Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight)

Friendly Warnings: Youth and Protection in British Sexual Surveillance of International Travel, 1885–1914

Next week at the 'Life-cycles' history seminar in Bloomsbury, this paper from Magdalene Klassen (Johns Hopkins University): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/.... All welcome

Publish on the history of children and youth A new book series with Routledge, co-edited by Dr Kristine Alexander and Dr Simon Sleight, is welcoming submissions.

Routledge Studies in the Histories of Children and Youth - expressions of interest welcome for book publications! All the details are here www.histchild.org/articles/pub... #histchild

Well done indeed, Berry!

*Call for papers!* The Children’s History Society, Fifth Biennial Conference
'Space, Place, Belonging and Identity in Intergenerational Histories of Childhood and Youth '
To be held at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026.
Details here: www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...

More excellent work from Berry - all welcome to join this event

The Currency of Wartime Childhood - Digital Childhoods During the Second World War, the material worlds and realities of children were transformed entirely, from the everyday spaces they occupied to the objects they encountered on their way to school. Alt...

@berrypillot.bsky.social just published a blog post based on her dissertation shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/the-curr...

Join us this evening for Emma's talk, which promises to reveal a hidden and often very difficult history #histchild

#histchild folks will be interested in this! All welcome

‘It is the young unmarried mother who goes into a Mother and Baby Home’: child mothers and institutional cultures of containment

Try this link instead! www.history.ac.uk/events/it-yo...

Next week's 'Life-Cycles' seminar addresses Mother and Baby Homes: ‘It is the young unmarried mother who goes into a Mother and Baby Home’: child mothers and institutional cultures of containment
Online & room 537, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way www.history.ac.uk/events/mothe... ALL WELCOME!

It was a real pleasure to be involved with this, helping Will to trace his family story. Will was also very affable, and the BBC production team super impressive! What a story, too...!

Another great crop of third-year UG dissertations, all now marked! Here is a selection of what came in for the module 'Young Lives: Growing Up in Liverpool, London, Melbourne and Sydney, 1870-1970' at King's College London. Lots of pioneering work among the group :) #histchild

Many congratulations to Dr Elena Patrizi for the viva defence of her PhD thesis here in Switzerland! It was a pleasure to be part of the panel and to participate in the public discussion of this important work, which passes with the highest honours in the Swiss system, summa cum laude #histchild

Very good news indeed!

Deserved recognition of a terrific piece of work! Well done, Berry!

Hi Helle - yes of course :) @skrtepe.bsky.social - could you add when you have a moment?

Join us this evening in person or online for our latest seminar paper addressing age as a category of historical analysis

Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England, Pathways in and out of Juvenile Institutions,1854-1920

Next week's 'Life-Cycles' IHR seminar with Tahaney Alghrani will be online - details and registration here. All welcome! www.history.ac.uk/events/waywa...

Thanks Mel - and @skrtepe.bsky.social can add you :)

P.S. Thanks to Sait Kirtepe, our Social Media officer, for setting this up!

Look out, too, for future ECR/PGR events, including in March :)

The Children's History Society (#histchild) now has a Starter Pack to help members connect! go.bsky.app/Q8pibDm If you would like to become a member, head here www.histchild.org (Membership runs from January-January each year.) Happy New Year to one and all!

Many thanks!!

Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z - University of London Press Adulthood has a history. This book explores how concepts of adulthood have changed over time in Britain and the United States from 1350 to the present day through eleven case studies. Ideas of adultho...

Really looking forward to reading this new book edited by history chums Maria Cannon and Laura Tisdall. It's free to access via the link (hooray!) and set to be launched in London at the IHR in January :) Congrats to all the authors! uolpress.co.uk/book/adultho...

FINAL REMINDER:
Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - Call for Papers deadline on Friday 29 November.
Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website events.tuni.fi/historyofexp... @hexhandbook.bsky.social @ttepora.bsky.social @raisatoivo.bsky.social

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Ah many thanks - much appreciated!

What a great idea! Could you add me to the second (or even third!) list? Thanks indeed if so!

A great list! - thanks for sharing. Also, look out for a new work on the limits of empathy as guiding principle of history by my colleague Adam Sutcliffe.