Greetings from the Editors
Happy Holidays and welcome to the first number of the Newsletter for the Society for the History of Children and Youth.
We've gone digital with this publication. Notice of the Newsletter will arrive in your mailboxes via e-mail. Borrowing a (web)page from the History News Network, the email will contain a link to the Newsletter homepage and brief descriptions (with direct links) to the articles, columns, and other features.
This is a work in progress; going digital provides the kind of flexibility that will allow us to respond to your comments and expand our content as needs and issues emerge. Indeed, we would love to hear from you about ideas for additional features to the Newsletter, events and other news of the profession, interesting websites, and anything else related to researching and teaching about the history of children and youth. We need your input to make this Newsletter a success. You'll find our email addresses, and those of the Contributing Editors/Editorial Advisory Board Members on the "Editors" page.
We've tried to make this Newsletter as user friendly as possible. From this "table of contents" page you can go directly to articles of interest. Or use the "page turners " on the left margin to navigate through the Newsletters as you would a paper copy. The "table of contents" is the homepage for Issue #1, and can always be found at the page turner link, 1.
We do have a favor to ask; please forward this e-mail to friends and colleagues who may be interested in the SHCY but are not currently members.
Your Co-Editors,
Kathleen Jones and Jim Marten
TABLE OF CONTENTS Newsletter #1, December 2002
The last few months have seen a flurry of activity for the SHCY, especially among members of the Executive Committee, as we made a few decisions and initiated several of the programs envisioned by the founders of the Society. "Since We Last Met" is a summary of the work we've begun.
In September, the history of childhood lost one of its founding members. Hamilton Cravens has written the obituary for Robert Bremner.
"News from the Field I: Exhibits" and "News from the Field II: Conferences," columns edited by Janet Golden and David Pomfret, describe (with links) museum exhibits, past conferences, and upcoming events. including the "Call for Papers" for the SHCY 2nd biennial conference, which will be held in Baltimore, June 26-29, 2003.
Luke Springman has pored over hundreds of dissertation abstracts, culling a wide-ranging list covering everything from education to sexuality, from youth culture to recreation, and from childrearing to children's literature. "Recent Publications of Interest to SHCY Members" contains the results of Luke's searches.
Information about the Newsletter editorial board and contact information can be found on the "Editors" page. Use this page to contact us with suggestions for future issues of the SHCY Newsletter.
The Newsletter also hosts two feature columns:
"Girls History: History of Girls" is edited by Miriam Forman-Brunell and Ilana Nash. In GH:HG I, the editors have put together a list of recent books, dissertations, and videos on the history of girls. GH:HG II discusses websites of interest to this field. And GH:HG III describes the "Girls_Studies_Scholars List."
"More than Child's Play": Teaching the History of Children and Youth will be a regular column edited by Lisa L. Ossian. In this Newsletter, Lisa lays out her goals for the column.
Along with Lisa's column the Newsletter is also pleased to make available two articles presented as part of a workshop on teaching at the 2001 SHCY conference at Marquette University. In"Service-Learning and the History of Childhood: A Useful Pairing?" Gail Murray discusses her use of hand-on work as a part of history of childhood coursework. She has also provided a list of readings for those interested in service-learning as a teaching tool. In "History of American Childhood," Joe Hawesoffers a syllabus for a survey course at Memphis University.
Important Information for SHCY Members:
SHCY Outstanding Article Award: Deadline for submissions, February 1, 2003. See details at the h-net announcements website.
February 15, 2003 is the deadline for submitting proposals for the second biennial SHCY conference (June 26-28, 2003 in Baltimore). The "Call for Papers" is reprinted in this Newsletter, and is also available on the h-childhood website.
Not a member? Membership information is available at the Society for the HIstory of Children and Youth website: http://academic.mu.edu/shcy
