Each year, the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP) holds a conference hosted by a member of the Society. The conference offers an annual opportunity for international members of the Society to meet up. It is run in different countries around the world, alternating each year between a European based location, and one further afield.
Please note: The 13th Annual SSCIP Conference due to be held in 2020 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Further updates regarding the next conference, to be held in New Zealand in 2021, will be posted here.
Upcoming conferences
2021 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Host: Siân Halcrow, University of Otago
2022 – Madrid, Spain – Host: Daniel Justel Vicente, University of Alcalá
2023 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Host: Rocío García-Mancuso, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
2024 – European location, TBC
Previous Conferences
2019 – 12th Annual Conference – Sheffield, UK – Hosts: Katie Hemer and Sophie Newman
2018 – 11th Annual Conference – Vienna, Austria – Hosts: Katharina Rebay-Salisbury and Doris Pany-Kucera. Click for event summary
2017 – 10th Annual Conference – Mexico City, Mexico – Hosts: Hugo Pérez Trejo and Ximena Chávez Balderas
2016 – 9th Annual Conference – Durham, UK – Hosts: Ellen Kendall and Rebecca Gowland. Click for event summary
2015 – 8th Annual Conference – Chicago, USA – Host: Jane Eva Baxter
2014 – 7th Annual Conference – Melbourne, Australia – Hosted in partnership with La Trobe University, Melbourne Library Service and the State Library of Victoria
2012 – 6th Annual Conference – Granada, Spain – Hosts: Margarita Sanchez Romero, Gonzalo Aranda Jimenez and Eva Alarcon Garcia
2011 – 5th Annual Conference – Cambridge, UK – Host: Carenza Lewis
2010 – 4th Annual Conference – Sparta, Greece – Hosts: Chrysanthi Gallou and Metaxia Papapostolou
2009 – 3rd Annual Conference – Miami, USA – Host: Traci Ardren
2008 – 2nd Annual Conference – Stavanger, Norway – Host: Grete Lillehammer
2007 – 1st Annual Conference – Oxford, UK – Hosts: Laurence Brockliss and Sally Crawford
