SELCIE
@selcie.bsky.social
Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative π¦ Edinburgh University working with Edinburgh Museum of Childhood π€ blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/about
πΏ NEW EXHIBITION 'Nurture through Nature with Children's Books' @ Museum of Edinburgh 1 May to 7 Sept 2025
πΏ NEW EXHIBITION 'Nurture through Nature with Children's Books' @ Museum of Edinburgh 1 May to 7 Sept 2025
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SELCIE
@selcie.bsky.social
Β· Dec 9
Hello Bluesky! We're SELCIE, Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative π¦, a children's literature research project housed in English & Scottish Literature @Edinburgh Uni. We work in partnership with Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood π
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Weβre delighted to shared details of this free, 1-day symposium, organised by our friends and colleagues @sarahdunnigan.bsky.social and Dr Lois Burke, on 12 Dec 2025.
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat....
More info here: www.swinc.englit.ed.ac.uk/investigatin....
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Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat....
More info here: www.swinc.englit.ed.ac.uk/investigatin....
Do share widely!
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Weβre delighted to shared details of this free, 1-day symposium, organised by our friends and colleagues @sarahdunnigan.bsky.social and Dr Lois Burke, on 12 Dec 2025.
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat....
More info here: www.swinc.englit.ed.ac.uk/investigatin....
Do share widely!
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat....
More info here: www.swinc.englit.ed.ac.uk/investigatin....
Do share widely!
We're so looking forward to this!𧑠Please RT & share widely!
Investigating Irish & Scottish Women Writers of Childrenβs Literature
12 Dec @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social β free
Exploring regional & national identities in childrenβs literature c.1750β1940 β an era of major cultural & political upheaval in Ireland & Scotland
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12 Dec @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social β free
Exploring regional & national identities in childrenβs literature c.1750β1940 β an era of major cultural & political upheaval in Ireland & Scotland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat...
Investigating Irish & Scottish Women Writers of Children's Literature
A one-day symposium on Irish and Scottish women writers of children's literature between 1750 and 1940.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We're so looking forward to this!𧑠Please RT & share widely!
Save the date! π Very excited to announce this upcoming December symposium @EdinburghUni organised by @LoisMBurke & @_SELCIE_π¦ funded by the British Academy! More details & registration link to follow! #scottishlit #womenswriting #irishlit #childrensliterature
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Save the date! π Very excited to announce this upcoming December symposium @EdinburghUni organised by @LoisMBurke & @_SELCIE_π¦ funded by the British Academy! More details & registration link to follow! #scottishlit #womenswriting #irishlit #childrensliterature
With Lois Burke and Ainsley McIntosh
June 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
With Lois Burke and Ainsley McIntosh
Last Q&A of the day: discussing Victorian and Edwardian female writing and natureβs influence on it. Thanks to everyone who made (and still makes) this event so fabulous!
June 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Last Q&A of the day: discussing Victorian and Edwardian female writing and natureβs influence on it. Thanks to everyone who made (and still makes) this event so fabulous!
Ainsley McIntosh delves into the engagement with nature from an intimate embodied perspective of Elizabeth Rae Keir, Edinburghβs own poet, in her talk on 'Written in a storm: Care, Consolation, and Elizabeth Rae Keir'. πΉ
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ainsley McIntosh delves into the engagement with nature from an intimate embodied perspective of Elizabeth Rae Keir, Edinburghβs own poet, in her talk on 'Written in a storm: Care, Consolation, and Elizabeth Rae Keir'. πΉ
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
Lois Burke introducing our audience to manuscript magazines handwritten by late-Victorian girls during her talk on 'Family Connections and Care for the Natural World in Isobel Wylie Hutchisonβs Childhood Writing' π
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
June 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Lois Burke introducing our audience to manuscript magazines handwritten by late-Victorian girls during her talk on 'Family Connections and Care for the Natural World in Isobel Wylie Hutchisonβs Childhood Writing' π
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
πΏ Elizabeth Darling exploring women's role in children's education during her presentation entitled 'To be a kindergartner is the perfect development of womanliness: Reflection on women's agency as social and urban reformers in Edwardian Edinburgh'.
