The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN)
@clpn.bsky.social
A global & cross-disciplinary network of scholars & practitioners researching social, political & legal issues relating to children & childhood.
qmul.ac.uk/clpn
qmul.ac.uk/clpn
Call for conference panels: Children in the Middle East, North Africa, the Gulf & their diasporic communities.
Sponsored by @amecys.bsky.social for the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association in Boston in November.
Proposals due by 9 February.
www.amecys.org/amecys-at-mesa
Sponsored by @amecys.bsky.social for the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association in Boston in November.
Proposals due by 9 February.
www.amecys.org/amecys-at-mesa
AMECYS at MESA | AMECYS
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February 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Call for conference panels: Children in the Middle East, North Africa, the Gulf & their diasporic communities.
Sponsored by @amecys.bsky.social for the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association in Boston in November.
Proposals due by 9 February.
www.amecys.org/amecys-at-mesa
Sponsored by @amecys.bsky.social for the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association in Boston in November.
Proposals due by 9 February.
www.amecys.org/amecys-at-mesa
Call for book proposals for the series Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Call for book proposals for the series Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.
The latest issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects is out:
journals.openedition.org/strenae/1147...
journals.openedition.org/strenae/1147...
27 | 2025 Penser la biographie pour la jeunesse : histoire, tendan...
Revue consacrée à la littérature et à l’édition pour la jeunesse, à l’imagerie enfantine, à la culture matérielle et orale de l’enfance
journals.openedition.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The latest issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects is out:
journals.openedition.org/strenae/1147...
journals.openedition.org/strenae/1147...
Call for articles: "Childhood, Gender and Crises."
For a special issue of the journal Gender & History.
Abstracts are due by 31 May.
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...
For a special issue of the journal Gender & History.
Abstracts are due by 31 May.
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...
Gender & History Special Issue Call for Papers - Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS
'Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World' Gender & History: Special Issue Edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward Call for Papers deadline - 31 May 2026. What is the future of our ...
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January 31, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Call for articles: "Childhood, Gender and Crises."
For a special issue of the journal Gender & History.
Abstracts are due by 31 May.
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...
For a special issue of the journal Gender & History.
Abstracts are due by 31 May.
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...
The latest issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth is out:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56180
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56180
Project MUSE - The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth-Volume 19, Number 1, Winter 2026
muse.jhu.edu
January 31, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The latest issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth is out:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56180
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56180
Calls for papers:
1. "Postcolonial Fantasy for Young People";
2. "Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature."
For sessions at the Modern Language Association conference (January 2027, Los Angeles).
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
Links - in the comments below.
1. "Postcolonial Fantasy for Young People";
2. "Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature."
For sessions at the Modern Language Association conference (January 2027, Los Angeles).
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
Links - in the comments below.
January 31, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Calls for papers:
1. "Postcolonial Fantasy for Young People";
2. "Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature."
For sessions at the Modern Language Association conference (January 2027, Los Angeles).
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
Links - in the comments below.
1. "Postcolonial Fantasy for Young People";
2. "Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature."
For sessions at the Modern Language Association conference (January 2027, Los Angeles).
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
Links - in the comments below.
CFP: "Place, Space & Mobilities in Young People’s Everyday Life."
For a session at the annual Nordic Youth Research conference, which will take place at Stockholm University (Sweden) from 20 to 22 October.
Abstracts due 30 Jan.
The conference website is www.su.se/english/divi...
For a session at the annual Nordic Youth Research conference, which will take place at Stockholm University (Sweden) from 20 to 22 October.
Abstracts due 30 Jan.
The conference website is www.su.se/english/divi...
January 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
CFP: "Place, Space & Mobilities in Young People’s Everyday Life."
For a session at the annual Nordic Youth Research conference, which will take place at Stockholm University (Sweden) from 20 to 22 October.
Abstracts due 30 Jan.
The conference website is www.su.se/english/divi...
