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Book Interviews

Book Interviews

Interview with Divya Kannan about her book, Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala
13 October 2024

Our member, Dr. Divya Kannan (Shiv Nadar University, India), talks about her new book, Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala (Cambridge University Press 2024).

An interview with Heidi Morrison about her edited collection, Lived Resistance Against the War on Palestinian Children
6 October 2024

Our member, Dr. Heidi Morrison (University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, US), talks about her edited collection, Lived Resistance Against the War on Palestinian Children (University of Georgia Press, 2024).

An interview with Rebekah Willett and Andy (Xinyu) Zhao about their edited collection, Children, Media, and Pandemic Parenting
18 August 2024

Our member, Prof. Rebekah Willett (University of Wisconsin-Madison, US), and her co-editor, Dr. Andy (Xinyu) Zhao (Deakin University, Australia), talk about their edited collection, Children, Media, and Pandemic Parenting: Family Life in Uncertain Times (Routledge, 2024).

An interview with Zsuzsa Millei, Nelli Piattoeva, and Iveta Silova, about their edited collection, (An)Archive: Childhood, Memory, and the Cold War
22 June 2024

Our member, Prof. Zsuzsa Millei (Tampere University, Finland), and her co-editors, Dr. Nelli Piattoeva (Tampere University, Finland) and Iveta Silova (Arizona State University, US), talk about their edited collection, (An)Archive: Childhood, Memory, and the Cold War (Open Book Publishers, 2024).

An interview with Judith Bessant, Philippa Collin, and Patrick O’Keeffe about their edited collection, Research Handbook on the Sociology of Youth
2 June 2024

Our member, Prof. Judith Bessant (RMIT University, Australia), along with her co-editors, Prof. Philippa Collin (Western Sydney University, Australia) and Dr. Patrick O’Keeffe (RMIT University, Australia), talk about their edited collection, Research Handbook on the Sociology of Youth (Edward Elgar, 2024).

An interview with Anandini Dar and Divya Kannan about their edited collection, Childhood and Youth in India: Engagements with Modernity
7 April 2024

Our members, Dr. Anandini Dar (BML Munjal University, India) and Dr. Divya Kannan (Shiv Nadar University, India), talk about their edited collection, Childhood and Youth in India: Engagements with Modernity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).

An interview with Julie Garlen and Neil Ramjewan about their edited collection, Refusing the Limits of Contemporary Childhood: Beyond Innocence
31 March 2024

Our member, Prof. Julie Garlen (Carleton University, Canada), and her co-editor, Neil Ramjewan (University of Toronto, Canada), talk about their edited collection, 
Refusing the Limits of Contemporary Childhood: Beyond Innocence (Rowan & Littlefield, 2023).

An interview with Victoria Cooper and Mimi Tatlow-Golden about their edited collection, An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology
17 December 2023

Our member, Dr. Victoria Cooper (Open University, UK), and her co-editor, Dr. Mimi Tatlow-Golden (both from the Open University, UK), talk about their edited collection, An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology (Routledge, 2023).

Interview with Sarada Balagopalan, John Wall, and Karen Wells about their edited collection, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies
10 December 2023

Our members, Prof. John Wall (Rutgers University, US) and Prof. Karen Wells (Birkbeck, University of London, UK), along with their co-editor Prof. Sarada Balagopalan (Rutgers University, US), talk about their edited collection, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies (Bloomsbury, 2023).

Interview with Deevia Bhana, Yuwei Xu, and Vina Adriany about their edited collection, Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education
2 December 2023

Our members, Prof. Deevia Bhana (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) and Dr. Yuwei Xu (University of Nottingham, U.K.), as well as their co-editor Prof. Vina Adriany (Universitas Pendidikan, Indonesia), talk about their edited collection, Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts (Routledge, 2023).

Interview with J. Marshall Beier and Helen Berents about their edited collection, Children, Childhoods, and Global Politics
25 November 2023

Our members, Prof. J. Marshall Beier (McMaster University, Canada) and Dr. Helen Berents (Griffith University, Australia), talk about their edited collection, Children, Childhoods, and Global Politics (Bristol University Press, 2023).

Interview with Manfred Liebel about his book, Childhoods of the Global South: Children’s Rights and Resistance
12 November 2023

Our member, Dr. Manfred Liebel (Germany), talks about his new book (written with Rebecca Budde, Urszula Markowska-Manista, and Philip Meade), Childhoods of the Global South: Children’s Rights and Resistance (Policy Press, 2023).

Interview with Kristine Alexander and Simon Sleight about their edited collection, A Cultural History of Youth in the Modern Age
29 October 2023

Our members, Dr. Kristine Alexander (University of Lethbridge, Canada) and Dr. Simon Sleight (King's College London, UK), talk about their edited collection, A Cultural History of Youth in the Modern Age (Bloomsbury, 2022).

Interview with Rachel Berman, Patrizia Albanese, and Xiaobei Chen about their edited collection, Sociological Research and Urban Children and Youth
22 October 2023

Our members, Profs. Rachel Berman and Patrizia Albanese (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada), along with their co-editor Prof. Xiaobei Chen (Carleton University, Canada), talk about their new collection, Sociological Research and Urban Children and Youth (Emerald, 2023).

