HISTORIES OF COMPLIANCE AND RESISTANCE: SOCIAL WORKERS AND IMMIGRATION ACROSS EUROPE AND USA
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Webinar - 20 April 2026 19:30 to 21:00
This event is being delivered through Kings College London and is organised by the Social Work History Network (UK) and the Social Welfare History Group (USA).
Social workers have long been involved in responding to immigration across government, non profit, faith-based, and community settings. It can even be argued that migration shaped the evolution of social work. Yet despite its deep nineteenth-century roots—including Hull House in Chicago and Toynbee Hall in London—and its continuing centrality to and impact on the profession, the evolution of the relationship between social work and immigration policy remains largely unexamined.
This webinar explores the history of social work and migration to the United States and Europe and reflects on the tensions between compliance and resistance in difficult political times.
More information can be found at:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/histories-of-compliance-and-resistance-soc….