Poverty and the Rise and Fall of the British Welfare State since 1900
Venue
Meadows Lecture Theatre (G.07 Doorway 4)Medical School, Teviot Place
Description
This is the second lecture in the annual lecture series in memory of Julie-Ann Macqueen, an alumna of the Diploma in Social Studies at the University of Edinburgh. In the 1960s, as Chief Executive of One Parent Families Scotland, she worked tirelessly to provide support for, and advance services and public understanding of, the needs of lone parents and their children.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Pat Thane; followed by a Macqueen Scholarship Graduate Presentation entitled "Mum is the Word" by Dr Toyin Adenugba-Okpaje.
About the speakers
PAT THANE, MA (Oxford), PH.D (London), Fellow of the British Academy, Visiting Professor in History, Birkbeck College, London; Professor Emerita in History, University of London. Publications include: The Foundations of the Welfare State (Longman, 2nd ed. 1996); Old Age in English History. Past Experiences, Present Issues (OUP, 2000); Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? Unmarried Motherhood in Twentieth Century England, with Tanya Evans. (OUP 2012): Divided Kingdom. A History of Britain 1900 to the Present (CUP 2018). The Rise and Fall of the British Welfare State. From Poverty in 1900 to Poverty in 2023. (Bloomsbury, 2024).
TOYIN ADENUGBA-OKPAJE BSc is a social worker and academic tutor on the undergraduate Social Work programme at the University of Edinburgh. She has a BSc degree in Sociology and postgraduate diplomas in Management Practise and Advanced Social Studies; plus a Masters of Social Work and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the experiences of teenage mothers with care experiences in Scotland.
Event format
This in-person event will start with the Lecture, followed by a Q&A session. It will also include a presentation by Dr Toyin Adenugba-Okpaje, a graduate of the Julie-Ann Macqueen Scholarship. Light refreshments will then be served at a Reception.