Centre for the History of Childhood Seminars and Events

The Centre for the History of Childhood aims to promote the study of children, youth and childhood in the past through supporting research within and beyond Oxford, fostering a community of researchers and sharing new research through public engagement activity.

Seminars are works-in-progress, designed to offer a space to researchers working on childhood-related themes to share ideas and to get feedback on new work.

All welcome – and to join us for lunch afterwards.

Seminars take place in the Sophia Sheppard Room, Magdalen College, and online via Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated.

To find out more, join the mailing list: web.maillist.ox.ac.uk/ox/info/history-of-childhood or follow us on X (at)HistChildOxford, Instagram (at)histchildoxford, and Bluesky (at)histchildoxford.bsky.social.

If you would be interested in presenting a paper or organising a discussion session, please email mailto:sian.pooley@magd.ox.ac.uk

For online access, Microsoft Teams links will be sent to the mailing list in advance or email mailto:sian.pooley@magd.ox.ac.uk for a link.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Christina de Bellaigue, Sian Pooley, Helen Sunderland
Timing: Mondays 11:00-12:15; in person and online via Microsoft Teams
Web Address: https://history.web.ox.ac.uk/centre-history-childhood#/
Organising department: Faculty of History

Talks:

Monday 28 April 2025

New research in the history of childhood by undergraduate and Masters students
Date: 28 April 2025, 11:00 - 12:15
Speaker s: Shreya Ganguli (Oxford), Kate Harrison (Oxford), Camille Lund (Oxford), Rawdah Uddin (Oxford)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Sophia Sheppard Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 May 2025

Writing “Gifted Children” in Britain and the World: Elitism and Equality since 1945
Date: 19 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:15
Speaker : Jennifer Crane (Bristol)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Sophia Sheppard Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 June 2025

Will the real CND please stand up? Young people and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in late 1950s/1960s England
Date: 2 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:15
Speaker : Susannah Wright (Oxford Brookes)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Sophia Sheppard Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 June 2025

End of term social event
Date: 16 June 2025, 12:15 - 14:15
Speaker : Social event
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Old Kitchen Bar
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark