[ecrea] Call for Papers: Sociology of Childhood – Theorising Childhood: Citizenship, Rights, Participation

ESA Research Network 4. Sociology of Children and Childhood

Mid-term Symposium

May 21-23, 2014

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy





Call for Papers

Sociology of Childhood – Theorising Childhood: Citizenship, Rights, 
Participation



The Research Network, Sociology of Children and Childhood hereby 
announces the mid-term symposium which will take place in Modena (Italy) 
from 21st to 23rd May, 2014. The organisation of the symposium will be 
undertaken at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.



The focus of the symposium will be on theorising childhood, in 
particular the areas of citizenship, rights and participation, exploring 
the different and various perspectives that can include these topics in 
the broader field of childhood studies and Sociology.

This symposium follows, continues and articulates the ideas developed 
during the symposium in Jyväskylä (Finland) in 2012. The objective of 
this symposium is to invite theorising in the wide variety of contexts 
of citizenship, rights and participation, approaching the social studies 
of childhood in terms of children’s actions, children’s competences and 
children’s viewpoints and perspectives.



The first day of the symposium (21st of May) will be dedicated to a 
public conference, with the participation of the following keynote speakers:



Hanne Warming (University of Roskilde, Denmark), on children’s global 
citizenship

Karl Hanson (Kurt Bösch Institute, Sion), on children’s rights

Michal Wyness (University of Warwick) on children’s participation

Maria Herczog (chair at Family, Child and Youth, Reader at Eszterházy 
Károly College, member of the UN CRC Committee) on promotion of 
children’s rights and participation



The second and third days of the symposium will be dedicated to paper 
sessions. Although the focus of the first day of the symposium is around 
theorising childhood citizenship, rights and participation, the call 
general Call for Papers is open to core theoretical areas of the 
sociology of childhood.

We therefore invite experienced and young researchers from various 
disciplines sensitive to the sociology of childhood to participate. 
Although presentations and discussions will mainly revolve around 
theorising, participants are welcome to discuss theoretical implications 
for interdisciplinary work on childhood. Presentations can be related to 
the following areas:

1.     Classical sociological theories and new directions in 
sociological theories of childhood

2.     The concepts of temporality and spatiality in theorising childhood

3.     Theorisations of cultural identity and (global) citizenship 
applied to children

4.     Theories of rights, inequalities and injustices in childhood

5.     Theories of children’s participation in institutional and 
informal contexts

6.     Theorisations around gender and ethnicity applied to children

7.     The role of theory in interdisciplinary work on childhood



There will be no conference fees. The number of delegates will be 
restricted to 30 to enable discussion. The papers will be selected 
according to relevance to the areas of the symposium.



Instructions



The abstracts must be written in English in no more than 400 words, and 
include 3-5 keywords. Please submit your abstract and full contact 
details as electronic files no later than the 15th February 2014. Send 
the abstract to Tom Cockburn ((t.d.cockburn /at/ bradford.ac.uk)).

The deadline for notification for abstracts is 15st March 2014.



For further details on the symposium please contact Tom Cockburn 
((t.d.cockburn /at/ bradford.ac.uk))

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Dott. VITTORIO IERVESE
Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
L.go S. Eufemia 41100 Modena
tel ++390592055922
skypecontact: viervese
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