Prof. April Nowell announced that the 19th @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference will take place in Victoria, Canada next June - we hope you can join us! #SSCIP2027
Katie A. Hemer
@katieahemer.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist, early medievalist, FSA, Cymraes, Welsh speaker. Mum. Assoc. Prof @UCLarchaeology. President of @SSCIPChildhood. Deputy Editor - Medieval Archaeology. Views always my own.
Congratulations to @lindavilumets.bsky.social who won the student podium prize at the @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference in Oulu 🥳 #SSCIP2026
Group photo from the @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference in Oulu last week ... thanks to everyone who participated and made it a huge success (and apologies to anyone cut out of the photo!) #SSCIP2026
Last but not least, Povilas Blaževičius explores food and food waste as toys and their role in play @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
From the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic ... Lidija Balj looks at miniature objects and children in the Neolithic Vinča culture @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
Back into the deep past with Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer who explores the role of children in Palaeolithic flint knapping @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
Drawing on written and oral stories, Jurga Jonutyte now explores childhood experiences in 20th century Lithuania @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
Timo Ylimanu explores what it was like for children growing up near the River Kemi, Finland in the 20th century @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
After a tasty lunch, we are now back with Marisa Kuusisto who explores a criminal case of infanticide in 18th century Finland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
Ending this morning's session is Nora Schuurman who explores childhood memories of everyday encounters with animals in post-war Finland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
Chiara Tesi explores mother-infant relations in Medieval and Post-Medieval Italy @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
From Greece to Estonia...now Linda Vilumets discusses her study into non-adult coffins from post-medieval Estonia @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
Back after tea with Holly Winch who explores children's social worlds in early Greece @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
Marieke Ivarsson-Aalders takes us to Viking Age Gotland and explores what the bioarchaeological evidence can tell us about VA children @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
What did adolescents get up to in the Palaeolithic? April Nowell explores this topic in her talk @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
What is joy? Ramunė Bleizgienė explores the meaning(s) of joy in children's textbooks from Lithuania @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
Back after tea with Essi Kurki who is exploring children and disability in 20th century Finland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
Bianca Preda-Bǎlǎnica considers double (adult/child) burials in Yamna funerary practices @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
Raquel Liceras-Garrido explores the experiences and agency of infants and children in Iron Age Iberia
Now to medieval Sweden with Emelie Jonsson who is exploring evidence for non-adult health and disease @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
Javier Salcines-Montaña explores emotional and ethical considerations of working with the remains of infants @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
Back after a tasty lunch, now with Marina Lourenço talking about a post-medieval necropolis in Lisbon @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
Lots of great posters here at @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference #SSCIP2026 - each author gets the opportunity to present a brief summary of their work to the audience at the start of the poster session
Concluding the first set of talks @sscipchildhood.bsky.social is Sarah Baitzel exploring children's "family making" in the Andes
Csilla Libor now explores status, sorrow and grief in medieval and post-medieval Hungary @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
Our journal Editor, Prof Eileen Murphy, now presents on the dead child in medieval Ireland @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #SSCIP2026
And we're off ... Sanna Lipkin, organiser of this year's annual @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference here in Oulu welcomes everyone to the event.
