Call for conference papers: "(Dis)Playable Children's Bodies in Asia (ca 1850–1950s)." For two panels at the annual conference of the Association for Asian Studies in Boston (US) in March 2027. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Academic job: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Children, Youth and Digital Media at the University of Oslo (Norway). Applications are due by 15 August. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Call for articles: Representation and educational use of Holocaust narratives in multimodal texts for children and young adults. Manuscripts are due by 11 January 2027. think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

The latest issue of the Journal of Childhood, Education & Society is out: www.j-ces.com/index.php/jc...

Call for book reviewers for the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

We're delighted to interview our members, Matthew Benwell, Spyros Spyrou, and Eleni Theodorou, about their edited book, Children, Young People and the Future: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

The latest issue of the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education is out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujec20/4...

Call for chapters on children for an edited collection on minoritized identities, equity-deserving communities, and artificial intelligence. Abstracts are due by 15 October.

Call for symposium participants: “Children, Disability, and Play.” For the 2027 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting being held in April 2027 in Toronto (Canada). Abstracts are due by 19 July.

Call for panel presentations: "Leakiness and Containment Across Childhood and Youth." The event will take place online and at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) on 22 October. Abstracts are due by 17 July.

CGYFRG (the Geographies of Children, Youth, and Families Research Group of the Royal Geography Society) is inviting applications for five positions on its committee. Expression of Interest are due by 21st August.

We're delighted to interview our member, Matías Cordero Arce, about his new book - Sketches from a Juvenile Justice Centre: Coercion, Relationships, Emancipation: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

Conference: "Feminist Childhood Studies." When: 31 August - 3 September. Where: The University of Edinburgh (UK). linktr.ee/feministchil...

Call for conference papers & panels: "Global Childhood(s) & Histories of Science, Technology & Medicine." The conference, co-organized by our member Elisabeth M. Yang, will be held at the University of Leeds on 16-18 November. Proposals are due by 22 June. hpsleeds.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/c...

Academic job: A 4-year assistant professorship in sociology at Durham University (UK). One of the areas of priority is "Supporting children, women, and family health." Applications are due by 28 June. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW726/a...

Fellowships to conduct research on the historical collection of children's books at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne). Applications are due by 12 August. library.acu.edu.au/fellowship

Call for papers, panels, and roundtables for a symposium on the history of teen entertainment. Proposals are due by 16 October. The event will take place on 2-3 April, 2027, at the University of Notre Dame. To submit a proposal, follow one of the links in the comments below.

Conference: Children's participation in and beyond the courtroom - four decades after the Gillick judgment. When: 17-18 September. Where: The University of Liverpool (UK). Day 1: www.ticketsource.com/school-of-la... Day 2: www.ticketsource.com/school-of-la...

Conference: "Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education." When: 20-24 November. Where: University of Otago (New Zealand). events.otago.ac.nz/recec-2026/r...

Call for articles for future issues of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Conference: "Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood." Where: Online and at the University of Oxford (UK). When: 22 June. www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/charit...

Call for articles: "Death and Grief in Nordic Childhoods." For a special issue of the journal Barn - Forskning på barn og barndom i Norden. Articles (in English, Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish) are due by 1 September. tidsskriftetbarn.no/index.php/ba...

The latest issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth is out: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56923

Call for conference papers & panels: "In Search of Young People in History" (the 16th biennial conference of @shcy.bsky.social). The conference will take place at Concordia University (Canada) in June 2027. Proposals are due by 15 September. www.shcy.org/news-announc...

The 18th Annual Conference of the Society of the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP) will take place from 10 to 12 June at the University of Oulu (Finland): sarks.fi/sscip-confer...

CFP: "Translating Sociological Research involving Children & Young People into Societal Impact." For a hybrid symposium on 25 August. Early-career researchers & PhD students are invited to submit abstracts by 30 July. www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Call for articles: "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Early Childhood Development and Education." For a special issue of the Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Letters of intent are due by 31 August. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Call for papers for the Second International Child and Family Conference. The conference will be held at the University of Bristol (UK) in June 2027. Abstracts are due by 9 October. cfrc.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...

Call for chapters on childhood for The Handbook of Ecofeminist Drama (University of Illinois Press). Abstracts are due by 15 June. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

CFP: "Building Youth Digital Futures." For a blog series, followed by a workshop in autumn/fall 2026. Selected papers will be published in an international journal. Submissions due by 4 July. www.medialaws.eu/symposium-bu...

Call for conference papers and panels on "Youth Agency and Activism in an Age of Precarity." Abstracts are due by 30 June. The conference will take place on 7-8 September online and at the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus (Japan). eaysa.org/2026-youth-s...

Academic job: Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Child Psychology at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Applications are due by 30 June. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRR362/a...

Call for articles: "Accountability for Child Rights – Mechanisms, Challenges, and Pathways Forward." For a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights, co-edited by our members Patricio Cuevas-Parra and Kay Tisdall. Abstracts are due by 29 June.

Call for articles: "Children, Expertise, and the Co-Production of Culture." For a special issue of NEOS (the journal of the Anthropology of Children & Youth Interest Group of the American Anthropology Association). Articles are due by 1 July. acyig.americananthro.org/neos/neos-fa...

Call for articles: "Echoes of Intersectional Childhood Studies in the Capitalocene." For a special issue of the journal Sociedad e Infancias. Articles (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese) are due by 31 October. revistas.ucm.es/index.php/SO...

An award for PhD research on children and youth in the Middle East, North Africa, Gulf and their diasporic communities. The award is given by the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies. Self-nominations are due by 1 August.

Academic job: Assistant Professor of Early Childhood and Childhood Education at Mercy University in New York (US): talenthub.mercy.edu/jobs/assista...

Call for articles: "Towards Childhood as Curriculum: Theory, Research, and Practice." For a special issue of the journal Curriculum Inquiry, co-edited by our member Julie Garlen. Submissions are due by 31 August. www.curriculuminquiry.org/calls-for-pa...

A conference on "Young people, social media and new understandings of mental distress" will take place online and in London on 9-10 July: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-peop...

Call for chapters for an edited collection on child adoption in popular media. Abstracts are due by 15 June. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Call for articles: "Girlhood and Climate Change." For a special issue of the journal Girlhood Studies. Abstracts are due by 15 June. www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/GH...

Conference: "The Diasporic Child Strikes Back: Transnational Desires and Childhoods of Empire." The online conference, hosted by Rutgers University (US), will take place from 11 to 13 June. childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/conference2026

The 18th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past will take place online and at the University of Oulu (Finland) from 10 to 12 June. www.eventbrite.fi/e/sscip-2026...

Call for articles: "How do we get to know moving with children?" For a special issue of the International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal. Submissions are due by 6 July. www.iccpsonlinejournal.org/index.php/ch...

The 15th anniversary issue of the journal Global Studies of Childhood is out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/16/1

Academic job: Visiting Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education at Oakland University (US). The position will remain open until it is filled. jobs.oakland.edu/postings/37573

The latest issue of the journal Children & Society is out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990860...

Call for chapters for an edited collection: "Race, Ethnicity, and Representation in Irish Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 1600–2000." Abstracts are due by 29 May. www.iasil.org/2026/04/cfp-...

The fifth biennial conference of the Children's History Society will be held at the University of Sheffield (UK) in July. Registration is open until 1 June. www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...

Academic job: Postdoctoral researcher for a project on the history of everyday nationalism in relation to childhood and other social spheres. The project is based at Tampere University (Finland). Applications are due by 20 May. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...