Exploring Childhood Studies:
A Graduate Student Conference
April 9, 2010
Rutgers-The State University
Camden, New Jersey

The graduate students of the Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University, Camden invite submissions for papers and poster presentations for their first formal graduate student conference on April 9, 2010. Graduate students from all disciplines who are engaged in research relating to children and childhood are encouraged to submit proposals.

In an attempt to define this emerging and diverse field, the Exploring Childhood Studies conference proposes defining Childhood Studies by "doing" childhood studies; the conference will explore the field by offering explorations within it. We seek papers from all disciplines that keep the child, children, and childhood as their central focus, providing critical thought and insight while locating them in different contexts, fields, and ideologies.

January 10, 2010 - Presenters will receive acceptance decision.

Registration information and deadline dates - Information forthcoming

Conference Keynote Speaker Announced
Dr. Myra Bluebond-Langner
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
Founding Director of the Center for Children and Childhood Studies
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey