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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Notifications are going out regarding acceptances of the Children's History Society biennial conference this summer in Sheffield. Check your emails for messages! The conference website is here: www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi... and the organisers are Dr Yinka Olusoga and Dr Julia Bishop :)

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Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society

University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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

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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.

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

*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...

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Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society

University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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!

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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...!

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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...

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

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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!

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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...

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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...

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Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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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Call for Papers | History of Experience | Tampere Universities

Historicizing Experiences Seventh Annual Conference March 10-12, 2025 Research Council of Finland’s Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences Tampere University, Finland

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Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

*Pleased to report that The Children’s History Society is now on Bluesky!* 🎉 Follow us at @histchild.bsky.social to stay updated on all things related to the history of children, childhood and youth. As before feel free to use #histchild to flag relevant interests. Also check out www.histchild.org.

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