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
June 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
πΏ Elizabeth Darling exploring women's role in children's education during her presentation entitled 'To be a kindergartner is the perfect development of womanliness: Reflection on women's agency as social and urban reformers in Edwardian Edinburgh'.
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
Jane Whinnett catching the audience with her talk on βThe Little Gardenerβ - discussing Froebel training and education in early kindergartens #selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
June 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Jane Whinnett catching the audience with her talk on βThe Little Gardenerβ - discussing Froebel training and education in early kindergartens #selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
Lyn Stevens and Rina Teske answering questions about childrenβs interactions with fairytales and how fairies were depicted in childrenβs books
June 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lyn Stevens and Rina Teske answering questions about childrenβs interactions with fairytales and how fairies were depicted in childrenβs books
Rina Teske is discussing childrenβs interaction with nature in schools and stories at home in her talk βFrom within and beyond the garden walls: Tracing the Green Thread in Scottish Nature Writing for Children, 1800-1900β
June 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Rina Teske is discussing childrenβs interaction with nature in schools and stories at home in her talk βFrom within and beyond the garden walls: Tracing the Green Thread in Scottish Nature Writing for Children, 1800-1900β
We are thrilled to have heard all about the rich collection of children's literature within the Museum of Childhood by our fantastic speaker Lyn Stevens!
#selcie_project π¦
#selcie_project π¦
June 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are thrilled to have heard all about the rich collection of children's literature within the Museum of Childhood by our fantastic speaker Lyn Stevens!
#selcie_project π¦
#selcie_project π¦
The Nature Nurture: SELCIE Symposium is off to a good start! Our first speakers Lyn Stevens and Rina Teske are going to talk about childrenβs encounters with nature and nature in childrenβs writing
June 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Nature Nurture: SELCIE Symposium is off to a good start! Our first speakers Lyn Stevens and Rina Teske are going to talk about childrenβs encounters with nature and nature in childrenβs writing
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Big news π The IASSL PhD Award is open! For theses on Scottish literature completed outside the UK (June 2024β26). Encourage your colleagues to submit!
The first award will be delivered in June 2027 at our Philadelphia Conference.
More details here: scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...
The first award will be delivered in June 2027 at our Philadelphia Conference.
More details here: scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...
IASSL PhD Award
Chaired by Steve Newman PhD prize which will be awarded to PhDs on Scottish literature submitted outside of the UK (written in English or other languages) Awarded every 3 years, at every IASSL Worlβ¦
scotlit-iassl.org
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Big news π The IASSL PhD Award is open! For theses on Scottish literature completed outside the UK (June 2024β26). Encourage your colleagues to submit!
The first award will be delivered in June 2027 at our Philadelphia Conference.
More details here: scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...
The first award will be delivered in June 2027 at our Philadelphia Conference.
More details here: scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...
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Weβre delighted to share details of βNature Nurture: Edinburghβs Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Womenβs Writingβ, a symposium on 6 June, organised by our friends and colleagues @selcie.bsky.social!
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-nur...
See you there!
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-nur...
See you there!
Nature Nurture: SELCIE Symposium
Edinburghβs Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Womenβs Writing
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April 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Weβre delighted to share details of βNature Nurture: Edinburghβs Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Womenβs Writingβ, a symposium on 6 June, organised by our friends and colleagues @selcie.bsky.social!
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-nur...
See you there!
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-nur...
See you there!
β€οΈ [from Edinburgh Museums and Galleries Capital Collwctions online]
April 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
β€οΈ [from Edinburgh Museums and Galleries Capital Collwctions online]
πΏ Image of early 1900s Edinburgh kindergarten from collection at Museum of Childhood.
April 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
πΏ Image of early 1900s Edinburgh kindergarten from collection at Museum of Childhood.
