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www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/cari...

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"the figure of the “girl-boy” – a girl masquerading in boys’ attire – was a pervasive and evocative figure within late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain". This is a must read for anyone interested in queer history, histories of childhood & youth, gender & the media!

A must read for anyone interested in the histories of international humanitarianism, migration, childhood & Jewish history. With important insights into children's experiences of migration, the role of philanthropy, and emerging ideas of child psychology in the C20th.

We're excited to welcome our speakers Fiona Maxwell, @hollynielsen.bsky.social, Caitlin Hendrie, Joey Rauschenberger, @charlottecanizo.bsky.social & @aishadjelid.bsky.social! More info incl. how to join online at talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...

Closing with really interesting discussion of different approaches to study of childhood and asking how far historians might be able to contribute to those discussions

Also mentions attendance at recent early childhood conference and dominance of neuroscientific approaches to childhood without attention to social and cultural context or other ways of understanding childhood

and demonstrate what could be done with an ordinary child; then puts her into an exhibition (which lasts until age 5); noting how muddled and paradoxical the Victorians were on childhood - both venerating and extreme punishment of trivial transgressions

suggests 19thc sees emergence of systematic efforts to record childhood with Darwin, fascination with development of babies - eg MW Shinn "Biography of a baby" (1900) - presents the baby as an experimenter, trying out different strategies; moves on to Henry Olerich who adopts baby Viola to train

suggests key interpretations of childhood - stage before adulthood, but also child of one's parents, which means can remain a child into adulthood - highlights complex relational webs surround our understanding of childhood

and highlights absence of children in the record and the violences of institutionalisation according to developmental categories. Shifts gear to talk about her own work on travel and health, noting that often such travel is for the sake of the children

that attended to children as active agents rather than acted upon, and Bonnie Evans' emphasis on the way definitions of childhood have been deployed globally. Notes the postgraduate panel's attention to themes of age, gender, race, education, moral panics, and the role of the state;

Sally begins with reflecting on the day, asking if there are always fundamental contradictions w/in categorisations of childhood and state's use of the concept of childhood - forced on indigenous people in Canada, and denied to 'lorry girls' and migrant youth; highlights significance of a paper