The Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past are delighted to announce the first online biannual lecture of 2021! It is free to attend, and will be held virtually on Tuesday 18th May 2021, 2pm-3pm (GMT). Our first guest speaker will be Creighton Avery (McMaster University) who will be exploring Roman childhood diet […]
The ninth volume in the SSCIP monograph series – Ages and Abilities – has been featured on the Austrian Archaeological Institute’s Book Lounge. Edited by Katharina Rebay-Salisbury and Doris Pany-Kucera, it explores social responses to childhood stages from the late Neolithic to Classical Antiquity in Central Europe and the Mediterranean. It is available now in print and open […]
Editorial by Eileen Murphy: It is with much pleasure that I welcome you to the spring issue of Volume thirteen of Childhood in the Past, the journal of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP). The issue starts with a thought-provoking invited piece by Farah Mendlesohn which explores the genre of […]
Saturday 29th February 2020 was a very busy day for the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past. The society teamed up with the Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC, Council for British Archaeology) and English Heritage to deliver an outreach session for 14-25 year olds as part of the ‘Shout Out Loud’ project in […]
The 11th annual conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past was held from the 22nd – 24th September 2018 at the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria. This awe-inspiring museum is world renowned for its collections and is home to the Venus of Willendorf. The theme of this year’s […]
If you are in Milan over the next few months, you might like to have a look at a new exhibition, curated by Cristina Cattaneo and Claudia Lambrugo, at the Antiquarium ‘Alda Levi’ in Milan. Exploring the archaeology and anthropology of childhood, it’s on from the 15th May to the 3rd November 2018.
The spring issue of Volume 11 of Childhood in the Past, the journal of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, has just been published. This special issue is guest edited by John D. Burton and Jane Eva Baxter from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and focuses on nineteenth-century education. It had […]
Take a look at the contents of Childhood in the Past – Volume 10.1 – 2017: Editorial – Ten Years of Childhood in the Past Eileen M. Murphy Invited paper SSCIP: The First Ten Years Sally Crawford Research papers Landscapes of Childhood: Places and Material Culture Margarita Sánchez Romero Child Bioarchaeology: Perspectives on the Past […]
The Family in Past Perspective: an Interdisciplinary Exploration of Familial Relationships Through Time Tuesday 20th to Thursday 22nd September 2016 – St. Chad’s College, Durham University Report by Conference Organisers: Rebecca Gowland and Ellen Kendall The 9th annual SSCIP Conference took place at St. Chad’s College, Durham University from the 20th – 22nd of September. The meeting […]
Editorial Eileen M. Murphy Welcome to Part 2 of Volume 9 of Childhood in the Past, the journal of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP). This issue comprises three research papers and five book reviews. In the first of the research papers Janet E. Kay explores the nature of the […]