H-Childhood is an edited network focused on the history of childhood and youth. Subscriptions to H-Childhood are free. The H-Childhood network is co-sponsored by the Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) and H-Net.

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Discussion published by Mario Rios Perez on Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Call for Submissions | Outstanding Book Award in History of Education

The History of Education Society (USA) invites you to nominate your book(s) to the Outstanding Book Award competition.

This award recognizes the most outstanding book on the history of education published in 2019. This includes books on schooling as well as educational institutions and processes more broadly, concerning the United States and/or other locations. Only books copyrighted in 2019 are eligible for consideration for this year’s award.

Discussion published by Patrick Ryan on Tuesday, June 9, 2020

ANN: SHCY Endorses AHA Statement on Racial Violence in the U.S.

AHA Statement on the History of Racist Violence in the United States (June 2020)

The AHA has issued a statement urging a reckoning with the United States' deplorable record of violence against African Americans, a record that stretches back centuries. The killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers stands within this sordid national tradition of racist violence.

Discussion published by Eduardo Silveira Netto Nunes on Thursday, May 28, 2020

CHAMADA DO SIMPÓSIO INFÂNCIAS E JUVENTUDES: EXPERIÊNCIAS, HISTÓRIAS E POLÍTICAS/SYMPOSIUM CALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH: EXPERIENCES, STORIES AND POLICIES

CHAMADA DO SIMPÓSIO INFÂNCIAS E JUVENTUDES: EXPERIÊNCIAS, HISTÓRIAS E POLÍTICAS

Estão abertas as inscrições de trabalhos para o Simpósio Temático ST26: Infâncias e Juventudes: experiências, histórias e políticas, coordenado por Eduardo Silveira Netto Nunes (UNISANT'ANNA/COGEAE-PUC-SP) e Olga Brites (PUC/SP), que ocorrerá no XXV Encontro Estadual da ANPUH-SP, na primeira quinzena de setembro de 2020.

Discussion published by Patrick Cox, H-Net Editor and Past-President on Thursday, May 28, 2020

CFP: Youth Literature and Media

The Youth LIterature and Media area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is accepting proposals for virtual and onsite presentations at the MPCAACA Annual Conference, Oct 2-4. Abstracts are being accepted until June 1. The conference may be onside, virtual, or a hybrid, but one way or another the show will go on! 

Check out our website for more info, the CFP, and to submit an absteract online: https://mpcaaca.org/

Thank you.

Discussion published by Dylan Baun on Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Dr. Suad Joseph interview-LAST AMECYS Friday Digital Author Series- Friday May 22 at 11 am CST

You are warmly invited to participate in the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies LAST (AMECYS) Spring Friday Digital Author interview with Dr. Suad Joseph (Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Discussion published by K Gemmell on Friday, May 1, 2020

The Spring 2020 issue of Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation is now online! Le numéro du printemps 2020 est disponible !

Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation co-editors, Penney Clark and Mona Gleason (UBC), invite you to read the following:

Special Contribution

In Memoriam: J. Donald Wilson, 1936-2019  |  William Bruneau

Focus on Higher Education

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