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‘My First Coup’: autobiographies of childhood
By C E Hastings"My auntie and the headmistress tried as best they could, with smiles and toffee, to shield me from their rising anxiety, but I could feel it bouncing off the quick sideways glances they shot each other and taking flight like some dark, winged creature...
The Peter Gosden Fellowship
IntroductionIn 2015, the History of Education Society will fund the second annual Peter Gosden Fellowship. The purpose of this Fellowship will be to build upon the achievements associated with the first Fellowship, in terms of establishing a higher public profile for...
Review of History of Education Society Conference 2014: ‘Transnationalism, Gender & Teaching: Perspectives from the History of Education’
By Charlotte Rochez - @cdrochez The 2014 History of Education Conference was held at Bewley’s hotel, Dublin. The hotel was an ideal location for a conference for the society given its interesting history, and many delegates enjoyed discussing the building’s...
Playcentre and DEHANZ
By Suzanne Manning ~ @slmanning1When my first child was about 10 months old, I met a woman in a nearby park. She asked me what early childhood services I would be taking my daughter to; at that stage, I had no idea. So she launched into her spiel...
The history of Scottish education: a window to the rural world
by Helen YoungI’m currently undertaking ESRC doctoral research into the history of the small rural schools of Scotland. Focusing on the period 1872-2000, I’m exploring a number of themes (including gender, citizenship and the nature of rurality) with an...
International Standing Conference on the History of Education 2015 (ISCHE 2015): ‘Culture and Education’ Istanbul University, Turkey, 24th – 27th June 2015
By Meryem Karabekmez (student representative of ISCHE 2015)ISCHE 37 will be held in Istanbul in 2015 on the theme of ‘Culture and Education’. The purpose of this conference is to examine the relations between education and culture in the historical process.What is the...
Teachers’ Lives, Teachers’ Voices, and Educational Development in Central Asia
By Peter CunninghamTeachers’ life histories make a significant contribution to educational development in a Central Asian centre of key economic growth. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education has recently published a project from within their...
What evidence do historians of education need to reconstruct the past?
by Heather Ellis and Stephen ParkerThe History of Education Society was recently invited to take part in an open consultation process organised by National Archives regarding its operational selection policy (OSP) concerning the records of the Department for Education...
November is #histedmonth
#histedmonth uses social media to encourage collaboration and networking between individuals and groups interested in the history of education. It seeks to promote the history of education by engaging the wider public. The theme of #histedmonth this year is:...
Summer Universities, within the international relationships of the Hungarian Royal Erzsébet University between 1920-1946
by Adrienn...