For a session at the annual Nordic Youth Research conference, which will take place at Stockholm University (Sweden) from 20 to 22 October.
Abstracts due 30 Jan.
The conference website is www.su.se/english/divi...
Call for conference papers: "Social Radicalism, Wanderlust, and Utopianism in Children’s and Young-Adult Literature."
The conference will take place at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) in June.
Abstracts are due by 20 February.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CfA_B...
The conference will take place at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) in June.
Abstracts are due by 20 February.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CfA_B...
www.childlitassn.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Call for conference papers: "Social Radicalism, Wanderlust, and Utopianism in Children’s and Young-Adult Literature."
The conference will take place at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) in June.
Abstracts are due by 20 February.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CfA_B...
The conference will take place at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) in June.
Abstracts are due by 20 February.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CfA_B...
Call for articles in English or Italian: "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Children's and Young-adult Literature."
For a special issue of the Italian journal Pagine giovani.
Abstracts are due by 31 January.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CALL%...
For a special issue of the Italian journal Pagine giovani.
Abstracts are due by 31 January.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CALL%...
www.childlitassn.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Call for articles in English or Italian: "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Children's and Young-adult Literature."
For a special issue of the Italian journal Pagine giovani.
Abstracts are due by 31 January.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CALL%...
For a special issue of the Italian journal Pagine giovani.
Abstracts are due by 31 January.
www.childlitassn.org/assets/CALL%...
Call for articles: "Girls Authoring Change: Creativity, Voice, and Social Justice."
For a special issue of the journal Girlhood Studies.
Abstracts are due by 16 February.
www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/GH...
For a special issue of the journal Girlhood Studies.
Abstracts are due by 16 February.
www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/GH...
www.berghahnjournals.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Call for articles: "Girls Authoring Change: Creativity, Voice, and Social Justice."
For a special issue of the journal Girlhood Studies.
Abstracts are due by 16 February.
www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/GH...
For a special issue of the journal Girlhood Studies.
Abstracts are due by 16 February.
www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/GH...
Academic job: Research Associate in Young People’s Care Mobilities at the University of Oxford.
Applications are due by 20 February.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF438/r...
Applications are due by 20 February.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF438/r...
Research Associate in Young People’s Care Mobilities at University of Oxford
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January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Academic job: Research Associate in Young People’s Care Mobilities at the University of Oxford.
Applications are due by 20 February.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF438/r...
Applications are due by 20 February.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF438/r...
Call for articles: "Youth With Disabilities in Chinese Society."
For a special issue of the journal Social Inclusion.
Abstracts are due by 15 March.
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
For a special issue of the journal Social Inclusion.
Abstracts are due by 15 March.
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
Future Issues | Social Inclusion
Social Inclusion is a quarterly peer-reviewed open access journal, which provides academics and policy-makers with a forum to discuss and promote a more socially inclusive society.
www.cogitatiopress.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Call for articles: "Youth With Disabilities in Chinese Society."
For a special issue of the journal Social Inclusion.
Abstracts are due by 15 March.
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
For a special issue of the journal Social Inclusion.
Abstracts are due by 15 March.
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
Call for articles: "Sport, the Body and Discourses Aimed at Children and Young People."
For a special issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects.
Abstracts are due by 15 April.
journals.openedition.org/strenae/12538
For a special issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects.
Abstracts are due by 15 April.
journals.openedition.org/strenae/12538
Sport, the Body and Discourses Aimed at Children and Young People
From cereal boxes to bedroom walls and television screens, sport is a constant presence in the lives of children and young people. To what extent does it shape them? As a major socio-cultural pheno...
journals.openedition.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Call for articles: "Sport, the Body and Discourses Aimed at Children and Young People."
For a special issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects.
Abstracts are due by 15 April.
journals.openedition.org/strenae/12538
For a special issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects.
Abstracts are due by 15 April.
journals.openedition.org/strenae/12538
Call for conference papers: "Children and Young People in Everyday Life and Professional Practices."
