Work, work work! Joint HES/ANZHES conference, Sydney, Australia, December 8-11 2008. Follow the link to HES conferences. Bursary applications welcomed.

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2008

June 27-28, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of Winchester, UK. The conference theme is Eighteenth-Century Identities. Call for Papers and further details here http://www.bsecs.org.uk/postGrad/confPostGrad.stm.

June 30-July 1, University of Kent at Medway, UK, The Children's Act 1908: Centennial Perspectives and Contemporary Reflections. The Children’s Act forms an integral part of the reforming legislation of the Liberal Governments of 1906-1914, introducing the youth court system and shaping British youth policy for the next century. The aim of this two-day conference is to bring together new and established researchers from a range of disciplines to reflect upon the historical impact of the Act whilst engaging with its resonance for contemporary practitioners. Topics and themes could include: Media representations; Infanticide and child abuse; Care proceedings, fostering and adoption; Social work practice and young people; Youth courts and juvenile justice; Probation and restorative justice; Youth work; Migration; Gender; Citizenship; The magistracy; Policing. Abstracts should be no longer than 200 words, and should be sent to Dr. Kate Bradley by 14 January 2008 by email to k.bradley@kent.ac.uk or Children’s Act Conference, SSPSSR, The University of Kent at Medway, The Gillingham Building, Chatham Maritime, ME4 4AG.

July 9-11, World Congress of the International Toy Research Association, University of the Peloponnese, Greece, held in conjunction with the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation. Call for Papers and further information at http://www.toyresearch.org/conference_call_for_papers_2008.php.

July 9-11, International Froebel Society 3rd Biennial Conference, Wheelock College, Boston, USA. Wheelock College was founded in 1888 under the direction of Lucy Wheelock, an early pioneer of the kindergarten, and was at the forefront of the kindergarten movement in the USA. The conference theme focuses on children’s play in all its varied manifestations but particularly within a Froebelian perpective. Papers on the following aspects of play are invited: Play and digital technologies, game culture and contemporary childhood; Supporting play for learning; Designing and structuring play; Play places, spaces and outdoor play; Playing clean/playing dirty. Moral and ethical issues; Physical development and play; Play and cultural diversity; Disciplinary perspectives on children's play (sociological, historical, psychological); Toys and the material culture of play; Play in Froebel's theory and practice; Revisions of Froebel's practice - for example: G. Stanley Hall, John Dewey, Patty Hill Smith, Luiza Schleger and Alva Myrdal. Plenary Speakers: Professor Tina Bruce, Froebel College, Roehampton University "Learning through Play: Froebelian principles and their practice today." Professor David Elkind, Tufts University "Froebel and Montessori: Opposing Views of Early Childhood Education." Professor Diane E. Levin, Wheelock College "Play: an Endangered Species." Professor Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Lesley University "Reclaiming Play: Helping Children Grow and Learn through Play in Challenging Times.”Call for papers and further information at the International Froebel Society Web site http://www.intfroebelsoc.org/conferences.html.

