| To Our Readers: This issue of the SHCY “Newsletter” examines the emergence of a “conference identity” for the history of children and youth. Targeted panels on the history of children and youth are becoming regular features on the programs for meetings of our professional organizations, and we seem to be facing an explosion in the number of specialized conferences. And, not only are more conferences and panels taking place, these events are occurring around the world and feature presenters from many nations and disciplines. These conference events certainly underscore the robust nature of our research and the health of the field.
The highlight of this issue of the “Newsletter” is the news from our own Milwaukee event, the 3rd biennial conference of the Society for the History of Children and Youth. The issue’s conference coverage, however, is not limited to Milwaukee. Our recent request for members to share their conference experiences netted a cache of reports about the many settings in which scholars are talking about the history of children and youth. You will find them compiled in the feature article, “The Conference Circuit.” And, of course, the newsletter’s regular column, “News from the Field,” regularly alerts readers to upcoming conferences.
We hope to make the conference circuit an ongoing part of the “Newsletter.” All of us cannot attend all the conferences where the history of children and youth finds a home. So, we want to invite and encourage attendees to send us accounts of the conferences you are able to attend and the panels and papers you sit in on or present. Through these reports, SHCY members can share discoveries of new outlets for research and draw attention to different communities of scholars who deserve to know about the importance of studying history from the perspective of the child and the child from a historical perspective!
With best wishes from the editors of this issue,
Kathleen Jones
Colleen Vasconcellos
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No. 6, Summer 2005 Message from SHCY President, Kriste Lindenmeyer News from the Milwaukee Conference Keynote Address - Paula Fass
Presidential Address - Joe Hawes
Article Prize Awarded to Timothy Gilfoyle - Joe Austin
Minutes from the SHCY Business Meeting
A South African Perspective on the Conference - Sara Duff The Conference Circuit: The History of Children and Youth at Recent Conferences Berkeley Symposium
American Association for the History of Medicine
Society for Research on Child Development
Cheiron
Sex Education of the Young in the Twentieth Century
Berkshire Conference
International Conference of Historical Sciences
Nineteenth Century Studies Association
International Research Society for Children's Literature
Other Recent Conferences Regular Features Canadian Happenings -- Mona Gleason Pedagogy
"Teaching the History of Childhood: Postmodernism and Practicality in the Classroom" by Moira Hinderer Syllabus for the Course Websightings and Museum Reviews
Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh -- Heather Munro Prescott News From the Field --Compiled by Nancy Zey and David Pomfret News from SHCY Members
Exhibitions
Forthcoming Conferences
Call for Papers
Recent Publications
Recent Dissertations and Dissertations in Progress Contact Us: Editors and Contributors Join SHCY - Membership Form © Society for the History of Children and Youth, 2005 | 