SELCIE
@selcie.bsky.social
Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative 🦉 Edinburgh University working with Edinburgh Museum of Childhood 🤎 blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/about
🌿 NEW EXHIBITION 'Nurture through Nature with Children's Books' @ Museum of Edinburgh 1 May to 7 Sept 2025
🌿 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
· Dec 9
Hello Bluesky! We're SELCIE, Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative 🦉, a children's literature research project housed in English & Scottish Literature @Edinburgh Uni. We work in partnership with Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood 🍂
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We’re 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
We’re 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!🧡 Please RT & share widely!
Investigating Irish & Scottish Women Writers of Children’s Literature
12 Dec @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free
Exploring regional & national identities in children’s literature c.1750–1940 – an era of major cultural & political upheaval in Ireland & Scotland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat...
12 Dec @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free
Exploring regional & national identities in children’s literature c.1750–1940 – 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!🧡 Please RT & share widely!
Save the date! 💚 Very excited to announce this upcoming December symposium @EdinburghUni organised by @LoisMBurke & @_SELCIE_🦉 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! 💚 Very excited to announce this upcoming December symposium @EdinburghUni organised by @LoisMBurke & @_SELCIE_🦉 funded by the British Academy! More details & registration link to follow! #scottishlit #womenswriting #irishlit #childrensliterature
Last Q&A of the day: discussing Victorian and Edwardian female writing and nature’s 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 nature’s 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, Edinburgh’s own poet, in her talk on 'Written in a storm: Care, Consolation, and Elizabeth Rae Keir'. 🌹
#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, Edinburgh’s own poet, in her talk on 'Written in a storm: Care, Consolation, and Elizabeth Rae Keir'. 🌹
#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 Hutchison’s Childhood Writing' 📚
#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 Hutchison’s Childhood Writing' 📚
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
#selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
🌿 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
🌿 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 “The Little Gardener” - 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 “The Little Gardener” - discussing Froebel training and education in early kindergartens #selcie_project #universityofedinburgh
Lyn Stevens and Rina Teske answering questions about children’s interactions with fairytales and how fairies were depicted in children’s books
June 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lyn Stevens and Rina Teske answering questions about children’s interactions with fairytales and how fairies were depicted in children’s books
Rina Teske is discussing children’s interaction with nature in schools and stories at home in her talk “From within and beyond the garden walls: Tracing the Green Thread in Scottish Nature Writing for Children, 1800-1900”
June 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Rina Teske is discussing children’s interaction with nature in schools and stories at home in her talk “From within and beyond the garden walls: Tracing the Green Thread in Scottish Nature Writing for Children, 1800-1900”
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 🦋
#selcie_project 🦋
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 🦋
#selcie_project 🦋
The Nature Nurture: SELCIE Symposium is off to a good start! Our first speakers Lyn Stevens and Rina Teske are going to talk about children’s encounters with nature and nature in children’s 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 children’s encounters with nature and nature in children’s writing
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Big news 🎓 The IASSL PhD Award is open! For theses on Scottish literature completed outside the UK (June 2024–26). 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 Worl…
scotlit-iassl.org
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Big news 🎓 The IASSL PhD Award is open! For theses on Scottish literature completed outside the UK (June 2024–26). 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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We’re delighted to share details of ‘Nature Nurture: Edinburgh’s Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women’s Writing’, 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
Edinburgh’s Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women’s Writing
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April 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We’re delighted to share details of ‘Nature Nurture: Edinburgh’s Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women’s Writing’, 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!
SAVE the DATE for a new SELCIE Symposium!🦉 6 June 2025, 12.00-17.00, University of Edinburgh. 'Nature Nurture: Edinburgh's Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women's Writing' 🌱 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!🦉 6 June 2025, 12.00-17.00, University of Edinburgh. 'Nature Nurture: Edinburgh's Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women's Writing' 🌱 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 🌿💚 #childrensbooks #fairytales #naturenurture 🐦🌸🦉 blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/2025/...
The Magical Nature of Nature in Andersen’s Fairy Tales – 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 Children’s Books, 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 🌿💚 #childrensbooks #fairytales #naturenurture 🐦🌸🦉 blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/2025/...
Something for nature and fairytale lovers alike! 💚 A new blogpost for Valentine's Day tomorrow - Calvin Goh explores the magical poignancy of H.C. Andersen's nature worlds 🌲🌟 #naturetherapy #children #fairytales #books #museums #naturewriting
February 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Something for nature and fairytale lovers alike! 💚 A new blogpost for Valentine's Day tomorrow - Calvin Goh explores the magical poignancy of H.C. Andersen's nature worlds 🌲🌟 #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 💚🍃 #lovenature #children #books #museums blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/about/ @uoe-llc.bsky.social
About – 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 💚🍃 #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! 💚🍃 #naturenurture #children #books £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! 💚🍃 #naturenurture #children #books £libraries #museums
Only eleven sleeps till Christmas and the little bears are busy putting the finishing touches to their tree 🎄🧸 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 🎄🧸 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 📢
🗓 Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
📅 7–9 July 2025
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@UniofGreenwich
Explore how children and young people have shaped, used, and been shaped by language throughout history.
Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2025
#histchild
🗓 Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
📅 7–9 July 2025
📍
@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 📢
🗓 Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
📅 7–9 July 2025
📍
@UniofGreenwich
Explore how children and young people have shaped, used, and been shaped by language throughout history.
Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2025
#histchild
🗓 Language and Communication in Histories of Children and Young People
📅 7–9 July 2025
📍
@UniofGreenwich
Explore how children and young people have shaped, used, and been shaped by language throughout history.
Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2025
#histchild
Hello Bluesky! We're SELCIE, Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative 🦉, a children's literature research project housed in English & Scottish Literature @Edinburgh Uni. We work in partnership with Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood 🍂
December 9, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Hello Bluesky! We're SELCIE, Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative 🦉, a children's literature research project housed in English & Scottish Literature @Edinburgh Uni. We work in partnership with Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood 🍂