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Histories of Education Summer School Conference for Postgraduate Students (Umeå University, Sweden, 12-15 June 2014)This conference invites applications from postgraduate students in thehistory of education with an interest in the histories of educationalspaces and discourses and new ways of working with images, artefactsand archives. Leading international historians of education will givelectures and offer advice concerning the research process, includingpublication strategies. There will be opportunities for students todiscuss their dissertation projects with fellow doctoral candidatesand receive comments from prominent scholars in the field.This is the fifth conference in a series of successful events thatstarted in Ghent in 2010 and was followed by meetings in Birmingham2011, Lisbon 2012, and Hamburg 2013. The summer school is organised bythe European Education Research Association's Network 17, ‘Historiesof Education’, and the Universities of Birmingham, Cambridge, Ghentand Umeå.The conference language is English. Participation in the conference isfree of charge. Accommodation and meals will be provided, butdelegates will have to cover the cost for their travel to Umeå. Thenumber of participants is limited to 30 students.The application deadline is 31 December 2013.  See for details on how to apply.