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Centre for the History of Childhood Colloquium 2026 – ‘Charity, Humanitarianism and Childhood’
This year’s colloquium on Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood at the University of Oxford’s Centre for the History of Childhood took a closer look at the tight knot that binds humanitarianism to the history of childhood.
A Historic First: Inaugural Lecture of the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexualities
On Monday 20 May, Mansfield College and the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford proudly hosted the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Matt Cook, the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexualities - the first post of its kind in the UK.
Gender Dynamics and Feminist Intervention in Youth Clubs in Late Twentieth-Century England
Ryan Aslett has just finished his second year studying Geography at the University of Exeter, Cornwall. He will spend the following year studying at Radboud University in the Netherlands. He is interested in how modern-day austerity has impacted young people's spatialities, social spheres and holistic development.
