Research Focus Group Event: Childhood Studies Open House

Are you interested in:
– children’s media, literature, and culture
– historical childhoods
– children’s rights
– education
– child pyschology
– sociology of childhood

The Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group welcomes graduate and undergraduate students from any department with an interest in Childhood Studies to attend our Open House! Free food and drinks provided.

Learn about our on-campus Childhood Studies community (courses, affiliated faculty, and graduate students), research and conference opportunities offered by the Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group, and proposals for a new Childhood and Youth Studies Minor and Ph.D. Emphasis in Childhood Studies. Join us for more information on programming, research opportunities, mentorship, participation in an annual Undergraduate Research Showcase, talks and reading groups, and a like-minded community on campus.

We extend a special invitation to the Winter 2026 undergraduate students of Children’s Literature, Young Humans, Media and Children, The Modern Girl, Family Communication, Educating the Native, Fairytale Cinema, and Fantasy and the Fantastic.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group