SAVE the DATE for a new SELCIE Symposium!π¦ 6 June 2025, 12.00-17.00, University of Edinburgh. 'Nature Nurture: Edinburgh's Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women's Writing' π± Details & booking info coming soon! #scottishliterature #children #nature #edimburgh @asls.org.uk
April 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
SAVE the DATE for a new SELCIE Symposium!π¦ 6 June 2025, 12.00-17.00, University of Edinburgh. 'Nature Nurture: Edinburgh's Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women's Writing' π± Details & booking info coming soon! #scottishliterature #children #nature #edimburgh @asls.org.uk
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February 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
'Nature [is] a metaphorical stand-in for those with neither voice nor power'. Calvin Goh explores the link between nature, children & fairy tales in our new blog πΏπ #childrensbooks #fairytales #naturenurture π¦πΈπ¦ blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/2025/...
The Magical Nature of Nature in Andersenβs Fairy Tales β SELCIE
In the first of a new series of blogposts in the run-up to the opening of our new spring exhibition, Nurture Through Nature with Childrenβs Books,Β Calvin Goh revisits the poignant, magical nature worlds which come alive in the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
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February 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
'Nature [is] a metaphorical stand-in for those with neither voice nor power'. Calvin Goh explores the link between nature, children & fairy tales in our new blog πΏπ #childrensbooks #fairytales #naturenurture π¦πΈπ¦ blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/2025/...
Something for nature and fairytale lovers alike! π A new blogpost for Valentine's Day tomorrow - Calvin Goh explores the magical poignancy of H.C. Andersen's nature worlds π²π #naturetherapy #children #fairytales #books #museums #naturewriting
February 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Something for nature and fairytale lovers alike! π A new blogpost for Valentine's Day tomorrow - Calvin Goh explores the magical poignancy of H.C. Andersen's nature worlds π²π #naturetherapy #children #fairytales #books #museums #naturewriting
To mark the run-up to our exhibition at Museum of Edinburgh, in partnership with Museum of Childhood, we have a new series of blogposts on Nature Nurture in children's books! Starting Valentine's Day ππ #lovenature #children #books #museums blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/about/ @uoe-llc.bsky.social
About β SELCIE
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February 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
To mark the run-up to our exhibition at Museum of Edinburgh, in partnership with Museum of Childhood, we have a new series of blogposts on Nature Nurture in children's books! Starting Valentine's Day ππ #lovenature #children #books #museums blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/about/ @uoe-llc.bsky.social
Reading 'In the Woods' by M.K.M (1883) and looking at Giocomelli's springtime illustrations in Museum of Childhood book collection. Outside it's wintry but we can hear a blackbird's full-throated song! ππ #naturenurture #children #books Β£libraries #museums
February 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Reading 'In the Woods' by M.K.M (1883) and looking at Giocomelli's springtime illustrations in Museum of Childhood book collection. Outside it's wintry but we can hear a blackbird's full-throated song! ππ #naturenurture #children #books Β£libraries #museums
Only eleven sleeps till Christmas and the little bears are busy putting the finishing touches to their tree ππ§Έ From Molly Brett's The Jumble Bears (1977) in Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood book collection #children #books #history #teddybears #museumlife
December 14, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Only eleven sleeps till Christmas and the little bears are busy putting the finishing touches to their tree ππ§Έ From Molly Brett's The Jumble Bears (1977) in Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood book collection #children #books #history #teddybears #museumlife
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CALL FOR PAPERS π’
π Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
π 7β9 July 2025
π
@UniofGreenwich
Explore how children and young people have shaped, used, and been shaped by language throughout history.
Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2025
#histchild
π Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
π 7β9 July 2025
π
@UniofGreenwich
Explore how children and young people have shaped, used, and been shaped by language throughout history.
Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2025
#histchild
December 10, 2024 at 11:29 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS π’
π Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
π 7β9 July 2025
π
@UniofGreenwich
Explore how children and young people have shaped, used, and been shaped by language throughout history.
Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2025
#histchild
π Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
π 7β9 July 2025
π
@UniofGreenwich
Explore how children and young people have shaped, used, and been shaped by language throughout history.
Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2025
#histchild