Interview with Tisdall, Davis, Fry, Konstantoni, Kustatscher, Maternowska, and Weiner about their edited textbook, Critical Childhood Studies: Global Perspectives
1 October 2023

Our members, Prof. Kay Tisdall and Dr. Marlies Kustatscher, talk about their new textbook, co-edited with Prof. Debi Fry, Dr. Kristina Konstantoni, Prof. Kati Maternowska, Ms. Laura Weiner (all from the University of Edinburgh, UK), and Prof. John Davis (University of Strathclyde, UK), Critical Childhood Studies: Global Perspectives (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023).

Interview with Jill Duerr Berrick, Marit Skivenes, and Neil Gilbert about their edited collection, The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems
23 September 2023

Our members, Prof. Jill Duerr Berrick (U.C. Berkeley, US) and Prof. Marit Skivenes (University of Bergen, Norway), talk about their new volume, co-edited with Prof. Neil Gilbert (U.C. Berkeley, US), The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Interview with Freeden Blume Oeur about his co-edited volume, Gender Replay: On Kids, Schools, and Feminism
30 July 2023

Our member, Prof. Freeden Blume Oeur (Tufts University, US), talks about his collection, co-edited with Prof. C. J. Pascoe (University of Oregon, US), Gender Replay: On Kids, Schools, and Feminism (New York University Press, 2023).

Interview with Felicity Jensz about her co-edited volume, Global Perspectives on Boarding Schools in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
8 July 2023

Our member, Dr Felicity Jensz (University of Münster, Germany), talks about her collection, co-edited with Daniel Gerster (Research Centre for Contemporary History in Hamburg, Germany), Global Perspectives on Boarding Schools in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).

Interview with Peter Kelly, Peter Kraftl, and their co-editors about their two edited collections on young people and the anthropocene
15 April 2023

Our members, Peter Kelly (Deakin University, Australia) and Peter Kraftl (University of Birmingham, UK), talk about their two co-edited collections (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022):

Interview with Stephanie Olsen and Heidi Morrison about their anthology, A Cultural History of Youth
9 April 2023

Our members, Stephanie Olsen (Tampere University, Finland) and Heidi Morrison (University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, US), talk about their 6-volume anthology, A Cultural History of Youth (Bloomsbury, 2023).

Interview with Karl Hanson, Jonathan Josefsson, Sarada Balogopalan, and Bengt Sandin about their edited collection The Politics of Children´s Rights and Representation
25 March 2023

Our members, Karl Hanson (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and Jonathan Josefsson (Linköping University, Sweden), as well as their co-editors Sarada Balogopalan (Rutgers University, US) and  Bengt Sandin (Linköping University, Sweden), talk about their edited collection The Politics of Children´s Rights and Representation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) (open access).

Interview with Peter Hopkins, Matthew Benwell, and their co-editors about their new collection, Refugee Youth: Migration, Justice and Urban Space
18 March 2023

Our members, Peter Hopkins and Matthew Benwell (Newcastle University, UK), and their co-editors, Mattias De Backer (KU Leuven, Belgium), Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Robin Finlay (Newcastle University, UK), Elisabeth Kirndörfer (University of Bonn, Germany), Mieke Kox (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Kathrin Hörschelmann (University of Bonn, Germany), talk about their new collection, Refugee Youth: Migration, Justice and Urban Space (Bristol University Press, 2023).

Interview with Spyros Spyrou et al. about their edited collection, Valuing the Past, Sustaining the Future? Exploring Coastal Societies, Childhood(s) and Local Knowledge in Times of Global Transition
4 March 2023

Our member Spyros Spyrou (European University Cyprus) and his co-editors, Anne Trine Kjørholt (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Sharon Bessell (Australian National University), Dympna Devine (University College Dublin, Ireland), and Firouz Gaini (University of the Faroe Islands), talk about their edited collection, Valuing the Past, Sustaining the Future? Exploring Coastal Societies, Childhood(s) and Local Knowledge in Times of Global Transition (MARE Publication Series, Volume 27, Springer Nature, 2022).

Interview with Karen Malone, Marek Tesar, and Sonja Arndt about their book, Theorising Posthuman Childhood Studies
4 February 2023

Our member, Prof. Marek Tesar (Auckland, New Zealand), along with his co-authors Prof. Karen Malone (Swinburne, Australia) and Dr. Sonja Arndt (Melbourne, Australia), talk about their book, Theorising Posthuman Childhood Studies (Springer, 2020).

Interview with Lauren Hammond, Mary Biddulph, Simon Catling, and John H. McKendrick about their edited collection, Children, Education and Geography
18 December 2022

Our member, Lauren Hammond (University of Edinburgh, UK), and her co-editors Mary Biddulph (formerly University of Nottingham, UK), Simon Catling (Oxford Brookes University, UK), and John H. McKendrick (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK), talk about their edited collection, Children, Education and Geography: Rethinking Intersections (Routledge, 2022).

