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Historical Childhoods: antiquity to the modern day (X3253)

15 credits, Level 4

Autumn teaching

Exploring the question “is childhood a modern construct?”, this module provides an overview to the history of western childhoods and youth from antiquity through to the modern period, drawing on a range of historiographical debates and perspectives.

You will be supported to conduct your own desk-based research, which evaluates sources, their importance and limitations, and use them to explore this issue in depth. You will curate a small selection of sources and objects exploring a historical theme or concept in the study of childhood e.g. a collection of toys, or depictions of children in adverts over time.