The Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University seeks proposals for a multidisciplinary conference on Transnational Desires and Childhoods of Empire as a means of continuing a critical, multidisciplinary dialogue around Black childhoods and childhoods of color. We seek to convene scholars, writers, practitioners, artists, and advocates for children interested in wrestling with the tensions around diasporas… continue reading
We are delighted to share that Dr. Palak Vashist successfully defended her dissertation, “Stitching Age and Labor: Child Laborers, Factory Schools, and Colonial ‘Protection’ in Bombay Textile Mills (1880–1911),” on September 9, 2025. Dr. Vashist will soon join the Institute for Spatial History Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of History as a Research… continue reading
Dr. Rashmi Kumari will be joining Mahindra University based in Hyderabad, India as an Assistant Professor in the School of Education.
We are pleased to announce that our first-year PhD student, Ameena Ruffin, has earned a prestigious Presidential Graduate Fellowship for her doctoral studies in Childhood Studies at Rutgers University–Camden. These highly selective fellowships recognize and support a small number of outstanding graduate student candidates at Rutgers. Congratulations to Ameena on this significant achievement! We look… continue reading
We are pleased to share the exciting news that Anusha Iyer and Mary Byrne, PhD have both been awarded graduate fellowships for the 2025-2026 IRW Seminar, “Shouting Fire? Feminism, Academic Freedom, and Democracy.” This prestigious fellowship recognizes their outstanding academic achievements and commitment to advancing important discussions in these critical areas. Anusha and Mary will… continue reading
We are thrilled to announce that E Feinman has been honored with two prestigious awards: The University Committee on Diversity, Race and Gender’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship. This recognition highlights E Feinman’s exceptional contributions to the field and their commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion. Congratulations, E Feinman!
