What did the 17th century writer Hannah Woolley regard as good table manners in her 'Gentlewoman's Companion'? Find out in our latest post: children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1748785_h…

#Histchild #foodhistory

Who also loves an Eighties throwback picture?
Sue Packer was Cheltenham Ladies' College's Artist in Residence (1986-1988). Her photos show College life throughout this period. #1980s #fashionhistory #histchild

DASH (development of attitudes, skills, and habits) was 'a special wilderness experience program for young people in conflict with the law,' that operated in bc through the 1970s and 1980s. #bchist #cdnhist #envhist #histchild

Remember that registration for the Children's History Society conference 2024 closes 20 June! It's also a bit of a bargain: PGRs can attend the full conference for £20, and academics on temp contracts for £30. #histchild

My latest blog with Amy Palmer is on dietary advice to be found in Thomas Phaer's Boke of Chyldren published in 1544. children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1631059_d….

#Histchild #foodhistory #childrenandhistory

It's been a year since I started the blog children-and-food-history.org.uk with Amy Palmer. So far topics have included: mealtimes at the Foundling Hospital; workhouse food for children; infant feeding; and early cookbooks for children (and more).
#Histchild #foodhistory #childhood

A young girl named Ethel Pedersen in Boy Scout uniform, 1915. Like elsewhere in the world, early Girl Scout patrols in Norway used the Boy Scout handbook and borrowed boys’ shirts and hats. Image: Jens Carl Frederik Hilfling-Rasmussen/NTNU University Library. #Histed #Histchild

Dr Sarah Levin-Richardson University of Washington in conversation with me Manchester CA Tues May 7th 6pm BST. 'Enslaved Children in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii: A Conversation'.
#classicstwitter #histchild #Pompeii
Women Also Know History HistoryManMet Children's History Society UoMCAHAE
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Social historians in Northumberland - make sure to take your kids to see the Childhood exhibit Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery. They won a Kids in Museums award in 2021 so sure to be good.
Afterwards, do you wanna write a review for Digital Childhoods? #histchild
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Just finished a research seminar. Sjaak Braster, Angelo Van Gorp & Mar Del Pozo in Dave Landau looking for Decroly as a European pedagogue. #histed #histchild Interested to join us?

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1st Troon ⚓️

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The 1st Troon band performed at the first 'Friends of Carronvale' event in March 1998 🎶

When did you visit Carronvale? 🤔

#BoysBrigade #History #Music #photography #Museum #Archive #histchild

Who is going to Picturing Childhood at Chatsworth this summer? Looks like a glorious, opulent look at gilded youth through portraiture.
I'd love a review of it for Digital Childhoods, new online magazine for SHCY. Any volunteers?
#histchild
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The new website, Digital Childhoods, has launched! We've polished the fonts and shuffled the icons, and edited a nice wee collection of opening articles.
Now to keep it going, with short n spicy articles and reviews of the child-history-sphere. Get in touch!
#histchild #cfp

Next Tues, 5 Mar, online Dr Kelsey Madden (Sheffield) Dr Kelsey Shawn Madden speaks to Manchester CA MCYS 'Child Trafficking in the Roman Empire' #histchild #archchild #publicclassics
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University of Sheffield Archaeology Society UoMCAHAE UoM Egyptology HistoryManMet Liverpool Classical Association

We had great presentations & discussions in the two 'Transnationalization of Care' #histchild #migknow panels, organized by Friederike Kind-Kovács and Maria Framke at the SHCY biennial conference University of Guelph - many thanks for creating this amazing space of international exchange & thinking!

Looking forward to speaking this evening to the sscip Annual Conference (remotely) at UNLP, Buenos Aires #histchild #breastfeeding #classics #sscip congresos.unlp.edu.ar/xvsscip/

After four years of work, the thesis is finally done! The public defense will be in Uppsala on 29 September 📚🍸 Downloadable from uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva… #histchild #histed

Do you have memories of #girlhood that you'd like to share? Submit them for Girl Museum's digital project! We are now accepting submissions here: girlmuseum.org/project/memori…

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Great first working group meeting today with many fascinating scholars interested in the history of childhood and youth. Many thanks to Friederike Kind-Kovács, Martina Winkler, Susanne Quitmann, Lena Jur, and Julia Reus @juliare.bsky.social for organizing this!

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