Care, class, and kinship history
From: Children's History Society (@histchild)
Sharing on behalf of @newcastleuni the Call for Papers for their upcoming conference “Caring Communities: Rethinking Care, Class, and Kinship, 1800-Present”, taking place at Newcastle University on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 of September 2026. https://t.co/Nx9dTGBVC8
Suggested angles
How historical perspectives on care work reveal contemporary class inequalities and social structures
The evolution of kinship networks and community-based care systems from the Industrial Revolution to today
Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding care labor: combining social history, sociology, and cultural studies
Example quote
“This conference offers a crucial opportunity to examine how care has been organized, valued, and distributed across class lines—insights that directly illuminate the care crises we face today.”
Position the conference as a timely platform for scholars to challenge conventional narratives about care work and its relationship to social inequality across two centuries of change.
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