I haven't been on here in a while for personal reasons, but hopping back on to say that my new book is available for download here: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

If you are interested in #histchild #histed then there should be something here for you!

‘Bloomsbury Open Collections’ builds with a further 24 open access titles Bloomsbury Open Collections has reached 42% of its funding goal globally for 2024-25, ensuring a further 24 titles are added.

Very excited that my new book, Children and Freedom in the Cape Colony has been selected for open access publication later this year! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/l...

Postdoc at the ISG at UFS. Amazing research group and culture and opportunity to work on your own research projects. Let me know if you want details and please share widely

I am going to be stepping down as Book Reviews editor in mid-2025. Please get in touch if you are interested in taking over the position. You will be working with great people!

Does anyone have access to this article? I've checked the usual places but can't get my hands on it... muse.jhu.edu/pub/437/arti...

Thank you!

Any new or forthcoming books in #histed that you think should be reviewed in History of Education? Please send me suggestions!

Especially hmm given Habib's South African experience where online teaching was particularly challenging and many (in some instances most) students didn't have access to a stable internet connection during Covid and were doing entire courses using data on their mobile phones...

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Friday essay: ‘I said no’ – Nie’s refusal and the troubling question of Pacific slavery in Australia In 1881, a Pacific Islander woman brought here to work on a sugar cane plantation ran away. She was violently retrieved by her employer. Her story sheds moving light on a dark history of exploitation.

And another:
theconversation.com/friday-essay...

Thanks for the prompting @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social! I am here and excited to chat with other historians of education/childhood/empire. Also, as usual, let me know if you have any recommendations for books for review in History of Education!