What is a Child? Part of a seminar series interrogating the concept of rights of the child and implications for research, policy and practice

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Abstract

Part of a seminar series interrogating the concept of rights of the child and implications for research, policy and practice.

Article 1 of the UNCRC defines a child as an individual below the age of 18 years. This definition is now used and adapted across countries and contexts. However, this definition of a child is specific to the 21st century; different eras in history defined the child in different ways. Furthermore, while the UNCRC identifies this definition of the child as universal, different cultures (used to) define the child and childhood in different ways. This seminar looks at different definitions of the child as understood through histories and cultures

Event Details

Monday 21 February 2022
17:00 - 18:30
Zoom Webinar
Public
Department of Education Public Seminars
Department of Education
Free

Event Speakers

Dr Peter N. Stearns (Department of History and Art History, George Mason University), Siân Halcrow (University of Otago), Professor Marilyn Fleer (Foundation Chair in Early Childhood Education and Development, Monash University), Dr Catherine Sloan (Career Development Fellow in History, University of Oxford)

Organiser

Professor Leon Feinstein