The conference will take place at Oslo Metropolitan University (Sweden) in September.
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
The conference will take place at Oslo Metropolitan University (Sweden) in September.
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
The Fourth International CHILDLIFE Conference
Welcome to the 4th International CHILDLIFE Conference on Children and Young People in Everyday Life and Professional Practices.
www.oslomet.no
January 22, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Call for conference papers: "Children and Young People in Everyday Life and Professional Practices."
The conference will take place at Oslo Metropolitan University (Sweden) in September.
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
The conference will take place at Oslo Metropolitan University (Sweden) in September.
Abstracts are due by 1 March.
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
The eighth international summer writing retreat of the Geographies of Children, Youth & Families Research Group (@gcyfrg.bsky.social) of the Royal Geographical Society:
When: 22–26 June.
Where: Flagstone Farm Cottages (UK).
Applications are due by 24 February:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
When: 22–26 June.
Where: Flagstone Farm Cottages (UK).
Applications are due by 24 February:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
GCYFRG Writing Retreat 2026 Booking and Bursary Form.docx
Following successful GCYFRG writing retreats in 2019, 2022, 2023 2024 and 2025 as well as two years of virtual writing retreats during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, we are looking forward to summer 2...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The eighth international summer writing retreat of the Geographies of Children, Youth & Families Research Group (@gcyfrg.bsky.social) of the Royal Geographical Society:
When: 22–26 June.
Where: Flagstone Farm Cottages (UK).
Applications are due by 24 February:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
When: 22–26 June.
Where: Flagstone Farm Cottages (UK).
Applications are due by 24 February:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for conference papers / panels: The history of childhood & youth.
Organized by the Childhood & Youth Network of the Social Science History Association (chaired by our members Elizabeth Dillenburg & MJ Maynes).
The conference will take place in Atlanta (US) in November.
Proposals due 1 March.
Organized by the Childhood & Youth Network of the Social Science History Association (chaired by our members Elizabeth Dillenburg & MJ Maynes).
The conference will take place in Atlanta (US) in November.
Proposals due 1 March.
January 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Call for conference papers / panels: The history of childhood & youth.
Organized by the Childhood & Youth Network of the Social Science History Association (chaired by our members Elizabeth Dillenburg & MJ Maynes).
The conference will take place in Atlanta (US) in November.
Proposals due 1 March.
Organized by the Childhood & Youth Network of the Social Science History Association (chaired by our members Elizabeth Dillenburg & MJ Maynes).
The conference will take place in Atlanta (US) in November.
Proposals due 1 March.
A webinar series on the history of childhood.
Where: online and at the University of Oxford.
When: January-March.
Where: online and at the University of Oxford.
When: January-March.
We're excited to share this term's seminar programme starting 26 January at Magdalen College & online! We can't wait to hear from all our speakers and to explore different disciplinary approaches to histories of childhood. Looking forward to seeing you soon!
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A webinar series on the history of childhood.
Where: online and at the University of Oxford.
When: January-March.
Where: online and at the University of Oxford.
When: January-March.
Call for colloquium papers: "Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood."
The colloquium will take place both online and at the University of Oxford (UK) on 22 June.
Abstracts are due by 13 March.
The colloquium will take place both online and at the University of Oxford (UK) on 22 June.
Abstracts are due by 13 March.
📢Call for papers📢 for this year's Centre for the History of Childhood colloquium on Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood on 22 June 2026. Please send us your abstracts by midday on Friday 13 March. We look forward to hearing from you! More details here: www.history.ox.ac.uk/centre-histo...
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Call for colloquium papers: "Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood."
The colloquium will take place both online and at the University of Oxford (UK) on 22 June.
Abstracts are due by 13 March.
The colloquium will take place both online and at the University of Oxford (UK) on 22 June.
Abstracts are due by 13 March.
CFP: "Digital Lifeworlds: Childhood, Youth, Intergenerational Futures."
For a research stream co-organized by our member, Seran Demiral, for the European Sociology Association conference (Poland, August).
