AHRC ‘Connecting Communities’ Workshop

Keele Management School

Keele University 

You are invited to attend a one day workshop on “Community and Volunteering” on September 25^th2012 at Keele University, Moser Building.  The event is organised by The Culture, Organization and Markets Research Group and sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. 

11-11.40 Mihaela Kelemen and Anita Mangan (Keele University)

Exploring personal communities: volunteering, friendship and compassion

11.40-12.20 Heather Hopfl (Essex University)

Entering the Site of Performance: A Scenographic Perspective

12.20-1.30 Lunch

1.30-2.10 John Blenkinsopp and Jennifer Hagan (Teesside University)

Volunteering, diversity management and personal communities: exploring an unspoken tension

2.10 - 2.50 Nick Rumens (Bristol University)

Gay Men’s Workplace Friendships: Invincible Communities?

2.50-3.10  Coffee break

3.10 - 3.50 Zofia Dworakowska (Warsaw University)

Volunteering as a tradition – A Polish perspective

3.50-4.20 Discussion and Final Remarks (Mihaela Kelemen and Anita Mangan)

Organizers: Mihaela Kelemen and Anita Mangan, Keele Management School

RSVP: Tracey Wood on t.wood@ippm.keele.ac.uk