26.10.2022, Seoul
In 1984, the biennial Eileen Younghusband Memorial Lecture was inaugurated to commemorate Eileen Younghusband (UK) who was IASSW President from 1961 to 1968. A current social work educator (not necessarily an IASSW member) is invited to speak at the IASSW Congress on a topic of relevance to international social work.
This year, the Eileen Younghusband Memorial Lecture at the Joint World Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development (Seoul, South Korea) was delivered by prof. Darja Zaviršek. The lecture, followed by the on-site and online conference audience was entitled Social Work’s work for the Future: Imagining life beyond patches of war and peace.
More about prof. Zaviršek, honored with the Eileen Younghusband lecture 2022: http://www.swesd2022.com/theme/swesd/html/program/03.php
According to the current IASSW Manual of Procedures “the speaker must be a distinguished social work educator, who has an international reputation and recognition. Names are solicited from board members, ideally from all regions. The board member suggesting a name is responsible for providing biographical information to support the nomination. The nominator is also asked to write a letter of nomination identifying the reasons for proposing the candidate. The Eileen Younghusband lecturer is selected by vote of the board in the year preceding the Congress”.