The Children's and YA Literature Research Forum, based in the Centre for Language, Culture and Learning at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Registration is now open for "Care, Community and Hope", a hybrid children's and YA literature conference on 6 June 2024.
See our speakers: shorturl.at/uIKNQ
Register for free: gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=1504…
On 13 May 2024 at 16:00 BST, we will be joined online by Prof. Karen Sands-O'Connor for "The Repeating Island? Racial Diversity in Young Adult Publishing". To register for free, go to: gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=1501…
We're hosting a hybrid conference on "Care, Community, and Hope in Children's and YA Literature" on Thursday 6 June. Please submit proposals for a conference paper, workshop, or poster presentation by 1 May 2024. drive.google.com/file/d/1FJ5…
ALT A copy of the CFP poster. The PDF version can be accessed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJ5CinMo9fytZaLP36o4Gli_pRrzrh90/view?usp=sharing
On 23 April 2024 at 16:00 BST, we will be joined online by Dr @_crisRhodes for "Literature, Education, and the Chicanx Adolescent: The Project of Educational Reform and Youth Literature in the Wake of the Chicano Movement". To register for free, go to: gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=1497…
ALT Flyer showing details for an online seminar with Dr Cris Rhodes, which are included in the thread.
Nevertheless, given the prominence of adolescents in the Movement, especially in their advocacy for education reform, an analysis of how literature constructs the unique and discrete Chicanx youth identity provides a new vantage point into studies of literature and Chicanidad. 5/
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Tonight is the world premiere of 'Getting Through it' a poem sequence about the death of Eddie, my son and my time in a coma (nurses' diary) and after, with original music by Stephen Arnold, on @GoldsmithsUoL
A very happy #WorldBookDay from the Children's Literature team at @GoldsmithsEduc1! To celebrate, here's a rendition of @MichaelRosenYes's "Hands on the Bridge", which he performed for our students in a lecture on the power of stories. @GoldUnivMACL @WorldBookDayUK
On 20 March 24, at 14:00 GMT, we will be joined online by Dr @jenniegouck for "Dream Girl, Dream Boy, Dream Gay? The Possibility of ‘Alt Pixies’ in Young Adult Literature". To register for free, go to: forms.office.com/e/pPTgqpAew… (1/)
enriching the life of an apathetic, White, male, cisgender, heterosexual, middle-class protagonist. What happens, though, when the Pixie is queer or male? (3/)
Reminder: This Wednesday, Prof. Peter Hunt will deliver a seminar on "Lovely Rice Pudding and the Inner Organs of Beasts and Fowls: The Gastronomic Contexts of Children's Literature". For more information/registration, visit: gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=1487…
On 28 Feb 24, at 11:00 GMT, we will be joined in person AND online by Prof. Peter Hunt for "Lovely Rice Pudding and the Inner Organs of Beasts and Fowls: The Gastronomic Contexts of Children's Literature". To register for free, go to: forms.office.com/e/vfMa0iCDv… (1/3)
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On 28 Feb 24, at 11:00 GMT, we will be joined in person AND online by Prof. Peter Hunt for "Lovely Rice Pudding and the Inner Organs of Beasts and Fowls: The Gastronomic Contexts of Children's Literature". To register for free, go to: forms.office.com/e/vfMa0iCDv… (1/3)
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A taster (pun intended) for Prof. Hunt's seminar: Often what is lacking in histories of children's books is a sense of context – what is going on in the literary, cultural and social worlds surrounding them. (2/3)
Thank you to @EmmaJoyReay for a fascinating seminar discussion, and for all of you who joined us. It was a great start to our seminar series.
On 25 Jan 24, at 13:00 GMT, we will be joined online by Dr Emma Reay for "A Seat at the Kid’s Table: The Intersection Between Children’s Literature Studies and Games Studies", in honour of her new book. To register for free, go to: forms.office.com/e/gPtjRQ4Df…
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