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UCL Critical Childhood Studies Centre
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Engaging in innovative and multi-disciplinary research, teaching, and public engagement geared towards achieving social justice with and for children and young people. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/critical-childhood-studies-centre
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Lunch Hour Lecture | Destitution by design
13 November 2025, 1pm-2pm
In this lecture, Prof Rachel Rosen and Dr Eve Dickson report on the impacts of impoverished migrant families without access to mainstream welfare in the UK.
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Lunch Hour Lecture | Destitution by design
Prof Rachel Rosen and Dr Eve Dickson report on the impacts of impoverished migrant families without access to mainstream welfare in the UK.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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🔊 One week until this event with Prof. Theodora Dragostinova, who will examine the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands.

Co-sponsored by @criticalchildhood.bsky.social

🗓️6 October at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
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Event poster for '“Like My Own”: Adopting Displaced Children after the Great War' with a collage of photos from the Bulgarian state archives
September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Please join us for this @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social event with @theodorad.bsky.social, who will examine the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands.

Co-sponsored by @criticalchildhood.bsky.social

🗓️ 6 October at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Event poster for '“Like My Own”: Adopting Displaced Children after the Great War' with a collage of photos from the Bulgarian state archives
September 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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CCSC Lunch Time Exchange: Democratic Cultures in Early Childhood Education
24 September 2025, 12pm-1pm
This book discussion aims to foster cooperative dialogue with colleagues interested in democratic education in diverse global contexts.
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CCSC Lunch Time Exchange: Democratic Cultures in Early Childhood Education
This book discussion aims to present the book and contribute to the democratic process of its construction, fostering cooperative dialogue with colleagues interested in democratic education in diverse...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Book launch: Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant mothers and children making lives in the shadows
25 Sept 6-7:30pm with @tcru-ucl.bsky.social
Exploring experiences of mothers and children who are denied mainstream welfare support in the UK due to immigration status
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Book launch: Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant mothers and children making lives in the shadows
Exploring the experiences of mothers and children who are denied mainstream welfare support in the United Kingdom due to their immigration status.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Bordering Social Reproduction | 25th September 2025

An in-person & online #BookLaunch and conversation with Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson, authors of 'Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant Mothers and Children Making Lives in the Shadows'.

#Migration #SocialPolicy #Welfare

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Bordering Social Reproduction | 25th September 2025 | Barnard's Inn Hall, London & Online
An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Professor Rachel Rosen & Dr Eve Dickson, authors of 'Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant Mothers and Children Making Lives in the Shadows'.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd
1–14 September 2025, 10am-4pm
An immersive experience to counter the dehumanisation of the Palestinian people: exhibition, film screenings, community events, international conference, family days.
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Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd
An immersive experience to counter the dehumanisation of the Palestinian people: exhibition, film screenings, community events, international conference, family days.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd
1–14 September 2025, UCL East
This exhibition seeks to witness and convey Palestinian children’s struggle for everyday life, love, play and learning in the face of loss and brutality.
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This is a poster for the Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd event, showing two children on a bombed street with some balloons drawn over the top. The event runs from 1 -14 September 2025 at UCL East, Stratford.
August 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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CCSC Lunch Time Exchange: Democratic Cultures in Early Childhood Education
24 Sept 12-1pm
This book discussion aims to contribute to the democratic process of its construction, fostering cooperative dialogue on democratic education in diverse global contexts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
CCSC Lunch Time Exchange: Democratic Cultures in Early Childhood Education
This book discussion aims to present the book and contribute to the democratic process of its construction, fostering cooperative dialogue with colleagues interested in democratic education in diverse...
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Data storytelling for liberation
20 May 2025, 6–8pm at UCL
Join designers Mona Chalabi and Ahmad Barclay to discuss their book 'Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation'.
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Data storytelling for liberation
Join designers Mona Chalabi and Ahmad Barclay to discuss their book 'Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation'.
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Multimodal Ethnography Workshop
29 May 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
This two-hour workshop will provide a brief introduction to multimodal ethnography through theory, research, and practice.
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Multimodal Ethnography Workshop with Dr. Sevasti-Melissa Nolas
Come learn how to study cultures using different methods at the Multi-Modal Ethnography Workshop with Dr. Sevasti-Melissa Nolas!
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April 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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@ucl-ias.bsky.social Double Book Launch
1 Apr 5pm @ioe.bsky.social

