IRSCL News

In April I reported on the campaign conducted by our Japanese colleagues to prevent the closure of the International Institute for Children’s Literature in Osaka. At the time I sent the Governor of Osaka Prefecture a letter on behalf of IRSCL asking him to reconsider his decision. I’ve now received a letter from Mikio [...]

The following message comes from John Lyon at University of Bristol:
Colleagues may be interested in alerting appropriate students to the following opportunity at Bristol University in the UK:
I’m looking for an early career children’s literature specialist who might be interested in applying for a 3 year British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship with Bristol as her/his nominated [...]

At the Modernism and Global Media Conference which the Modernist Studies Association will run at Vanderbilt University, Karen Westman is leading a seminar on ‘Children and War’. The deadline for seminar registration is July 28, 2008.

Members Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Astrid Surmatz invite papers for their conference Astrid Lindgren: Internationality and Intermediality, to be held at Växjö University, Sweden, 18-20 September 2008. Keynote speakers include Eva-Maria Metcalf, Maria Nikolajeva and Boel Westin. See the conference website for further information.

Our member Jean Webb has established the International Research Centre for Children’s Literature, Literacy and Creativity at the University of Worcester. Please visit the website for more information.

Our member Ruth Bottigheimer has recently posted a Bibliography of British Books for Children and Adolescents 1470-1770 for the use of scholars of children’s literature. The bibliography includes instructional manuals and school textbooks along with books of manners, religious instruction, and chapbooks. Ruth has also provided a brief essay on the parameters of the [...]

The first issue of our new journal, International Research in Children’s Literature, will be published in July. The journal is the first to profile international research in the field of children’s literature and will be a must-read journal for students and scholars. IRSCL members can subscribe at a reduced rate. To subscribe to IRCL please [...]