Greetings
from the Editors
Happy Holidays and welcome to the first number
of the Newsletter for the Society for the History of Children
and Youth.
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Your
Co-Editors,
Kathleen Jones
and Jim Marten
TABLE
OF CONTENTS Newsletter #1, December 2002
The last few months have seen a flurry of activity
for the SHCY, especially among members of the Executive Committee,
as we made a few decisions and initiated several of the programs
envisioned by the founders of the Society. "Since
We Last Met" is a summary of the work we've begun.
In
September, the history of childhood lost one of its founding members.
Hamilton Cravens has written the obituary for
Robert Bremner.
"News
from the Field I: Exhibits" and "News
from the Field II: Conferences," columns edited by Janet
Golden and David Pomfret, describe (with links) museum exhibits,
past conferences, and upcoming events. including the "Call
for Papers" for the SHCY 2nd biennial conference, which
will be held in Baltimore, June 26-29, 2003.
Luke
Springman has pored over hundreds of dissertation abstracts, culling
a wide-ranging list covering everything from education to sexuality,
from youth culture to recreation, and from childrearing to children's
literature. "Recent Publications
of Interest to SHCY Members" contains the results of
Luke's searches.
Information about the Newsletter editorial board and contact
information can be found on the "Editors"
page. Use this page to contact us with suggestions for future
issues of the SHCY Newsletter.
The
Newsletter also hosts two feature columns:
"Girls
History: History of Girls" is edited by Miriam Forman-Brunell
and Ilana Nash. In GH:HG I, the
editors have put together a list of recent books, dissertations,
and videos on the history of girls. GH:HG
II discusses websites of interest to this field. And GH:HG
III describes the "Girls_Studies_Scholars List."
"More
than Child's Play": Teaching the History of Children and
Youth will be a regular column edited by Lisa L. Ossian. In
this Newsletter, Lisa lays out her goals for the column.
Along
with Lisa's column the Newsletter is also pleased to make
available two articles presented as part of a workshop on teaching
at the 2001 SHCY conference at Marquette University. In"Service-Learning
and the History of Childhood: A Useful Pairing?" Gail
Murray discusses her use of hand-on work as a part of history
of childhood coursework. She has also provided a list
of readings for those interested in service-learning as a
teaching tool. In "History
of American Childhood," Joe Hawesoffers a syllabus for
a survey course at Memphis University.
Important
Information for SHCY Members:
SHCY
Outstanding Article Award: Deadline for submissions, February
1, 2003. See details at the h-net
announcements website.
February
15, 2003 is the deadline for submitting proposals for the second
biennial SHCY conference (June 26-28, 2003 in Baltimore). The
"Call for Papers" is reprinted in
this Newsletter, and is also available on the
h-childhood website.
Not
a member? Membership information is available at the Society for
the HIstory of Children and Youth website: http://academic.mu.edu/shcy
