Registration now open!
Symposium: Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine
16-18 November 2026: The Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds (UK)
In-person with online presentation option
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sebastián Gil-Riaño, Associate Professor, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Co-organisers: Dr. Elisabeth M. Yang, Dr. Franziska Kohlt, and Dr. Elizabeth Hoiem
visit https://www.childhoodshstm.com/ to see full programme and to register
This three-day symposium and workshop at the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds will bring together an international, muti-disciplinary group of scholars who work at the interface of the histories of science, medicine, and technology, and childhood studies. We welcome participants from across the humanities whose research concerns child health, medicine, technology and the psy-sciences, as well as applied fields including education, public policy, and information sciences.