Please join us on Wednesday, October 22nd, 4:00-5:30pm in the University of Maryland – Baltimore County Library Gallery for:
“Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village”: Reading, Book Signing, and Reception with UMBC Anthropologist Bambi Chapin.
Continue reading Invitation to Book Reading – Wed. 10/22 at UMBC
Childhood Deployed:
Remaking Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
(NYU Press, 2014)
Continue reading Childhood Deployed brown bag at Barnard, Oct 20
Childhood Studies Colloquium
14 November 2014 9.30am – 4.30pm
Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland
Keynote address: Making a difference – connecting rights, research and policy
Emeritus Professor Anne B. Smith, University of Otago
Continue reading CFP: Childhood Studies Colloquium (Univ. of Auckland)
Literature for children and young adults is a rich source of material for the study of literary maps, one that has been largely overlooked, despite the growth in academic interest in this area of study. We are therefore seeking contributions for a proposed collection on maps in children’s literature that will bring together the best current thinking on the topic, which will become a resource for scholars, and provide a springboard for further study in this area, particularly in terms of interdisciplinary and international discourses. Continue reading CFP: Maps and Mapping in Children’s Literature
Abstracts (500 words) due November 1, 2014
Articles (7,000 words) due July 1, 2015
While scholars of children’s literature and childhood studies frequently discuss representations of animals in children’s texts, there is little discussion of the often parallel ways in which these texts construct animal and child subjectivity. Continue reading CFP: Childhood and Pethood
It is 25 years this November since the UNCRC was internationally agreed. Join us to celebrate and reflect upon the UNCRC, children’s rights, and higher education: Continue reading 25 years of the UNCRC
Accepting applications now for 2015
The Graduate Certificate and Masters of Childhood and Youth Studies are designed to meet the needs of people working, or intending to work, with children, young people and their families. These courses are targeted toward professionals working in fields as diverse as social work, welfare, family services, health, education, family dispute resolution, sport and recreation, law, juvenile justice, international community development, research and policy development.
The Masters course includes studies in:
The courses are offered externally/online from Southern Cross University, Australia. This allows you to apply your learning immediately in your workplace. There is a strong focus on authentic and professionally-relevant assessment – no written examinations. You can enroll in a full award, or undertake single units as accredited professional development and continue on to the awards at a later date. Students who have completed a Bachelor degree in a similar discipline may receive advanced standing towards the Masters award. If you are interested in this course, please don’t hesitate to contact us via reply email and we can forward you a detailed Prospective Student Guide.
We are also always very happy to talk to you about the course and whether it would meet your professional needs, or those of others in your organisation. Dr Chris Morgan, Course Coordinator, Postgraduate Coursework Programs, School of Education, Southern Cross University, Australia. Phone:+61 2 6620 3018 – Email: chris.morgan@scu.edu.au