Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures

02/16/2024

Jeunesse is open for submissions! The editorial board welcomes submissions from interdisciplinary perspectives on the cultural functions and representations of “the child.” This is an open and general call for papers.

Possible topics include,but are not limited to: digital culture and young people; literature, art, film, and television by/for children and young adults; historical and contemporary constructions of “the child;” young people’s material culture; and more.

Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Read more: bit.ly/JeunesseCFPb

10/11/2023

The deadline for proposals for Youngsters 3: Undisciplined is quickly approaching! The Association for Research in Cultures of Young People (ARCYP) invites paper, panel, and roundtable proposals for the conference held at the University of Calgary from June 6-8, 2024.

Youngsters 3 is a celebration of the unruly, the irreverent, and the defiant as these qualities pertain to young people, the social and imaginative worlds they inhabit and create, and the many scholarly discourses that aim to study them.

ARCYP welcomes contributions from a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary locations, including (but not limited to) children’s and young adult literature, childhood and youth studies, education, media studies, communication, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, medical/health studies, and sociology.

Proposal submission deadlines (early submissions encouraged): October 15, 2023

Read more: https://arcyp.ca/upcoming

Upcoming Events Un disciplined CFP Deadline: October 15, 2023 Download PDF Following our first two Youngsters conferences in Vancouver (2016) and Toronto (2019), the Association for Research in Cultures of Young People invites paper, panel, and roundtable proposals for Youngsters 3: Undisciplined t...

04/27/2023

! Submit to Jeunesse for consideration in upcoming issues.

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal whose mandate is to publish research on and to provide a forum for discussion about cultural productions for, by, and about young people. Our scope is international; while we have a special interest in Canada, we welcome submissions concerning all areas and cultures.

Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Read the full Call for Papers: bit.ly/JeunesseCFPb
Journals - University of Toronto Press

04/20/2023

Jeunesse is open for submissions! The editorial board welcomes submissions from interdisciplinary perspectives on the cultural functions and representations of “the child.”

Possible topics include, but are not limited to: digital culture and young people; literature, art, film, and television by/for children and young adults; historical and contemporary constructions of “the child;” young people’s material culture; and more.

Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Read more: bit.ly/JeunesseCFPb
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03/22/2023

Submit to Jeunesse by this Friday for consideration in the upcoming Special Issue: Childhood’s Sonic Dimensions!

“What unites authors interested in submitting to this special issue is their attunement to the child's sonic enactments of relationality and, equally, representations of childhood.” Guest editors Casey Macija and Hannah Dyer aim to highlight scholarship that offers an interdisciplinary and transnational consideration of the sounds produced, felt, and inhabited by children.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

• sound ecology
• sound art
• physics of sound
• sound objects
• choreography
• dance and movement to sound
• and more

Deadline for submissions is March 24, 2023.

Read full call for papers here: https://bit.ly/JeunCSD
Journals - University of Toronto Press

03/20/2023

There’s still time to submit to Jeunesse’s special issue on Childhood’s Sonic Dimensions!

What is the role of sound in childhood? How can sonic occurrences inform children’s abilities to know, to be, and to be known?

Jeunesse guest editors Casey Macija and Hannah Dyer welcome submissions for a special issue that aims to answer those questions and more. Childhood’s Sonic Dimensions will explore the nexus between childhood and sound studies.

Submissions can answer questions including but not limited to: What is the role of sound in childhood? How can sound lead us into the affective excesses of children’s experiences? as well as topics including sound studies, dance, music education, performance and more.

The deadline for submissions is March 24, 2023.

Read the full here: https://bit.ly/JeunCSD

03/16/2023

! Submit to our New Special Issue: Childhood’s Sonic Dimensions by March 24, 2023.

This special issue centres on the sounds of childhood. Guest editors Casey Macija and Hannah Dyer hope to explore sound as a complex sensorial engagement with the social world through articles that offer an interdisciplinary and transnational consideration of the sounds produced, felt, and inhabited by children.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

• popular music and musicians
• soundscapes
• soundtracks film scores
• the sounds of schools
• sound as research method
• music education
• choirs and symphonies
• music in spatial environments
• the materiality and/or affectivity of sound
• and more.

Deadline: March 24, 2023.

Read the full call for papers here: https://bit.ly/JeunCSD
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01/18/2023

There’s still time to apply to become an editor at Jeunesse!

Apply by January 20 to be part of an international community of scholars studying the cultures of young people at the intersection of various disciplines: critical pedagogy, cultural theory, Indigenous studies, and more.

Submit your statement of interest and CV by January 20, 2023.

For a full list of subjects and details on how to apply, read more: https://bit.ly/jeunCFE

01/13/2023

Join us at Jeunesse!

Jeunesse is looking for editors who work in one or more of the following areas at the intersection of the cultures of young people: African literature, diaspora studies, critical race studies, disability studies, and more.

Duties and responsibilities include finding peer reviewers, assessing peer-review reports, preparing reports for the editorial board, and substantive editing of accepted articles. At Jeunesse, substantive editing includes detailed assessment of the logic of the argument and comments on stylistic felicity. Editors meet virtually approximately 4 times per year, and work collaboratively to make decisions on article acceptances, overall design, and policies/best practices for the journal. Editors will work remotely, via e-mail and video meeting platforms such as Zoom.

