Robert Hamilton
Scotland
Interests/Expertise:
- Learning cities.
- The contribution of lifelong learning to community engagement.
- University policies and practices in continuing education.
- The history of adult education in Scotland and the United States.
Recent research/consultancy:
- Member of the Glasgow partner team, Eurolocal project.
- Learning cities in the UK.
- The Poor People's University, Resurrection City, USA 1968.
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
Director of Community Engagement, University of Glasgow
- Member of Glasgow Historical Association
- Member of WEA.
- Reviewer for journals including JACE, History of Education.
Selected publications:
- Hamilton,Robert and Jordan, Lynette (2010) Learning Cities: The United Kingdom Experience, In, Heritage, Regional Development and Social Cohesion Conference, 22nd to 24th June, Ostersund, Sweden.
- Park, Maureen and Hamilton, Robert (2010) Moral Treatment of the Insane: Provision for Lifelong Learning, Cultural Engagement and Creativety in 19th Century Asylums, In, Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 16(2) ISSN 1477-9714.
- Hamilton, Robert (2008) Social Settlement Houses: The Educated Women of Glasgow and Chicago, In, Gutzke, David W (Ed), Britain and Transnational Progressivism, Palgrave Macmillan, pp185 to 214, ISBN-13,978-0-250-60580-0
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