Abstracts due by 30 Jan.
Submissions via this website: europeansociology.org/event/72289c...
For a research stream co-organized by our member, Seran Demiral, for the European Sociology Association conference (Poland, August).
Abstracts due by 30 Jan.
Submissions via this website: europeansociology.org/event/72289c...
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
CFP: "Digital Lifeworlds: Childhood, Youth, Intergenerational Futures."
For a research stream co-organized by our member, Seran Demiral, for the European Sociology Association conference (Poland, August).
Abstracts due by 30 Jan.
Submissions via this website: europeansociology.org/event/72289c...
For a research stream co-organized by our member, Seran Demiral, for the European Sociology Association conference (Poland, August).
Abstracts due by 30 Jan.
Submissions via this website: europeansociology.org/event/72289c...
Call for papers: "Children’s Literature in a Time of Crisis."
For the annual conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR), which will be held at Deakin University (Australia) in November.
Abstracts are due by 27 February:
aclarlit.org/conferences
For the annual conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR), which will be held at Deakin University (Australia) in November.
Abstracts are due by 27 February:
aclarlit.org/conferences
Conferences | The Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research
aclarlit.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Call for papers: "Children’s Literature in a Time of Crisis."
For the annual conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR), which will be held at Deakin University (Australia) in November.
Abstracts are due by 27 February:
aclarlit.org/conferences
For the annual conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR), which will be held at Deakin University (Australia) in November.
Abstracts are due by 27 February:
aclarlit.org/conferences
Call for conference papers: "Interdisciplinary Pathways into Italian Children’s Studies."
For three child-focused panels at the conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, which will be held at the University of Sassari (Italy) in June.
Abstracts are due 15 January.
For three child-focused panels at the conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, which will be held at the University of Sassari (Italy) in June.
Abstracts are due 15 January.
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Call for conference papers: "Interdisciplinary Pathways into Italian Children’s Studies."
For three child-focused panels at the conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, which will be held at the University of Sassari (Italy) in June.
Abstracts are due 15 January.
For three child-focused panels at the conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, which will be held at the University of Sassari (Italy) in June.
Abstracts are due 15 January.
Call for conference papers: "Children, Emotions, and Relations."
For the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, which will be held at the University of Oulu (Finland) in June.
Abstracts are due by 15 February.
www.oulu.fi/en/events/ch...
For the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, which will be held at the University of Oulu (Finland) in June.
Abstracts are due by 15 February.
www.oulu.fi/en/events/ch...
Children, Emotions, and Relations
18th Annual Conference of the Society of the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP)
www.oulu.fi
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Call for conference papers: "Children, Emotions, and Relations."
For the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, which will be held at the University of Oulu (Finland) in June.
Abstracts are due by 15 February.
www.oulu.fi/en/events/ch...
For the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, which will be held at the University of Oulu (Finland) in June.
Abstracts are due by 15 February.
www.oulu.fi/en/events/ch...
Academic job: Research fellow for a project at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) on drug prevention for adolescents.
Applications are due by 18 January.
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Applications are due by 18 January.
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Research Fellow - The Illicit Project UK Phase 3 (Fixed term for 14 months) (5285)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Academic job: Research fellow for a project at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) on drug prevention for adolescents.
Applications are due by 18 January.
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Applications are due by 18 January.
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
A special issue of the journal Children & Society is out: "Sexuality Through Children's Eyes: Experiences, perceptions, and meanings."
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Special issue: Sexuality Through Children's Eyes: Experiences, perceptions, and meanings: Children & Society: Vol 40, No 1
Click on the title to browse this issue
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January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
A special issue of the journal Children & Society is out: "Sexuality Through Children's Eyes: Experiences, perceptions, and meanings."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990860...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990860...
The latest issue of the journal Global Studies of Childhood is out:
journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/15/4
journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/15/4
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January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The latest issue of the journal Global Studies of Childhood is out:
journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/15/4
journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/15/4