Stephanie Olsen
@stephanieolsen.bsky.social
Historian of childhood, experience, emotions and education of Britain, Empire, Global. Editor of History of Education. Senior Researcher, Centre for the History of Experiences (Tampere) & Faculty Affiliate, History, McGill. PhD, FRHistS. Montréalaise 🇨🇦
Thank you Yoonmi Lee, I am happy that scholars are benefitting from our double SI in History of Education, the product of much wonderful collaboration between multiple authors and editors.
Some nice comments on our double SI @stephanieolsen.bsky.social and Mark Freeman!
'the recent special issue of History of Education (2023), which represents a significant initiative to redefine and expand the field by challenging its traditionally Eurocentric focus.' #histed
doi.org/10.4000/1489i
'the recent special issue of History of Education (2023), which represents a significant initiative to redefine and expand the field by challenging its traditionally Eurocentric focus.' #histed
doi.org/10.4000/1489i
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Thank you Yoonmi Lee, I am happy that scholars are benefitting from our double SI in History of Education, the product of much wonderful collaboration between multiple authors and editors.
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This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
A Radical New Approach to Human History
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Get ready for ISCHE 2026!
The SWG History of Knowledge in the History of Education invites paper proposals for two panels:
✍️ Knowledge & Emotions in the History of Education
📚 General theme: Knowledge + Education
Full CFP: shorturl.at/4UNtC
Submit by 15 Jan 2026 via: www.conftool.org/ische47
The SWG History of Knowledge in the History of Education invites paper proposals for two panels:
✍️ Knowledge & Emotions in the History of Education
📚 General theme: Knowledge + Education
Full CFP: shorturl.at/4UNtC
Submit by 15 Jan 2026 via: www.conftool.org/ische47
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Get ready for ISCHE 2026!
The SWG History of Knowledge in the History of Education invites paper proposals for two panels:
✍️ Knowledge & Emotions in the History of Education
📚 General theme: Knowledge + Education
Full CFP: shorturl.at/4UNtC
Submit by 15 Jan 2026 via: www.conftool.org/ische47
The SWG History of Knowledge in the History of Education invites paper proposals for two panels:
✍️ Knowledge & Emotions in the History of Education
📚 General theme: Knowledge + Education
Full CFP: shorturl.at/4UNtC
Submit by 15 Jan 2026 via: www.conftool.org/ische47
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Are you a graduate student? Check out the 2026 McGill-Queen’s Graduate Conference Call for Papers! Abstracts are due November 28!
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Are you a graduate student? Check out the 2026 McGill-Queen’s Graduate Conference Call for Papers! Abstracts are due November 28!
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Join us for the book launch of McGill in History at the McGill Faculty Club in Montreal on Thursday, November 6th!
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
Book Launch and Panel Discussion: McGill in History
Join us in a discussion about McGill in History, a new book that explores the university's colonial legacy, edited by Brian Lewis, Don Nerbas, and Melissa N. Shaw. In 2021, McGill...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Join us for the book launch of McGill in History at the McGill Faculty Club in Montreal on Thursday, November 6th!
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
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Come and join us at History of Education! We're looking for a new editor for our special section 'Workspace'. Deadline is 30 October. More information here: historyofeducation.org.uk/e:oi_special...
@lottiehoare.bsky.social @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed
@lottiehoare.bsky.social @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed
Call for Expressions of Interest: Special Section Editor of ‘Workspace’ - History of Education Society
historyofeducation.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Come and join us at History of Education! We're looking for a new editor for our special section 'Workspace'. Deadline is 30 October. More information here: historyofeducation.org.uk/e:oi_special...
@lottiehoare.bsky.social @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed
@lottiehoare.bsky.social @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed
A belated, warm welcome to Laura Nys, History of Education's new book reviews ed, and a huge thank you to @histosaurusbex.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lottiehoare.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lottiehoare.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social
Editorial
Published in History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A belated, warm welcome to Laura Nys, History of Education's new book reviews ed, and a huge thank you to @histosaurusbex.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lottiehoare.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lottiehoare.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation I feel privileged to prepare my first lecture on the history of Canadian residential schools for Tampere University students. We will also read an article on Sámi experiences in Finland, which I hope will give all of us an opportunity to reflect.
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation I feel privileged to prepare my first lecture on the history of Canadian residential schools for Tampere University students. We will also read an article on Sámi experiences in Finland, which I hope will give all of us an opportunity to reflect.
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Reminder Fellows of @royalhistsoc.org have til 26 September to vote in upcoming Council elections! 🗳️ There's lots of great candidates & all committed to the field. Obvs ideally I'd like to be your choice 😜 But vital to vote for who you feel will represent you & profession #skystorians #academicsky
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Reminder Fellows of @royalhistsoc.org have til 26 September to vote in upcoming Council elections! 🗳️ There's lots of great candidates & all committed to the field. Obvs ideally I'd like to be your choice 😜 But vital to vote for who you feel will represent you & profession #skystorians #academicsky
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Join us @hexhistory.bsky.social at the end of the month for the 2nd Hex Handbook Distinguished lecture, by Corinne Saunders
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Join us @hexhistory.bsky.social at the end of the month for the 2nd Hex Handbook Distinguished lecture, by Corinne Saunders
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And from earlier this summer, Tessa Whitehouse on digital mapping as a tool for the history of experience sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/....
Digital mapping as a tool for the history of experience | Digital Handbook of the History of Experience | Tampere Universities
sites.tuni.fi
September 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
And from earlier this summer, Tessa Whitehouse on digital mapping as a tool for the history of experience sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/....
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New on HEX Handbook, Beth Marsden on writing the historical experiences of Indigenous people. sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...
