PhD Studentship: History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the Present at Swansea University Apply for a PhD Studentship: History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the Present. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

A fantastic opportunity for historical research! PhD studentship on 'Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the Present'
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Broadside Day 2026 Organised by the Traditional Song Forum with the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, the Broadside Day is a conference for people interested in street literature in all its fascinating aspects, held at...

Still time to book for the Broadside Day 2026!
Coming up on 14 February 2026 at the University of Sheffield, organised by the Traditional Song Forum, @efdss.bsky.social and @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social.
Fantastic and varied programme - full details and booking www.efdss.org/whats-on/61-...

Call for papers for one-day colloquium: Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood. Monday 22nd June 2026. Centre for the History of Childhood, University of Oxford Magdalen College Oxford, UK, and online. We welcome papers that consider the theme of ‘Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood’ from a wide variety of perspectives. Areas that papers might explore include: Children’s experiences as recipients of charity and humanitarianism, including in the context of conflict and displacement. Children’s experiences as charitable and humanitarian actors and providers. Representations of childhood within charitable and humanitarian discourses. Institutions and communities that mobilise around charitable and humanitarian relief for children. Memories, intergenerational transmission, and legacies of charity and humanitarianism. Failures, limitations, and tensions resulting from charitable and humanitarian actions. Archives for, approaches to, and public engagement with the study of charity, humanitarianism, and childhood in the past. Conceptual connections between care, vulnerability, and age. We welcome papers from any disciplinary or professional background and career stage, including advanced undergraduate and graduate students. We encourage papers that engage with the diversity of children’s and young people’s experiences in any historical period and place. Please send abstracts of c. 250 words for a fifteen-minute paper and a brief bio to sian.pooley@magd.ox.ac.uk by midday on Friday 13th March 2026. We plan to offer in person and online participation, so please indicate your preference when submitting. Organising Committee: Charlotte Canizo, Joseph Leidy, Siân Pooley, Susannah Wright

📢Call for papers📢 for this year's Centre for the History of Childhood colloquium on Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood on 22 June 2026. Please send us your abstracts by midday on Friday 13 March. We look forward to hearing from you! More details here: www.history.ox.ac.uk/centre-histo...

The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children From Pig Latin to Punch Buggy, kids have long used nonsensical language, gestures and games to carve out cultures of their own.

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Thanks @uk.theconversation.com for disseminating some of the results of our project "Unlocking Upcycled medieval data" (an Anglo-German collaboration between the @ihr.bsky.social and the #UniversityofBamberg).

Albert and the Liner by Keith Waterhouse - BBC Sounds A lad is convinced a model of the Queen Mary will be his for Christmas.

Definitely worth a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Morgenmagazin: Weihnachtssingen im Pub - hier anschauen In und um Sheffield treffen sich die Menschen zur Weihnachtszeit in den Pubs, um gemeinsam zu singen. Gesungen wird traditionelles Liedgut aus der Region, das auf andere Weise von Weihnachten erzählt.

Carolling season's greetings! www.ardmediathek.de/video/morgen...

There's still time to pitch in for the Children's History Society 2026 #conference here at Sheffield with an extended cfp, and with a focus on space, place and belonging, #folklore is one of the suggested conference themes for papers!

Great opportunity to hear more about the fantastic @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project from @heatherlwellis.bsky.social !! @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

BBC Archives closure Ongoing petition of importance for business and organizational historians

Sign the petition to protest against the BBC Archive restricting access - a massive blow to social and cultural history research open.substack.com/pub/organiza...

Come and sing Derbyshire carols! Still places left! www.villagecarols.org.uk/events/derby...

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Lore and Lunch Lore and Lunch is an online monthly reading and discussion group led by members of the Contemporary Folklore Research Centre. Everyone is welcome: You don't have to be a centre member, no formal quali...

Our #Lore and Lunch #reading #group is back on 22 October. Our online meetings are open to everyone with an open attitude and interest in #Folklore Studies. Information on how to sign up is on our website along with past readings.
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Delighted to be hosting the @histchild.bsky.social conference next year at @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Calling for papers right now! www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...

So many interesting conversations with up-and-coming folklore researchers! Thanks to the @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social for excellent hospitality and @folkloresociety.bsky.social for hosting!

Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance In the 1930s, an English folklorist and a French theatre director, made individual journeys in search of authentic performance

Not too late to book this online talk by Peter Harrop this evening:
Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance

Date: 9 sept • 19:00

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Looking forward to reading this! Congratulations, Abbi!

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Interesting post for someone here - 'Archiving Community '.
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It has been a lovely week at @ische-news.bsky.social #ISCHE46im Lille. Thought-provoking panels, catching up with old friends and sharing results of the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social

In Our Time - Dragons - BBC Sounds Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this ubiquitous mythical creature.

Brilliant episode about dragons. Bravo Juliette Wood and all taking part! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

School meals smaller and have less meat due to cost, caterers say A 3p rise in free school meals funding is

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I am so excited for this workshop!

Wonderful paper by this dream team, crowned with a gem of poetry from @draflint.bsky.social Looking forward to hearing more!

To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

Excellent event - thanks to all who came and supported it. Food for thought (of course!)

Fantastic: storytelling workshop coming up - not to be missed!

Delighted that @berrypillot.bsky.social will be talking about her award-winning research on children's play in London and Liverpool in the Second World War as part of the @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social online seminar series on 25 June, 1-2.30 pm. See below to book your place!

BBC World Service - Outlook, Folklore, music and me: my chart-topping lullabies Hafdís Huld's lullabies captivated Iceland and made music history

for our last Lore and Lunch this summer we're talking Icelandic lullabies! To join us on 26th June 1-2pm to chat about the BBC World Service programme "Folklore, music and me: my chart-topping lullabies" available on BBC Sounds fill out the Google form on our webpage.
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Trust my work to end up in secondhand bookshop!

Free school meal rule change to make 500,000 more pupils eligible Charities broadly welcome the plans, saying they hope it is a sign of more to come.

This is a step in the right direction
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