG
Settlement houses have played a unique role in the development of social work and research. Following the establishment of Toynbee Hall in London in 1884 and settlements in the United States, the settlement house model was adopted across the world. The Settlement House Movement offered an alternative to the more individually oriented Charity Organization Society and became associated with community work and radical approaches within the profession.
By the early 20th Century, settlement houses operated in diverse settings across the world. The meeting will seek to further our understanding of the settlement houses’ role through a cross-national comparative historical approach. Scholars will explore the transnational translation of the settlement house idea across nations; examine how settlement houses developed in various national contexts, and determine the impact of settlement houses upon the communities in which they operated and on social policy.
Programme
9:00 – 11:00 Session I: Settlements – Historical Case Studies
Stefan Köngeter (Chair) - The Transnational Development of the Settlement House Movement
Hugh Shewell - Basil Henriques and the Oxford and St. George's Settlement House: A Jewish response to Christian social reform in early twentieth century Britain.
John Gal & Yehudit Avnir - Settlement Houses in the Jewish Community in Mandatory Palestine
Francisco Branco – What a Difference a R made: Chicago’s Hull House experience, French’s “maisons sociales” and their influence in Portugal
Kate Bradley - The English settlements, the Poor Man’s Lawyer and social work, c.1890-1939
Rory Crath – Animating objectivity: The Chicago Settlement’s use of numeric and aesthetic knowledge to render its immigrant neighbours and neigbourhood knowable
11:00 – 11: 15 Break
11: 15 – 13:00 Session II:Settlements - A Contemporary Perspective
John Gal (Chair)
Terry Bamford – A passion for social change- the temperance movement, social reform and settlements
Gregory Acevedo - The Legacy and Future of Settlement Houses in New York and London
Steven Malies – From ‘Agit Prop’ to community social work partnership. A look at how a Victorian Settlement in London’s East End responded to the needs of its local communities in the 1970s to 1990s
Jeanette Copperman - Community Development within Waterloo Action Centre 1981-1987
Barbara Levy Simon - Prussian Academics’ Influence on Mary Simkhovitch
13:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Session III:The Settlements and Historical Research in Social Work
Sarah Vicary (Chair)
Viv Cree – Comments
Jim Minton – Comments
Geoff Ginn - Comments
For queries, please contact: Sarah Vicary [email protected] , Stefan Köngeter [email protected] or John Gal [email protected]
Date and time: 18 April 2018, 09.00-15.30; George Square Campus, room to be confirmed
