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Organiser:

History & Policy

Speakers:

Pirjo Markkola is Professor of History at Tampere University was Director of the Finnish national child abuse inquiry – an inquiry process led by academic researchers. Her research focuses particularly on the history of welfare and childcare, and she is the project team leader for the ‘Lived Welfare State’ strand of a major new Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences funded by the Academy of Finland.

Eoin O’Sullivan is Professor in Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on the history of social policy in Ireland, including institutions of containment. His collaborative work with the journalist Mary Raftery on the history of the Irish industrial school system played a key role in the creation of the Commission into Child Abuse (Ryan Commission) and he also undertook policy research which informed the Commission’s findings.

Johanna Sköld is Professor of Child Studies at Linköping University and previously worked as a member of the Secretariat of the Swedish Inquiry into Child Abuse and Neglect in Institutions and Foster Homes. Her research focuses particularly on the history of child-care and redress for historic child abuse and she chairs the International Network on Studies of Inquiries into Child Abuse, the Politics of Apology and Historical Representations of Children in State Care.

Shurlee Swain is Emeritus Professor in History at Australian Catholic University. Her research has focused particularly on children’s and women’s history, and her historical research has contributed to national inquiries in Australia on child migration, child sexual abuse, children in residential institutions and forced adoption. She was one of the lead investigators for the Australian Find and Connect project which was created to provide historical information about residential institutions and the care system in Australia.

Event organiser:

Gordon Lynch is Michael Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology at the University of Kent. He has undertaken a range of research and public history projects in relation to the history of UK child migration programmes, including a national museum exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood and the musical project, The Ballads of Child Migration. He has served as an expert witness for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, and continues to serve in this capacity for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.

When:

18:00 pm - 19:30 pm

Location:

Anatomy Museum, King's College London, 6th floor, King's Building, Strand, London WC2R 2LS

Admission:

Booking:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-historians-can-assist-in-historic-child-abuse-inquiries-tickets-64240957433

Audience:

Open to all

Contact Email:

historyandpolicy@kcl.ac.uk

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