4th International Conference: Celebrating Childhood Diversity

4th International Conference:

Celebrating Childhood Diversity

Monday 9th - Wednesday 11th July 2012

 

1st call for papers:

To celebrate the 10th year of the establishment of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth at Sheffield University, (CSCY) this conference addresses the theme of diversity in the lives of children and young people.

Issues to be explored include, but are not restricted to:

Children's and young people's diverse and cultural worlds;
Understanding identity and difference;
Structures and institutions as indices of childhood diversity;
Time, space and place;
Methodological innovations in childhood research;
Theorising similarity and difference.

Those wishing to organise small symposia around a specific theme are also invited to submit a proposal.

Abstracts

Abstracts of no more than 200 words (for papers) 400 words (for symposia) should be sent to the conference administrator, Dawn Lessels, by 31st January 2012. Email: d.j.lessels@sheffield.ac.uk

Plenary Speakers:

Dr Jo Boyden, Young Lives, University of Oxford, UK

Professor Alan France, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Professor Allison James, University of Sheffield & Co-Director CSCY, UK

Professor Peter Moss, University of London, UK

Venue:

Halifax Conference Venue, University of Sheffield, Endcliffe Student Village, Sheffield, S10 3ER

 

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