Researching and writing Indigenous people’s historical experiences: a reflection on limits and possibilities | Digital Handbook of the History of Experience | Tampere Universities
sites.tuni.fi
September 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
New on HEX Handbook, Beth Marsden on writing the historical experiences of Indigenous people. sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...
New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social
Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War
This article probes the potential of emotional and experiential histories of education. London children’s school essays on their experiences in the First World War, their stories, their dreams and ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social
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Lovely to see this! Leo - my son - had a fantastic time at the conference, especially listening to @stephanieolsen.bsky.social's keynote. Thank you to everyone for welcoming him.
Check out this wonderful report of my keynote on school children’s dreams by 15-year-old Leo Clarkson. Such a privilege to get your perspective! eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Reflections on Dr. Olsen’s Keynote by Leo Clarkson | HEX | Tampere Universities
On May 15, 2025, HEX Senior Researcher Stephanie Olsen gave a keynote address entitled “Schoolchildren’s Dreams: Complicating questions of power and resistance in school settings and in archives” as p...
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June 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Lovely to see this! Leo - my son - had a fantastic time at the conference, especially listening to @stephanieolsen.bsky.social's keynote. Thank you to everyone for welcoming him.
Check out this wonderful report of my keynote on school children’s dreams by 15-year-old Leo Clarkson. Such a privilege to get your perspective! eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Reflections on Dr. Olsen’s Keynote by Leo Clarkson | HEX | Tampere Universities
On May 15, 2025, HEX Senior Researcher Stephanie Olsen gave a keynote address entitled “Schoolchildren’s Dreams: Complicating questions of power and resistance in school settings and in archives” as p...
eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Check out this wonderful report of my keynote on school children’s dreams by 15-year-old Leo Clarkson. Such a privilege to get your perspective! eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Society for the History of Children and Youth's biennial conference, which is being held on Zoom from June 26-28 2025. To register, click here: tinyurl.com/4ypduv4r
June 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Society for the History of Children and Youth's biennial conference, which is being held on Zoom from June 26-28 2025. To register, click here: tinyurl.com/4ypduv4r
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Hello #skystorians, it would be much appreciated if you could sign & share this petition to end unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University. Pictured: Maddy & other picket dogs showing their support! 🗃https://chng.it/KT5F6jrzVy
Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
chng.it
May 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Hello #skystorians, it would be much appreciated if you could sign & share this petition to end unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University. Pictured: Maddy & other picket dogs showing their support! 🗃https://chng.it/KT5F6jrzVy
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With double the submissions to our CFP compared to last year, #NACBS2025 is shaping up to be one for the books! Don’t miss out on what is sure to be a fantastic conference!
More info here: www.nacbs.org/conference
More info here: www.nacbs.org/conference
May 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With double the submissions to our CFP compared to last year, #NACBS2025 is shaping up to be one for the books! Don’t miss out on what is sure to be a fantastic conference!
More info here: www.nacbs.org/conference
More info here: www.nacbs.org/conference
Thanks so much to @joakimlandahl.bsky.social and Johanna Ringarp and team for a wonderful and stimulating conference. I had so much fun! And thanks @dr-jwestberg.bsky.social for the photo, and for organizing the Meet the Eds panel. See you all again soon, I hope!
@hexhistory.bsky.social
@hexhistory.bsky.social
Keynote 2 at the Nordic conference! @stephanieolsen.bsky.social !
May 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Thanks so much to @joakimlandahl.bsky.social and Johanna Ringarp and team for a wonderful and stimulating conference. I had so much fun! And thanks @dr-jwestberg.bsky.social for the photo, and for organizing the Meet the Eds panel. See you all again soon, I hope!
@hexhistory.bsky.social
@hexhistory.bsky.social
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Keynote 2 at the Nordic conference! @stephanieolsen.bsky.social !
May 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Keynote 2 at the Nordic conference! @stephanieolsen.bsky.social !
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Looking forward to next week's 9th Nordic HistEd conference in Stockholm, organized by @joakimlandahl.bsky.social and @ringarp.bsky.social ! Feat. keynotes by Marcelo Caruso and @stephanieolsen.bsky.social ! Program etc available here: www.su.se/department-o...
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking forward to next week's 9th Nordic HistEd conference in Stockholm, organized by @joakimlandahl.bsky.social and @ringarp.bsky.social ! Feat. keynotes by Marcelo Caruso and @stephanieolsen.bsky.social ! Program etc available here: www.su.se/department-o...
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Taking part in a journal editors' roundtable at #NEHC2025 with @stephanieolsen.bsky.social representing History of Education, The journal of @histedsocuk.bsky.social! #histed
May 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Taking part in a journal editors' roundtable at #NEHC2025 with @stephanieolsen.bsky.social representing History of Education, The journal of @histedsocuk.bsky.social! #histed
Very much looking forward to this!
Looking forward to next week's 9th Nordic HistEd conference in Stockholm, organized by @joakimlandahl.bsky.social and @ringarp.bsky.social ! Feat. keynotes by Marcelo Caruso and @stephanieolsen.bsky.social ! Program etc available here: www.su.se/department-o...
May 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Very much looking forward to this!
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Support for historians at mid-career: the Society invites applications for its 'Funded Book Workshop' programme bit.ly/4fYQcRC
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
May 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Support for historians at mid-career: the Society invites applications for its 'Funded Book Workshop' programme bit.ly/4fYQcRC
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
Had a marvellous time in Vienna at the music and history of experience workshop! Thanks so much for the invitation @mariehs.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Had a marvellous time in Vienna at the music and history of experience workshop! Thanks so much for the invitation @mariehs.bsky.social