Conference: "Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine." When: 16-18 November. Where: Online and at the University of Leeds (UK). www.childhoodshstm.com

Call for conference papers/sessions: "Art in Early Childhood." The 3-day conference will take place at Capilano University (Canada) in July 2027. artfulness.capilanou.ca/artconferenc...

The latest issue of the Journal of Applied Youth Studies is available online. The special issue, co-edited by our member Judith Bessant, is dedicated to the subject of "Youth Studies in Australia and the Climate Crisis." link.springer.com/journal/4315...

Journal of Applied Youth Studies

The Journal of Applied Youth Studies (JAYS) is a scholarly journal publishing across the research – policy – practice – theory spectrum on issues that concern ...

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Academic job: Associate Professor in Child Developmental and Educational Psychology at Aarhus University (Denmark). Applications are due by 2 November. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD358/a...

Associate Professor in Educational and Developmental Psychology at Aarhus University

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The latest issue of the journal Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ciea/27/3

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood - Volume 27, Number 3

Table of contents for Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 27, 3

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The latest issue of the journal Childhood in the Past is out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ycip20/c...

Childhood in the Past

Relational Understandings in the Archaeology of Ancient Maya Childhood. Volume 19, Issue 2 of Childhood in the Past

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The Anthropology of Childhood and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG) of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is inviting applications for several positions on its board. Applications are due by 1 December. acyig.americananthro.org/2026/10/05/c...

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The Board of the Anthropology of Childhood and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG) of the American Anthropological Association invites applications for several Board positions beginning in January 2027. acyig.americananthro.org/2026/10/05/c...

Call for articles: "Energy Perspectives on Children's Literature." For a special issue of the journal International Research in Children's Literature. Abstracts are due by 15 December. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/107245

The European Early Childhood Education Research Journal is inviting applications for its College of Reviewers. Applications are due by 30 October. eecera.org/wp-content/u...

We're delighted to interview Judith Bessant and Rob Watts about their new book, The Politics of Deception: Youth Political Participation in an Age of Global Crises: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

A special issue of the journal Children, Youth and Environments is out: "A Decade in Review." muse.jhu.edu/issue/57042

The latest issue of the journal Children's Geographies is out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cchg20/2...

Children's Geographies

Volume 24, Issue 4 of Children's Geographies

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Academic job: Lecturer in Youth Work at the University of Greater Manchester. Applications are due by 4 October. jobs.greatermanchester.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Greater Manchester: Lecturer in Community & Youth Work

The University of Greater Manchester is a “Teaching Intensive, Research Informed” higher education institution whose distinctive high quality, student-focused, undergraduate and postgraduate programme...

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Call for conference papers: "Displacement, Transnationality, Separation, and Longing in Narratives for Young Readers." Proposals are due by 25 September. The conference will take place on 26–27 November at the University of Wrocław (Poland).

Call for conference papers and panels: "The Invisible, Hidden, and Emerging within Children’s Cultures." The multidisciplinary conference will be held at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) in May, 2027. www.jyu.fi/en/events/bi...

BIN Norden Conference 2027

BIN Norden Conference

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Call for papers: "Childhood, Youth and Aging in Generational Narratives." For an online seminar at the annual conference of the American Comparative Literature Association. Proposals are due by 22 September. The conference will take place in May 2027. www.acla.org/seminar/dc53...

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#CFP: seminar “Intergenerational Entanglements: Childhood, Youth and Aging in Generational Narratives” for the virtual session of the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Meeting Online 15-16 May 2027 Deadline: 22 September 2026 www.acla.org/seminar/dc53...

Call for nominations for leadership positions in the Children & Youth (C&Y) Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Nominations are due by 1 November.

Call for nominations for the Board of the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies (AMECYS). Applications are due by 9 November.

Academic job: Associate Professor in Childhood Studies at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Applications are due by 15 October. jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Call for papers: "Children and Youth Geographies – Critical Perspectives on Everyday Life." For a session at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Abstracts are due by 5 October. The conference will take place in New York in February 2027.

A special issue of the journal Historical Social Research is out: "Violated Childhoods: Histories of Children in Europe since 1945." www.gesis.org/en/hsr/curre...

A special issue of the journal Strenae is out, dedicated to the theme of "Children's Fabrics: Forms, Sensorialities, Imaginaries": journals.openedition.org/strenae/1262...

28 | 2026 Tissus d’enfances : formes, sensorialités, imaginaires

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

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Call for conference papers and panels: "Researching Children’s Literature in the 21st Century." Abstracts are due by 1 December. The conference will take place in July 2027 at the University of São Paulo (Brazil). irscl2027.org

Call for chapters on childhood and youth for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Transecology. Abstracts are due by 15 November. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Academic job: Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Primary and Childhood Education at Edge Hill University (UK). Applications are due by 9 September. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSQ639/l...

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Primary and Early Years at Edge Hill University

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

Call for conference papers and panels: "Children’s Literature in a Changing World." Proposals are due by 30 September. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/106354

The latest issue of the journal Child: Care, Health and Development is out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652214...

Child: Care, Health and Development: Vol 52, No 5

Child: Care, Health and Development is a pediatrics journal covering the effects of social & environmental factors on health, development, & developmental psychology.

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Academic job: Assistant Professor of Youth Work at Maynooth University (Ireland). Applications are due by 17 September. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR559/a...

Assistant Professor/ Lecturer (Community Work and Youth Work – Youth Work Specialism) at Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth

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Call for articles for a special issue of the European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ): "Nurturing Slowness within Outdoor Play and Learning." Abstracts are due by 16 November. www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...

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Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of the European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ) Title: Nurturing Slowness within Outdoor Play and Learning Guest Editors: Georgia Gessiou, Mehme...

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