Ep. 11 Exploring Childhoods in the Middle East and South Asia

In the eleventh episode of CCYSC Awaaz, Dr. Chiara Diana and Dr. Hia Sen discuss their research interests and examine childhood studies from the Middle East and South Asia.

Dr. Chiara Diana's current research interests include childhood and youth, civil society, education, political socialization, and memory of the 2010-2011 revolution in Tunisia and in Egypt. She is currently project manager of the artistic project Mémoires intimes d’une révolution (with the photographer Hugo Albignac) and founder member of the Association of Middle East Children’s and Youth Studies (AMECYS).

Dr. Hia Sen studied sociology in Kolkata and New Delhi and completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Freiburg, Germany. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Presidency University, Kolkata, India. Her research interest include sociology of childhood, youth, and theatre. She is also interested in children’s play, agency, spaces, performance.

Edited by Astha Ohri  (student, School of Education Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi)

Music:  Little Idea by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com) / CC BY-NC