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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Prof. April Nowell announced that the 19th @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference will take place in Victoria, Canada next June - we hope you can join us! #SSCIP2027

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to @lindavilumets.bsky.social who won the student podium prize at the @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference in Oulu 🥳 #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Group photo from the @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference in Oulu last week ... thanks to everyone who participated and made it a huge success (and apologies to anyone cut out of the photo!) #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Some more pics from the @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference in Oulu last week

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Last but not least, Povilas Blaževičius explores food and food waste as toys and their role in play @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

From the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic ... Lidija Balj looks at miniature objects and children in the Neolithic Vinča culture @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Back into the deep past with Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer who explores the role of children in Palaeolithic flint knapping @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Drawing on written and oral stories, Jurga Jonutyte now explores childhood experiences in 20th century Lithuania @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Timo Ylimanu explores what it was like for children growing up near the River Kemi, Finland in the 20th century @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

After a tasty lunch, we are now back with Marisa Kuusisto who explores a criminal case of infanticide in 18th century Finland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Ending this morning's session is Nora Schuurman who explores childhood memories of everyday encounters with animals in post-war Finland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Chiara Tesi explores mother-infant relations in Medieval and Post-Medieval Italy @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

From Greece to Estonia...now Linda Vilumets discusses her study into non-adult coffins from post-medieval Estonia @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Back after tea with Holly Winch who explores children's social worlds in early Greece @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Marieke Ivarsson-Aalders takes us to Viking Age Gotland and explores what the bioarchaeological evidence can tell us about VA children @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

What did adolescents get up to in the Palaeolithic? April Nowell explores this topic in her talk @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Now Soni Soni explores child orphans and orphanages in Colonial India @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What is joy? Ramunė Bleizgienė explores the meaning(s) of joy in children's textbooks from Lithuania @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Back after tea with Essi Kurki who is exploring children and disability in 20th century Finland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Bianca Preda-Bǎlǎnica considers double (adult/child) burials in Yamna funerary practices @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Raquel Liceras-Garrido explores the experiences and agency of infants and children in Iron Age Iberia

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Now to medieval Sweden with Emelie Jonsson who is exploring evidence for non-adult health and disease @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Javier Salcines-Montaña explores emotional and ethical considerations of working with the remains of infants @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Back after a tasty lunch, now with Marina Lourenço talking about a post-medieval necropolis in Lisbon @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Lots of great posters here at @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference #SSCIP2026 - each author gets the opportunity to present a brief summary of their work to the audience at the start of the poster session

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Concluding the first set of talks @sscipchildhood.bsky.social is Sarah Baitzel exploring children's "family making" in the Andes

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Csilla Libor now explores status, sorrow and grief in medieval and post-medieval Hungary @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Our journal Editor, Prof Eileen Murphy, now presents on the dead child in medieval Ireland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

And we're off ... Sanna Lipkin, organiser of this year's annual @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference here in Oulu welcomes everyone to the event.

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This time next week I'll be in Oulu, Finland for the annual @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference. Really looking forward to the great line up of talks and catching up with everyone. Let me know if you're going!

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today is a big day for the early medieval period in terms of aDNA studies

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capelicymru.bsky.social @capelicymru.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

📢 New Census of Welsh Nonconformist Chapels Launched! The @rcahmwales.bsky.social has launched a new census to record the current story of Welsh Nonconformist chapels and inform their future. Take part here: 🔗 zurl.co/cNO1n

Poster yn hysbysebu cyfrifiad capeli newydd y Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru. Poster advertising the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales' new chapel census.

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Come to Oulu, Finland this summer for the annual conference of @sscipchildhood.bsky.social - CFP now open

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Rosie 🌻🍉 @justalittleroo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🇫🇮 The 18th Annual @sscipchildhood.bsky.social Conference will be held at the University of Oulu, Linnanmaa, Finland 📅 Wednesday, June 10th to Friday, June 12th, 2026 📣The theme for the conference will be Children, Emotions, and Relations ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 15.2.26 www.oulu.fi/en/events/ch...

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Children, Emotions, and Relations

18th Annual Conference of the Society of the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP)

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We are delighted to announce that next year @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference takes us to Oulu, Finland (June 10th-12th) where we will be hosted by Sanna Lipkin and colleagues

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We announced the winner of this year's student presentation prize: Javier Salcines-Montana! Congratulations Javier on your fascinating talk about emotion and infant burial in the Bronze Age and Iron Age Iberia @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

To close day two of the conference @sscipchildhood.bsky.social we thanked the organisers of this year's conference Felix, Mathilde, Izzy and Halle

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This year @sscipchildhood.bsky.social we've had a couple of amazing workshops; one on incremental isotope analyais with Julia Beaumont (aka Bradford Tooth Fairy) and Corinne Feuillatre

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

And finally, Marta Fernández-Viejo explored infant burial practices, health and disease in Valladolid, Spain @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Alba Navarro-Pérez looked at evidence for dental microwear in juvenile remains from Terrinches, Spain (sorry, I didn't get a picture of the speaker!)

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Finally before a break, Marta García-Barreirro presented a possible case of hip dysplasia @sscipchildhood.bsky.social (sorry, I didn't get a picture of the speaker!)

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

@sscipchildhood.bsky.social Our very own Secretary, Creighton Avery, explored puberty in ancient Rome

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Joining us online @sscipchildhood.bsky.social and asking us to 'Please think of the children' was Selene Rodríguez-Caraballo (sorry for the pic!)

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

@sscipchildhood.bsky.social Our very own journal editor Prof. Eileen Murphy spoke about the evidence of violent trauma on the remains of juveniles from medieval Ireland

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The relationship between children and animals in the burial record was explored by Povilas Blazevicius @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Sonia Lopez-Chamizo and Elías Brossoise offered an interesting and powerful perspective on infant burial in Málaga @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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