Message from the SHCY President, Paula S. Fass
What an excellent year this has been for the Society for the History of Children and Youth, as we moved from our own wondrous childhood into an exciting youth. This was the first year for our new Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, published by the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Press (the journal is included in your membership). We have officially become an IRS defined nonprofit organization so that any contributions you make are tax deductible. We had our first organized session jointly with the American Historical Association in January after being named an affiliated group. (Michael Grossberg reports on this experience in this issue.) And I was delighted to be part of an extremely successful, first of its kind, session at the American Studies Association which examined how including children and youth has affected various disciplinary perspectives. (The papers for this roundtable are republished in this issue of the newsletter.) I can report that the session was not only well attended, but stimulated one of the very best exchanges with the audience which I have ever witnessed.
The success of our endeavors as an organization and as a specialty depends on you, our generous, creative membership and I urge you to do two things to make for the continuing success of our work: Support SHCY by remembering to pay your dues and renewing your membership. Come to our biennial meeting, which will take place July 10-12 in Berkeley, California (another first). Propose a panel or a paper to Steven Mintz and the program committee, or just join us as an enthusiastic audience for what promises to be a meeting filled with new work, good company, and find food (remember to sign up for the banquet, the price is included in the registration fee). Our web site is http://www.history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Fass/SHCY/. The keynote speaker, Peter N. Stearns will be talking about “History and Happy Childhoods.” What could be better? I look forward to seeing you in California in mid summer when our weather is cool and clear (mid 60s to mid 70s and no rain). Expect wonders.
Paula
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