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Margaret Cassidy on Digital Kids, Helicopter Parents, and 21st Century Childhood

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Margaret Cassidy on Digital Kids, Helicopter Parents, and 21st Century Childhood

Origins Project

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Growing Up in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

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Growing Up in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine

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Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine

Verbs of Violence: 19th-Century Jigsaw Puzzles, Otherness, and American Childhood

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Verbs of Violence: 19th-Century Jigsaw Puzzles, Otherness, and American Childhood

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Education

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Education

The Slow Evolution of Foster Care in Australia

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The Slow Evolution of Foster Care in Australia

How to Find (Rural) Children in a Thesis

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How to Find (Rural) Children in a Thesis

Revisited: Becoming an Historian of Childhood

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Revisited: Becoming an Historian of Childhood

CHC Season 1, Episode 2: Teaching Childhood as Discourse for Professionals

CHC Season 1, Episode 2: Teaching Childhood as Discourse for Professionals

School of Racism & Citizens and Rulers of the World

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School of Racism & Citizens and Rulers of the World

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Nominations are open for SHCY's 2026 Awards

Mar 12, 2026 News and Announcements

Nominations are open for SHCY's 2026 Awards

SHCY 2026-2027 Event Grant Applications Are Open!

Mar 9, 2026 News and Announcements

SHCY 2026-2027 Event Grant Applications Are Open!

Register for the SHCY 2025 Biennial Meeting (Online)

Jun 4, 2025 News and Announcements

Register for the SHCY 2025 Biennial Meeting (Online)

News and Announcements

Nominations are open for SHCY's 2026 Awards

Nominations are open for SHCY's 2026 Awards

Mar 12, 2026
All nominations are due by April 15, 2026.

SHCY 2026-2027 Event Grant Applications Are Open!

SHCY 2026-2027 Event Grant Applications Are Open!

Mar 9, 2026
SHCY will award two $500 grants and one $1500 grant for events that take place in 2026–27.

Register for the SHCY 2025 Biennial Meeting (Online)

Register for the SHCY 2025 Biennial Meeting (Online)

Jun 4, 2025
The XIII Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Children and Youth will be held online from 26-28 June 2025.

Call for Venues for 2027 SHCY Conference

Call for Venues for 2027 SHCY Conference

Jan 25, 2025
SHCY is seeking expressions of interest from prospective hosts for its Biennial Conference in June 2027.