Children's Life-Histories in Primary Schools: Imagining Schooling as a Positive Experience
Revisiting Childhood Resilience Through Marginalised & Displaced Voices: Perspectives from the past and present
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IAS Book Launch: Children's Life-Histories | Revisiting Childhood Resilience
Join the the IAS and the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Eleanore Hargreaves, Denise Buchanan, Laura Quick and Wendy Sims-Schouten for this joint book launch.
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March 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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ReelQueers 20,000 Species of Bees - Film Screen and Discussion
6 March 2025, 5:30–8:30 pm
Join us for the screening of this absolutely wonderful Spanish film about trans childhood (Estibaliz Urresola, 2023).
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ReelQueers 20,000 Species of Bees - Film Screen and Discussion
Join us for the screening of an absolutely wonderful Spanish film about trans childhood, called 20,000 Species of Bees (Estibaliz Urresola, 2023). The protagonist was the youngest actress to be awarde...
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Book Launch: Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Literature
17 March 2025, 5pm-6:30pm
Join the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O'Connor
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Book Launch: Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Literature
Join the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O'Connor
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February 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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📢 Calling all UCL SHAPE ECRs (arts, humanities or social sciences)
Want some advice on Getting Published? 📑📚
Join our interactive workshop on 5th March, 2-4pm at the IAS, UCL
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IAS Early Career Network Workshop: Getting Published
This interactive workshop will cover all aspects of building a strong publication record as an ECR.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Book Launch: Children's Life-Histories | Revisiting Childhood Resilience
1 April 2025, 5pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social
Join us in welcoming authors Eleanore Hargreaves, Denise Buchanan, Laura Quick and Wendy Sims-Schouten for this joint book launch.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
IAS Book Launch: Children's Life-Histories | Revisiting Childhood Resilience
Join the the IAS and the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Eleanore Hargreaves, Denise Buchanan, Laura Quick and Wendy Sims-Schouten for this joint book launch.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Book Launch: Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Literature
17 March 2025, 5pm-6:30pm
Join the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O'Connor
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Book Launch: Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Literature
Join the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O'Connor
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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📢Calling all UCL ECRs & PhDs in A&H and SHS 📢
(if you are not in A&H or SHS you just need to find a suitable collaborator who is!)
The IAS Octagon Grant is open for applications 🎉🙌🏽
Apply by 24 Feb - get writing!
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IAS Octagon Fund open for applications
The Octagon Small Grants Fund supports UCL-based early-career researchers, including research students, from Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences. Apply by 24th February.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Book Launch: Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Literature
17 March 2025, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm
Join us in welcoming authors Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O'Connor
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Book Launch: Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Literature
Join the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O'Connor
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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UCL 2025 Creative Fellowships open - Encounters: Knowledge Futures in the Age of AI
Closing 16 February
Broadly focused on the fields of performance, creative writing, visual arts or media. Four Fellowships are available for 2025, with grants of £5K each.
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UCL 2025 Creative Fellowships open - Encounters: Knowledge Futures in the Age of AI
The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, together with the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) at UCL East, is seeking to appoint four Quirk Creative Fell...
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January 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The risk of experiencing intimate partner violence may accumulate over time among people who experienced childhood maltreatment when they were younger, finds a study led by @drpatriziapezzoli.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
Risk of domestic abuse increases over time for those exposed to childhood maltreatment
The risk of experiencing intimate partner violence may accumulate over time among people who experienced childhood maltreatment when they were younger, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
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January 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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IAS Book Launch: Throw Your Voice. Suspended Animations in Kazakhstani Childhood
10 Dec 5pm–6:30pm
Join us in welcoming author Meghanne Barker and discussants Catherine Allerton (LSE) & Diana Georgescu (UCL).
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IAS Book Launch: Throw Your Voice. Suspended Animations in Kazakhstani Childhood
Join the IAS and the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming author Meghanne Barker and discussants Catherine Allerton (LSE) and Diana Georgescu (UCL).
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 1:03 PM