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Fifth Biennial Conference of the Children's History Society

Social Sciences Conference

Examines histories of children and young people’s experiences of space, place, belonging and identity.

Location

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Venue

The Diamond, The University of Sheffield

Hosted by

Children's History Society, University of Sheffield

Explores children’s lived experiences in various contexts, using diverse theoretical and methodological approaches across disciplines.

Topics & Focus Areas

Children, young people and the production of space, place and belongingChildren’s depictions of place and space, community and belongingChildren and youth in public spacesLiminality and spaces for children/children’s spacesDemarcations between children’s spaces and adults’ spacesTheoretical approaches to entanglement in children’s experiencesChildren and dangerous spacesChildren and virtual spacesBelonging and generationDisplacement, migration and memoryEmpire, mobility and children’s experiencesTransnational childhoods and educationEmotional and sensory connections to space/placeChildren and spaces of spiritualityChildren and interior spacesSpace and place in children’s literatureYouth organisationsSocial class and spaceFolkloristic perspectivesPosthumanist perspectives

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