Deadline to apply: January 20, 2023.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/jeunCFE

01/10/2023

Become an editor at Jeunesse!

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is an interdisciplinary, scholar-led, refereed academic journal published twice annually by University of Toronto Press. The mandate of the journal is to publish research on and to provide a forum for discussion about cultural productions for, by, and about young people.

The journal is currently looking for editors who work in one or more of the following areas at the intersection of the cultures of young people:

• African literature
• critical pedagogy
• critical race studies
• cultural theory
• diaspora studies
• digital texts
• disability studies
• environmental and sustainability studies
• film and television
• food studies
• historical materialism
• Indigenous studies
• race/ethnicity studies
• sociology
• South American literature

Applications are due January 20th, 2023.

Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/jeunCFE

11/25/2022

Be an editor at Jeunesse!

Jeunesse is seeking editors working in the intersection between the cultures of young people and fields such as environmental and sustainability studies, film and television studies, food studies, historical materialism, Indigenous studies, race/ethnicity studies, sociology, South American literature, and more.

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is an interdisciplinary, scholar-led, peer-reviewed, refereed bilingual academic journal with the mandate to publish research on and to provide a forum for discussion about cultural productions for, by, and about young people. Duties and responsibilities include finding peer reviewers, assessing peer-review reports, preparing reports for the editorial board, and substantive editing of accepted articles.

Deadline to apply: January 5, 2023

Learn more about Jeunesse and apply to be an editor here: https://bit.ly/jeunCFE
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11/18/2022

New !

Submit to Jeunesse Special Issue: Childhood’s Sonic Dimensions which aims to highlight scholarship at the nexus of childhood studies and sound studies. Guest editors Casey Macija and Hannah Dyer hope to explore sound as a complex sensorial engagement with the social world through articles that offer an interdisciplinary and transnational consideration of the sounds produced, felt, and inhabited by children.

Submissions can cover questions such as:

• How sonic (re)occurrences inform children’s abilities to know, to be, and to be known?
• What is the role of sound in childhood?
• How does transmission of sound shape both childhood experience and discourses of childhood?
• How can sound lead us into the affective excesses of children’s experiences?
• How can careful attention to sonicity disrupt chronology and break down development?
• And more.

Deadline for submissions is February 24, 2023. Read full call for papers here: https://bit.ly/JeunCSD
Journals - University of Toronto Press

11/15/2022

Deadline Extended!

There is still time to submit research to Jeunesse! Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on and to provide a forum for discussion about cultural productions for, by, and about young people. Topics can include, but it is not limited to:

• children’s and young adult literature and media;

• young people’s material culture, including toys;

• digital culture and young people;

• historical and contemporary constructions, functions, and roles of “the child”;

• literature, art, film, and television by/for children and young adults

Articles can be in both English and French. Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2022.

Read the full call for papers: https://bit.ly/JeunesseCFPb

11/11/2022

On we honor those who gave their lives in service of a peaceful world. Today we invite you to learn more about the history of these global conflicts with an article about the role of children during the First World War.

“Singing and Dancing “Their Bit” for the Nation: Canadian Children’s Performances for Charity circa the First World War,” by Heather Fitzsimmons Frey explores three children’s performance groups to highlight their charitable work to provide money, comfort, and relief to soldiers and veterans and how these performances embodied the hope for the nation.

Read this article is Jeunesse 9.2: https://bit.ly/J92-D

11/10/2022

Be an editor for Jeunesse!

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is an interdisciplinary, scholar-led, peer-reviewed, refereed bilingual academic journal with the mandate to publish research on and to provide a forum for discussion about cultural productions for, by, and about young people.

Jeunesse is currently looking for editors in one or more of these areas whose work intersects with the cultures of young people:

• African literature
• critical pedagogy
• critical race studies
• cultural theory
• diaspora studies
• digital texts
• disability studies
• And more

Duties and responsibilities include finding peer reviewers, assessing peer-review reports, preparing reports for the editorial board, and substantive editing of accepted articles.

Deadline to apply: January 5, 2023

Learn more about Jeunesse and this Call for Editors here: https://bit.ly/jeunCFE
ARCYP Journals - University of Toronto Press

09/08/2022

Jenny Wüstenberg sketches three cases of institutional child abuse—St. Michael’s Residential School in Alert Bay (Canada), Parramatta Girls’ Home in Sydney (Australia), and the Closed Juvenile Detention Center in Torgau (German Democratic Republic) in “Dark Pedagogies in Comparative Perspective: Remembering Institutional Child Abuse.” Explored through the concept of “dark pedagogy,” Wüstenberg argues that the systemic nature of institutional child abuse has led to similar challenges and practices in confronting and memorializing these histories.

This article is featured in Journals - University of Toronto Press collection for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and is during the month of September.

Read it here: https://bit.ly/NDTRjeun
Canadian Heritage

08/12/2022

“When young people took to the streets on 24 March 2018 as part of March for Our Lives (MFOL), they leveraged narratives of age and generation to inspire others to take action on preventing gun violence incidences across the United States. Despite the political precarity associated with their ages, student-activists claimed public space and voice as more than the victims of the so-called ‘mass shooting generation.’” – Emily Bent

In “Unfiltered and Unapologetic: March for Our Lives and the Political Boundaries of Age,” Bent explores the incredible activism of the young people who used their age to mark themselves as essential political actors.

Read the article here: https://bit.ly/JEUN112d