Interview with Victoria Cooper and Naomi Holford about their co-edited collection, Exploring Childhood and Youth
4 December 2022

Our members, Victoria Cooper and Naomi Holford (Open University, UK), talk about their edited collection, Exploring Childhood and Youth (Routledge, 2021).

Interview with Carlene Firmin, Michelle Lefevre, Nathalie Huegler, and Delphine Peace about their book, Safeguarding Young People beyond the Family Home
27 November 2022

Our member, Prof. Michelle Lefevre (University of Sussex, UK), and her co-authors, Prof. Carlene Firmin (Durham University, UK), Dr. Nathalie Huegler (University of Sussex, UK), and Delphine Peace (Durham University, UK), talk about their new book, Safeguarding Young People beyond the Family Home: Responding to Extra-Familial Risks and Harms (Policy Press, 2022).

Interview with Georgina Dimopoulos about her book, Decisional Privacy and the Rights of the Child
20 November 2022

Our member, Prof. Georgina Dimopoulos (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) talks about her book, Decisional Privacy and the Rights of the Child (Routledge, 2022).

Interview with Deevia Bhana about her book, Girls Negotiating Porn in South Africa: Power, Play and Sexuality
23 October 2022

Our member, Prof. Deevia Bhana (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), talks about her new book, Girls Negotiating Porn in South Africa: Power, Play and Sexuality (Routledge, 2022).

Interview with Julia Gossard and Holly White about their co-edited special issue on “Double Age in the History of American Childhood and Youth”
9 October 2022

Our members, Julia Gossard (Utah State University, US) and Holly White (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, US), talk about their co-edited special issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth.

Interview with Susan Pearson about her book, The Birth Certificate: An American History
26 September 2022

Our member, Prof. Susan Pearson (Northwestern University, US), talks about her new book, The Birth Certificate: An American History (University of North Carolina Press, 2021).

Interview with Louise Forde, Nessa Lynch, and Yannick van den Brink about their co-edited collection, Serious Offending by Children: Principles, Practice and Global Perspectives
23 August 2022

Our member, Louise Forde (Brunel, UK), and her co-editors, Nessa Lynch (Victoria University of Wellington, Australia) and Yannick van den Brink (Leiden University, Netherlands), talk about their edited collection, Serious Offending by Children: Principles, Practice and Global Perspectives (Routledge, 2022).

Interview with Neil Howard and Samuel Okyere about their co-edited collection, International Child Protection: Towards Politics and Participation
26 July 2022

Our members, Neil Howard (University of Bath, United Kingdom) and Samuel Okyere (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), talk about their co-edited collection International Child Protection: Towards Politics and Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).

Interview with Walter Kohan about his book – Paulo Freire: A Philosophical Biography – and the role of childhood in politicizing education
19 July 2022

Our member, Professor Walter Kohan (Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil) talks about his book, Paulo Freire: A Philosophical Biography (Bloomsbury, 2021), with a focus on the role of childhood in politicizing education

Interview with Michael Wyness about his co-authored book, Kid Power, Inequalities and Intergenerational Relations
5 July 2022

Our member, Dr Michael Wyness (University of Warwick, UK) talks about his new book, co-authored with Clara Rübner Jørgensen (University of Birmingham, UK), Kid Power, Inequalities and Intergenerational Relations (Anthem Press, 2021).

Interview with J. Marshall Beier and Jana Tabak about their co-edited collection, Childhoods in Peace and Conflict
28 June 2022

Our members, J. Marshall Beier (McMaster University, Canada) and Jana Tabak(State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), talk about their co-edited collection, Childhoods in Peace and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).

Interview with Julie Spray about her book, The Children in Child Health
6 June 2022

Our member, Dr Julie Spray (University of Auckland, New Zealand) talks about her new book, The Children in Child Health: Negotiating Young Lives and Health in New Zealand (Rutgers University Press, 2020).

Interview with Mona Paré and Mariëlle Bruning about their co-edited collection, Children’s Access to Justice: A Critical Assessment
24 May 2022

Our members, Mona Paré (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Mariëlle Bruning (Leiden University, the Netherlands), talk about their collection (edited with Thierry Moreau and Caroline Siffrein-Blanc), Children’s Access to Justice: A Critical Assessment (Intersentia, 2022).

 

Interview with Simon Flacks about his book, Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood
8 May 2022

Our member, Dr Simon Flacks (University of Westminster, United Kingdom) talks about his new book, Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood (Routledge, 2021).

Book cover - Breslow Interview with Jacob Breslow about his book, Ambivalent Childhoods
4 April 2022

Our member, Dr Jacob Breslow (LSE, UK) talks about his new book, Ambivalent Childhoods: Speculative Futures and the Psychic Life of the Child (University of Minnesota Press, 2021). 

Making-Up People: Youth, Truth and Politics book cover showing a child at a protest Interview with Judith Bessant about her book, Making-Up People: Youth, Truth and Politics
16 March 2022

Our member, Prof Judith Bessant (RMIT University, Australia) talks about her new book, Making-Up People: Youth, Truth and Politics (Routledge, 2021).

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