1.0Digital Childhoodshttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dirLayla Kochhttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/author/lmkoch/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="x7Yp1HMzXo"><a href="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/poor-children-in-kerala/">SHCY Grace Abbott Prize Winner on Poor Children and Christian Missions in Colonial Kerala</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/poor-children-in-kerala/embed/#?secret=x7Yp1HMzXo" width="600" height="338" title="“SHCY Grace Abbott Prize Winner on Poor Children and Christian Missions in Colonial Kerala” — Digital Childhoods" data-secret="x7Yp1HMzXo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bm-children-meal-1905-shanti.jpeg768512For the year of 2025, the Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) has awarded the Grace Abbott Prize to Divya Kannan’s Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala published by Cambridge University Press. The prize honors the best 2024 English-language book in the history of childhood and youth. Thank you to Divya Kannan for sharing some glimpses into this impressive project that sheds new light on the history of education in colonial Kerala. Congratulations on this well-deserved prize, Divya! What excites you the most about the main argument of your book? Thank you! What excites me