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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 Bluesky (at)histchildoxford.bsky.social or Instagram (at)histchildoxford .
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 26 January 2025
Childhood and Bookhood in the Nineteenth-Century Country House: Texts, Materiality, and Histories of Book Use
Date: 26 January 2026, 11:00 - 12:15
Speaker
:
Amy Wells (Oxford)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Sophia Sheppard Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 9 February 2025
“Fairies and Music, Gipsies and Flowers”: Music Pedagogy and Performance in the Nineteenth-Century Convent School
Date: 9 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:15
Speaker
:
Emma Arthur (Oxford)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Sophia Sheppard Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 23 February 2025
Setting the Children to Work in Early Modern London: Some Methodological Challenges
Date: 23 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:15
Speaker
:
Ian Archer (Oxford)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Sophia Sheppard Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 9 March 2025
Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries in Childhood Studies
Date: 9 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:15
Speaker
s:
Kiera Vaclavik (QMUL),
Sophie Ratcliffe (Oxford)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Venue Details: Sophia Sheppard Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
