#histed #histchild query: looking for readings on young people being encouraged to/ finding the space to express themselves in writing/art/music etc in 1960s - I'm finding this in sources, looking for the context. articles welcome as I'm a mum in school hols so libraries tricky!

We’re back! We’re delighted to be relaunching today as The London Archives. You can still expect free access to 1000 years of history, available to all, with a greater online presence, a new website, social content , and a jam-packed events programme + more! #TheLondonArchives

Well, some exciting news. The ebook version of my book is now available. Actual book due out in hard copy in September. With huge thanks to The London Archives Surrey History Centre National Justice Museum and The National Archives, on whose collections I worked! More here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Save the date: The 2025 SHCY conference will be held at the University of Greenwich (London, UK) from 26-28 June 2025. CFP coming soon!

#histed #histchild scholars - the wonderful Divya Kannan has just published! 'Contested Childhoods: Caste & Education in Colonial Kerala' is a study of the ways in which constructions of modern schooling & childhood are deeply interlinked in 19/20th centuries amazon.in/Contested-Chil…

Call for chapters for a proposed new edited collection: "Material Geographies of Childhood & Youth." Abstracts due by 18 October.

In a new piece for Digital Childhoods, archaeologist Jane Eva Baxter considers the contenders for 'world's oldest toys' - and why it's not a question that archaeologists really worry about! shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/the-worlds…

The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth is accepting applications to join its Editorial Board until October 1! Apply here: forms.gle/MhfPFFFYJUacH9…

Bloomsbury books currently have 30% off academic books to celebrate going back to University 💫💫💫 My beautiful book can be purchased 30% cheaper! Bloomsbury History bloomsbury.com/uk/wayward-gir…

Images of Childhood and Children in Early Photobooks: Capturing Reality and Expectations: A Review of Photography in Children’s Literature (Elina Druker and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Eds., 2023) by Quynh Dang bit.ly/3YXjlH9

The fabulous editors and contributors are proofing this wonderful collection this week. I'm so looking forward to it being out in the world for anyone interested in family history. One of the culminations of the important @InheritingtheFamily project.

Call for conference papers: "Learning About Disaster: Children, Emotion & Crisis." Abstracts due by 15 December. The conference will be held in Melbourne (Australia) in June 2025.

Before #FreemansChallenge, I wrote a book called #RacialInnocence about the racial politics of "innocence." I talked with Lean To The Left Podcast about how both my books critique white people's insistence on their own innocence. UChicagoPress Lean to the Left

Amazing opportunity for multilingual #histed and #histchild researchers!