To acknowledge society’s behaviour towards children is to reveal the understanding and explanation of cultural reproduction and transformation at the innermost core of human history
Grete Lillehammer
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We have a Journal, Childhood in the Past, an annual International Conference, and a Monograph Series. We support research in the discipline, graduate studies and related events with small grants.

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SSCIP Annual Conference – University of Alcalá, Spain 2022 – Abstract Submission now open
The University of Alcalá is delighted to invite you to the 14th Annual Conference for the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP), hosted …Read moreRegister now for the next SSCIP Biannual Lecture – Monday 28th March 2022, 4-5pm (GMT)
The first SSCIP biannual lecture for 2022 is due to be held online on the 28th March 2022, 4-5pm (GMT) Our guest speaker Dr April …Read more