by Katie Carpenter | May 22, 2020
“I don’t wanna go to school!” All of a sudden, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought school into millions of homes around the world. A familiar morning complaint like the above does not always happen anymore. The Western notion that formal education primarily occurs...
by Katie Carpenter | May 3, 2020
News from HES (UK) The HES (UK) annual conference CFP is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Timeless Memories’. The conference will be hosted by the University of Birmingham on 6- 8 November 2020. Check out the conference website. This month we posted a new post to our...
by Katie Carpenter | Apr 29, 2020
Henry VI founded Eton College in 1440 for “25 poor and indigent scholars to learn grammar”. He wanted his subjects to have the opportunities of acquiring knowledge that he had enjoyed, and named William Stokke and Richard Cokkes as the first two boys to have a...
by Katie Carpenter | Apr 7, 2020
The History of Education Society (UK) is delighted to confirm the shortlists for our 2020 book prizes. Anne Bloomfield Prize For the best book written in English on the History of Education published between 2017 and 2019 Tom O’Donoghue and Teresa...
by Katie Carpenter | Apr 6, 2020
News from HES (UK) The HES (UK) annual conference CFP is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Timeless Memories’. The conference will be hosted by the University of Birmingham on 6- 8 November 2020. Check out the conference website. Owing to the current...
