We are delighted to share the call for abstracts for the 17th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past.
SSCIP goes north! This year’s theme for the conference will be Children and Climate Change inviting us to consider the effects climatic changes have had on children, but also how children responded to and coped with such challenges. Moreover, we should consider what role children – as motors of innovation – may have played in adaptation during moments of crisis precipitated by climatic change in the past. It is generally agreed that children were an important part of past societies, yet they are often not considered as active participants in major events in the human past, including those related to climatic changes.
Exploring the role of children in societies during periods of climatic change can both tell us much about contemporaneous perceptions of children and can inform us about the potential of including children into our own thinking about climate and societal adaptation.
The aim of the theme of this year’s conference is to explore the role and agency of children under climate change, integrating broad interdisciplinary, chronological, geographical, and cross-cultural perspectives, but research related to children not directly linked to climatic changes are also more than welcome!
Confirmed keynote speakers: Dr. Kristine Alexander (University of Lethbridge, Canada) and Dr. Sheina Lew-Levy (Durham University, England)
Please submit an abstract for a podium or poster presentation (max 250 words) to sscip2025@au.dk by 4th April 2025 using the template provide on the website – CLICK HERE. As we want to embrace all formats, we strongly encourage poster presentations or more hands-on activities, if applicable.
Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
– The effects of climate changes on children’s health and wellbeing
– Children as innovators during periods of crisis
– Children’s play objects and their object play
– Children’s peer cultures
– How past societies valued their children
– Child-centred climate education in museums and other fora
For more information about abstract submission, conference registration, and travel/accommodation advice, please see the conference website – CLICK HERE