July 23-26, Rutgers University-Newark, USA, ISCHE 30: 30th Session of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education. Conference Theme: Education and Inequality: Historical Approaches to Schooling and Social Stratification. The relationship between education and inequality has been an important subject for historians of education, as well as sociologists, economists, political scientists of education and policy makers. Although for the past two decades educational policy internationally has emphasized reducing achievement gaps through both state and private educational systems, attempts to increase access to education and decrease educational inequalities has its origins in the 19th and 20th centuries. Neo-institutional historians and sociologists of education have analyzed historically the rise of mass public educational systems beginning in the 19th century as part of a worldwide expansion of civil society and democratic principles. Neo-Marxist and revisionist historians have analyzed the ways in which educational reforms aimed at reducing inequalities are in contradiction to the social reproduction function of education in capitalist societies. Comparative and international historians of education have provided important accounts of the similarities and differences of mass public systems as they developed in an increasingly globalized world. Finally, historians and sociologists of education have examined the development of educational policies aimed at reducing educational and social inequalities, including marketization and privatization and state policies including national curriculum and testing policies, for example in the U.K. and the No Child Left Behind Law in the United States. The theme of ISHCE 30: Education and Inequality: Historical Approaches to Schooling and Social Stratification will allow for papers that examine education and inequality historically from comparative, international, national and local perspectives. Proposals are invited that examine national and local case studies, and comparative and cross-cultural comparisons. Proposals for papers and/or poster sessions (primarily for graduate students and new scholars) to be presented at ISCHE 30 should be written in English and submitted as email attachment addressed no later than December 31, 2007 to tdavids2@pegasus.rutgers.edu. New scholars, including postgraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals for paper and/or poster sessions. A proposal should include the following information:Name of proposer(s); Title and academic position; Organizational affiliation; Mailing address; Email address. The proposed paper should be presented as follows: Title of the paper or poster; Format (paper or poster); Abstract (max. 500 words, in English); Working theme; Language of presentation (English, French, German, Spanish); Technical equipment required for the presentation. The authors will be informed about the acceptance of their papers by March 31, 2008. Official ISCHE Conference languages are English, French, German, and Spanish. All participants are encouraged to bring information materials (handouts, overheads) in English. Further information can be found at the ISCHE 30 website:http://ische30.newark.rutgers.edu or from tdavids2@pegasus.rutgers.edu.

September 8-12, European Educational Research Association (EERA), Göteborg, Sweden, conference entitled From Teaching to Learning? Proposals need to be submitted online and list members will find the submission form: http://www.conftool.com/ecer2008/. The Histories of Education Network (Network 17) particularly welcomes proposals from members of this discussion list. You can read about the Network via the annual reports of past conferences at the EERA Website www.eera.ac.uk. Paper proposals or panel proposals (symposia) are invited to address the following areas that the Network has identified as holding research potential:

October 10-11, Midwest History of Education Society, 2008 Annual Meeting, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Chicago, USA on the theme of Sputnik and Beyond:  McCarthyism, the National Defense Education Act, Campus Radicalism, and More. Extended deadline for paper proposals is now May 1. Please make your reservations for the Meeting directly with Marriott reservations at 1 (800) 321-2211 or (312) 329-2500 by Friday, September 12, 2008.  Please mention you are booking your room or rooms for the Midwest History of Education Society Annual Meeting at the special conference rate of $149.00 per night plus state local tax. A limited number of rooms may be available for Saturday night at the conference room rate but to get the special rate Saturday room reservations must be made at the time you reserve your regular conference rooms. Scholars are invited to use this venue to present reports of their research on topics within the field of educational history of the United States and/or of other countries.  Senior scholars have found MHES sessions to be valuable venues to present their work.  Graduate students are always encouraged to present their work within this supportive, yet challenging, environment. Symposia and panels that bring together a number of papers based on a common theme are especially encouraged.  Other approaches are also welcome. Papers presented at the annual meeting can be submitted for peer review and possible publication in the American Educational History Journal. Submission of Proposals. All proposals must be submitted electronically and must reach the program chair, T. Gregory Barrett, Ph.D., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, by April 1, 2008.  Please send the proposal as a Word document attachment in an e-mail addressed to tgbarrett@ualr.edu. IMPORTANT: The subject line of the e-mail message should read:  "MHES 2008 Proposal." Length. Proposals for papers and posters should not exceed two double-spaced pages and a cover sheet. Proposals for panels, symposia, and alternative formats should not exceed three pages and a cover sheet.  All proposal submissions must be accompanied by an abstract of the paper, poster, panel, symposium or alternative format presentation composed of no more than 50 words. Cover Sheet. Each proposal should have a cover sheet that lists: title or topic of the proposal; category of the proposal (paper, symposium, panel, poster, alternative); names, affiliations and relevant backgrounds of all participants (and, in the case of a symposium, the title of each participant's presentation); address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the person submitting the proposal; and addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all other participants.  Proposal submitters should indicate what type of technology will be used during the presentation of the paper(s). The cover sheet will not be sent to reviewers. After the cover sheet, the proposal must not contain any information that identifies participant(s) named in the proposal.  ALL proposals and participant information for symposia or panels must be submitted at one time by the organizer. Categories of Proposals: * Individual Papers. A paper is a scholarly examination of a topic of interest to MHES members. Following the cover sheet, a paper proposal should restate the title of the paper, describe its contents, and discuss its significance. Presenters will have approximately 20 minutes to read or, preferably, summarize their work. Completed papers should be in the hands of session chairs and discussants by September 26, 2008. * Symposia. A symposium is composed of participants who deliver brief presentations based on prepared papers on a common theme. Following the cover sheet (which should specify the title of each participant's presentation), a symposium proposal should include the topic, its significance, and the titles of the presentations. Most symposia will be allocated 90 minutes on the program. Time should be allowed for each presenter, for a discussant or critic, and for audience participation. Therefore, the organizer of the symposium should plan accordingly and give each presenter a time limit. A chair and a discussant should be identified on the cover sheet or, alternatively, can be assigned by the Program Committee. Symposium papers should reach the chair and discussant by September 26, 2008. * Panels. A panel discusses a topic as a group rather than through formal individual presentations, thereby allowing more direct give and take. Following the cover sheet, a panel proposal should indicate the topic, its significance, and the way it will be approached or discussed. Panelists should keep in mind that they will have no more than 90 minutes for their discussion, including audience participation, and plan accordingly. Although panels usually have less need for a discussant than paper sessions or symposia, a discussant can be included if the organizer wishes. * Posters. A poster visually presents the researcher's work in a creative, comprehensive format.  The poster should serve as a reference and catalyst for conversation with the presenter during the open poster session. Following the cover sheet, a poster proposal should indicate the topic, its significance, and the way it will be approached and presented. Presenters must be present during the one- hour poster session to answer questions regarding their research. * Alternative Presentations. Proposals that do not fit into the above categories, such as performance pieces, video productions, debates, photo assemblages, or other creative endeavors, will also be considered. They should encourage critical reflection on educational issues and allow for audience participation. Following the cover sheet, an alternative proposal should include information on the topic or content of the presentation, and the method(s) or approach(es) taken by the presenter(s). Blind Review and Notification.  The Program Committee will review each proposal. Criteria for review include purpose of the presentation, theoretical context/framework, contribution to the field, and written presentation.  The person who submitted the proposal will be notified of the Committee's decision; it is the submitter's responsibility to notify other presenters of the Committee's decision. Registration.  All individuals whose proposals are accepted for the 2008 MHES Program are required to pre-register for the conference.

October 23-26, Canadian History of Education Association/L'Association canadienne d'histoire de l'éducation (ACHE/CHEA), 15th Biennial Conference, Radisson Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Call for papers here and Call for Prize Nominations here. Please direct all responses and questions to the conference organizers at admin@ache-chea.ca. Information on CHEA/ACHE can be found at http://www.ache-chea.ca.

October 31-November 1, Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) and the Program in the History of the Book in American Culture (PHBAC) conference on Home, School, Play, Work: The Visual and Textual Worlds of Children, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. The Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) and the Program in the History of the Book in American Culture (PHBAC) at the American Antiquarian Society seek papers that explore the visual and textual worlds of children in America from 1700 to 1900. We welcome proposals that address the creation, circulation, and reception of print, manuscript, and other materials produced for, by, or about children. Submissions may address any aspect of eighteenth and nineteenth-century textual, visual, or material culture that relate to the experience or representation of childhood. Suggested topics include popular prints for or of children, board and card games, children’s book illustration, visual aspects of children’s books and magazines, early photography and children, performing children (theater, dance, the circus), dolls and puppets, child workers in art and printing industries, images of children and race, representations of childhood sexuality, the architecture of childhood spaces (schoolrooms, nurseries), children’s clothing, children’s appropriation of commodities, children’s handiwork (samplers, dolls, toys), and theories of visuality or textuality and childhood. Please send a one-page proposal for a 20-minute paper and a brief CV to:Georgia B. Barnhill, Director of CHAViC, at GBarnhill@mwa.org by January 10, 2008.

