NEWSLETTER
Society for the History of Children and Youth
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No. 13 |
Winter 2009 |
New in this issue of the Newsletter
*A column for and about graduate students, created by Jessica Nelson, the grad. representative to the SHCY Executive Board, and Miroslava Chavez-Garcia’s new column, Children and Youth of Color in History.
*An opportunity for you to share comments and interact with the author: Beginning on March 30and running for three days through April 1, Miroslava Chavez-Garcia invites you to join her for a discussion of her column, Children and Youth of Color: Weaving the Threads. The discussion will run through the h-net listserv, h-childhood. Check out the column for more information about how to participate!
*And, check out the results of the Newsletter Survey, in SHCY News.
Table of Contents
Issue #13 (Winter 2009)
Remarks from the SHCY President, Paula S. Fass
SHCY NEWS Summary of the Newsletter Survey Registration Information for July Conference Join SHCY – Membership Information
News from the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth
FEATURE ARTICLES American Studies Association Roundtable, "At the Crossroads of Children's Studies and American Studies: Intersections, Possibilities, Challenges"
Introduction……Carol Singley, Rutgers University-Camden Adoption at the Crossroads……Carol Singley Childhood Studies at the Crossroads: Childhood and Early American Studies Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut Social History and the History of Childhood……Paula S. Fass, University of California, Berkeley Childhood Studies and Feminist Critical Race Studies……Lucia Hodgson, University of Southern California Scraps, Schoolbooks, and Homemade Books: Childhood Studies in the Archives Karen Sánchez-Eppler, Amherst College
CONFERENCE REPORTS American Antiquarian Society, “Home, School, Play, Work”: Two Conferences Report of the November 2008 Conference …… Kelly Marino Report of the February 2009 Conference …… Anna Redclay
Jewish Youth and Cultural Change: A Conference Rethinking American Jewish
History …… Melissa R. Klapper
American Studies Association Conference Session Report, “Coloring Outside the Lines: Performing Race in Children’s Books” …… Mona Gleason
SHCY at the American Historical Association ….. Lawrence Grossberg
History of Science Society Session,
“To Explain and Protect: A Century of Scientific Research on Children”: Session Comments …... Hamilton Cravens NEWSLETTER COLUMNS Websightings……Sean Marten, ed. *“Children and Youth in History”: Review of New Comprehensive Website
from George Mason University……Sean Martin
*Review of “Children in Africa” ……Brett L. Shadle
Children and Youth of Color in History: “Weaving the Threads”…… Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, ed.
For and About Graduate Students…… Jessica Nelson,
ed.
Finding Funding for Dissertation
Research
Pedagogy: Reading Challenging Texts ….. Stephen Gennaro, ed. Helping Students Access Difficult Texts ….. Stephen Gennaro Grading Reading ….. Jeffrey Canton 1970B – Seminars ….. Leslie Dadlani “Pedagogy of the Super-hero”: Reading Paolo Freire through Super-heroes ….. Neil Shyminsky
NEWS FROM THE FIELD News from Members ….. compiled by Nancy ZeyMember news Recent Publications ….. compiled by David Pomfret Calls for Papers and Proposals Announcements of Upcoming Conferences Archival Collections from the Schlesinger Library Recently
Completed Dissertations and Dissertations in Progress ….. Compiled by Colleen A. Vasconcellos
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