NEWSLETTER

Society for the History of Children and Youth

SHCY NEWS

President's Remarks . . . . . Paula Fass
SHCY Conference, Berkeley, July2008 -- Call for Papers
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News from the Editors of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

NEWSLETTER FEATURE ARTICLES: CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE

Rethinking "Violence," and Rethinking "Religion," in Light of the Virginia Tech Killings and the History of Childhood and Youth . . . . . Jon Pahl

School Violence in Germany and the USA from the 1950s to the 1990s . . . . . Dirk Schumann

Violence and Childhood: Some Historiological Considerations . . . . . Jacob Middleton

Reflections on Writing a History of Youth Suicide . . . . . Kathleen W. Jones

Medieval Childhoods and Middle English Literature . . . . . Daniel T. Kline

COLUMNS

Pedagogy . . . . . Stephen Gennaro, Ed.

Teaching The UN Convention in Children’s Studies, with Classroom Exercises . . . . .Stephen Gennaro
Brigham Young U. Undergraduates Present Research on History of Childhood . . . . . Amy Harris

Canadian Happenings: History of Children and Youth Group at the CHA. . . . . Mona Gleason

Websightings: Explorations in Digital History. . . . . Sean Martin

New Addition to Newsletter Columns: Children and Youth of Color . . . . .Miroslava Chávez--Garcia, Ed.

MUSEUM REVIEW: The Danish School Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark . . . . .Heloísa Pimenta Rocha

CONFERENCE REPORTS

Berkshire Conference on the History of Women: Two Reports . . . . . Janet Golden and Rebecca de
Schweinitz
American Play Conference . . . . . Simon Bronner
Cheiron . . . . . Adriana Benzaquén
Southern Conference for Slavic Studies . . . . . Gleb Tsipursky
European Social Science History Association . . . . . Janet Golden
Froebel Conference . . . . . Emily D. Cahan

NEWS FROM THE FIELD,I . . . . . Nancy Zey

Member News
New Member Introductions
New Books by SHCY Members
Upcoming Events

NEWS FROM THE FIELD, II: Recent Publications in the History of Children and Youth. . . . . David Pomfret

OPPORTUNITIES!

The ¡Ya Basta! Collective: Call for Submissions for Anthology on Gender, War and Militarism

Openings for Asst/Assoc/Prof in Childhood Studies, Rutgers-Camden

RECENTLY COMPLETED DISSERTATIONS & DISSERTATIONS IN PROGRESS . . . . .Colleen A. Vasconcellos

Contributors to the Summer 2008 SHCY Newsletter

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