November 6-9, Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront hotel, 333 First Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida, History of Education Society (USA) Annual Meeting. The Program Committee invites proposals on all topics relevant to the history of education in any time period. Proposals may be submitted for an individual paper, a complete paper session, or a panel discussion. Aproposal for an individual paper spells out the paper's focus and rationale; if accepted, this paper and several others related to it will be combined into a paper session. A proposal for a complete paper session provides a prospectus for a coherent collection of three or four papers, including the names of the authors, a chair, and discussant. A panel discussion is a session in which a group of qualified panelists discusses an important issue in the field, where the panelists are not presenting papers. Please submit proposals on or before February 15, 2008 to the program chair, Eileen Tamura, at hes08@hawaii.edu. All proposals should be sent
in electronic form and not hard copy. Send them as e-mail attachments in the form of MS Word documents. For the e-mail message in which you transmit the proposal, use this subject line: HES PROPOSAL. Eliminate any identifying information and references from your abstract and proposal. Submit your proposal as a single Word document, and include the following 4 elements, separated by a page break: 1. A one-page cover sheet, listing the title of the proposed paper or session, and the name, affiliation, and full contact information for the proposal organizer and for each participant, with email address, mailing address, telephone number, and fax number. Indicate the preferred session format (paper session, panel discussion); 2. An abstract of the proposed paper, paper session, or panel discussion, limited to 50 words; 3. A two-page proposal, single-spaced, describing an individual paper, OR a three-four-page proposal, describing a complete paper session or panel discussion (exclusive of references).   The proposal should include the following four elements: the topic/theme/study, the findings, the significance and how the work relates to other scholarship in the field, and the sources; 4. A one-page c.v. of each participant. The Program Committee hopes to complete its work by May 30, 2008. For questions about proposals, please contact Eileen Tamura, program chair (e-mail: hes08@hawaii.edu; phone: 808-956-7289; fax: 808-956-9100). For questions about payments and registration, please contact Robert Hampel, HES Secretary/Treasurer (e-mail: hampel@udel.edu; phone: 302-831-1651; and mail: School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716). For questions about the book exhibit, please contact David Gamson, book exhibit coordinator (e-mail: dag17@psu.edu; phone: 814-865-2583; mail: Department of Educational Policy Studies, 300 Rackley Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802).

November 14-17, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 20th International Conference of Historians of Asia (IAHA). Historians of Asia are invited to address these and other related issues, like religion and educational growth, under Panel 18—Emergence of Knowledge Societies and Educational History of the Twentieth Conference of the Association of Historians of Asia. Scholars may send in title and abstract of paper in 500 words (in MS Word) along with other details, to Dr. Joseph Bara or Dr. Nandita Khadria, the panel conveners at the following address by 10 April 2008: Educational Records Research Unit, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India. E-mail jebara2003@yahoo.co.in  or nanditakhadria@gmail.com. The conveners will look into the proposals expeditiously and confirm acceptance by 10 May 2008. Depending upon response, the panel may have more than one session. The submission of the full paper will be expected by 30 September 2008. The conveners plan to publish the proceedings of the panel. The authors will be expected to revise their papers in three months after the conference. The authors are advised to follow the British English. Details of the conference are available at http://www.jnu.ac.in/conference/IAHA

2009

February 5-7, The role of religious orders and congregations in secondary education in Europe, Study Centre Soeterbeeck, Ravenstein, Netherlands, organised by RELINS (European Forum on the History of Religious Institutes in the 19th and 20th Century), the Echo Foundation and the Radboud University Nijmegen. A Call for Papers is due to be published in March 2008. RELINS, established in 2001, aims to foster international comparative research on religious institutes in (Western) Europe and to encourage interaction between the scholars involved. Its members are from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, the UK and Ireland. Acting secretary is the KADOC institute of the University of Louvain, Belgium. More information can be obtained at http://kadoc.kuleuven.be/relins/be/about.htm.Our associate in the UK and Ireland is the Historians of Women Religious in Britain and Ireland network (H-WRBI; www.rhul.ac.uk/bedford-centre/history-women-religious/).
 

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