Read Dr. Sarada Balagopalan’s article “Afterschool and during vacations’: on labor and schooling in the postcolony” recently published in the journal Children’s Geographies here. She also participated in a conversation on ‘Global/local’ research on children and childhood in a ‘global society’ in the journal Childhood. Read that conversation here.
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BBC Radio 4 Interview with Dr. Lynne Vallone
Dr. Lynne Vallone was recently interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s Laurie Taylor in the program “Thinking Allowed” about her book Big and Small: A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies. Listen to her interview here.
What Children Understand About Food Insecurity
Dr. Kate Cairns was quoted in the article What Children Understand about Food Insecurity posted on Civil Eats. Read article here.
Dr. John Wall is quoted in a Washington Times article on youth activism
Read the article here.
Congratulations to Deszeree Thomas
Congratulations to Deszeree Thomas on her recent appointment to a committee organized by UCLA’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy and sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Palette Fund. The purpose of the committee is to propose a research agenda for LGBTQ youth of color in the child … Read more of Congratulations to Deszeree Thomas…
BGHRA Transnational Perspectives on Black Germany Conference
Childhood Studies doctoral student, Rosemaire Pena is the president of the Black German Heritage and Research Association (BGHRA) which is colaborating with the University of Toronto in hosting the 3-day conference, “Transnational Perspectives on Black Germany,” in Toronto, Ontario on May 23-25, 2018. Read more here.