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How did the Vichy regime of wartime France use children to further its goals?
In this film, Lindsey Dodd (University of Huddersfield) talks about her research into the mobilisation of children in Vichy France, 1940-44. This presentation was given at the project workshop on … Read the rest
This entry was posted in Research, Workshop and tagged Children, France, Second World War.
How were children mobilised to represent the future during the Second World War in Britain?
In this film, Principal Investigator Laura King (University of Leeds) talks about her research into the use of children in envisaging the future in Britain, during and after the Second … Read the rest
Film: Children’s Benefit or Burden? History & Policy Workshop
In this film, Principal Investigator Laura King (University of Leeds) discusses the upcoming workshop on 3 September 2015 at King’s College London, which will consider how and why children have … Read the rest
This entry was posted in Highlighted, Home Page, Research, Workshop and tagged Children, film, future, obama, Second World War, workshop.
Children and childhood in history – does it matter today?
By Laura King, Principal Investigator, School of History, University of Leeds
‘Have mothers and parenthood been sufficiently recognised in their contribution towards the community? More attention should be paid … Read the rest
This entry was posted in Highlighted, Research, Workshop and tagged Britain, Children, children's charities, Second World War, workshop.
Children and charity in Vichy France
By Lindsey Dodd, Project Co-Investigator, School of Music, Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield
Children attend a gala in Paris financed by the money collected by other children, May
… Read the restThis entry was posted in Research and tagged Charity, Children, France, Propaganda, Second World War.
For whose benefit? Children’s welfare and the future
A 1945 election advertisement for the Labour Party, illustrating their appeal to the future through children
By Laura King, Project Principal Investigator, School of History, University of Leeds
In … Read the rest
Pictures for Pétain: the use and abuse of colouring pencils
By Lindsey Dodd, Project Co-Investigator, School of Music, Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield
Making use of children for the transmission of political and cultural ideologies within societies is … Read the rest
This entry was posted in Research and tagged Children, Children's drawings, France, Propaganda, Second World War.
Children and Churchill: ‘We have to win that world for our children’
By Laura King, Project Principal Investigator, School of History, University of Leeds
Historians have described the Second World War as a ‘total war’ – as the economy was redirected … Read the rest
This entry was posted in Research and tagged Britain, Children, Churchill, Second World War.
Children’s role in the National Revolution
By Lindsey Dodd, Project Co-Investigator, School of Music, Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield
This entry was posted in Research and tagged Children, Family, France, Propaganda, Second World War, Vichy.
Children in Vichy France, 1940-1944
By Lindsey Dodd, Project Co-Investigator, School of Music, Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield
I is for Image. From the Abécédaire du Maréchal Pétain (Bureau de documentation du Chef
… Read the restThis entry was posted in Research and tagged Children, France, Second World War, Vichy.
Children and the future in Britain during and after the Second World War
By Laura King, Project Principal Investigator, School of History, University of Leeds
In 1945, as Britain was reckoning with the end of the Second World War and … Read the rest
This entry was posted in Research and tagged Britain, Children, Family, Second World War.