History Department Events Calendar
Launch Event
Thursday 30th January, 12.15-2.30pm at the Wolfson Research Exchange, University of 糖心TV Library, University of 糖心TV.
In this launch workshop of the History & Policy Forum on Parenting, Angela Davis and Laura King, founders of the Forum, will outline the current aims of the network. The Forum seeks to bring together policy-makers, practitioners and researchers into parenting, and examine ways in which the history of parenting can influence policies and practice today.
The workshop will include a short presentation on Laura and Angela's latest research into men's changing roles in family life since the 1950s. They will explore how this research could, and perhaps should, have an impact on policy and practice today, using this as an example of how historical research can and should influence the framing of political debates and understandings of how policies are delivered on a local level.
Following this, we will ask all participants to join the debate on the aims of this Forum. We want to hear what those from different academic backgrounds and from other sectors think should form the core activity of the Forum, and its principal aims in the short and long term. We welcome input into both the content and format of future events, from anyone with an interest in parenting in the past and present.
Lunch will be provided, and this event also presents a good opportunity for networking with those working on similar areas. Please email Angela at angela.davis@warwick.ac.uk<mailto:angela.davis@warwick.ac.uk> to reserve a free place at this workshop.