Registering for the conference
Attendees need to have registered for the conference by 23:59 (BST) on Monday, 1st June. There are two steps to the process:
1. Ensuring you have a current membership of the Children’s History Society (see details below on how to join if you are not a current member).
2. Booking as a conference delegate via the University of Sheffield’s online store (see details below).
The online store booking process also includes attendance at the optional conference dinner (on the evening of Thursday, 2nd July), should you wish to attend.
Membership Policy
The Children’s History Society policy is that everyone attending a CHS conference must be a current CHS member. So, before booking your place at the conference, please ensure that you have a current CHS membership.
Our 1-year membership rates for the Society are as follows:
£12 students (postgraduate or undergraduate)
£16 early career academics; partly-waged academics/professionals; retired members
£28 full-time academics or full-time staff in other professionals sectors
£42 full professors
We can set up automated payments for most of our members, so when you visit the Children’s History Society website at www.histchild.org/pages/membership to join, please follow the instructions that are relevant for where you are in the world:
For members based in the UK, the Eurozone, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada: please select the relevant 'UK/IBAN' options. This will take you through to our GoCardless system, which allows you to make payment easily.
For members based outside of these regions, please select the relevant 'manual' option. You will be provided with further details about how to make payment.
Please check your spam/junk folder for any confirmation emails.
If you have any questions about memberships, or don't see a membership rate that fits with your circumstances, please do not hesitate to contact the membership secretary, Claudia: [email protected]
Conference fee
Standard conference fee:
Full-time academics/professional £100
Reduced conference fees available:
Postgraduate Research Students £20
Early Career Academics; Partly Waged; Retired £40
The conference fee gives access to all three days of the conference and to tea and coffee during morning and afternoon breaks. Lunch is not provided but there is a cafeteria in the Diamond and in the nearby Jessop West Building, and the Heartspace Cafe in the Sir Frederick Mappin Building. There are also plenty of cafes and shops selling food nearby on Broad Lane, West Street, and Glossop Road.
Conference Dinner
This will take place on Thursday, 2nd July at South Street Kitchen. This is located at Sheffield’s iconic Park Hill Flats behind Sheffield Train Station, offering views of Sheffield and the Peaks beyond.
It is a short walk from Sheffield Station’s Supertram stop and is a vegan and vegetarian restaurant, which also accommodates a range of dietary requirements/allergies.
The fee will be £30 per person and the dinner will include one complimentary drink on arrival and a three course meal. Booking for the conference dinner is via the main conference booking link in the University of Sheffield’s online store.
