News and Announcements

Mar
21
Maria Sonevytsky, "Children’s Music, Soviet Internationalism, and the Problem of Ukraine’s National Instrument"

How did the project of Soviet internationalism imagine a future for a “national musical instrument” like the Ukrainian bandura? Drawing on the archive of the Kyiv Palace of Pioneers (KPDU), the... View »

Oct
27
Global Speaker Series with Cathy Yue Wang and Ritwika Roy

Newcastle University (UK), the University of Pittsburgh, Ocean University of China, Antwerp University, and the Catholic University of Chile invite you to our... View »

Oct
30
Book Celebration for Robin Chapdelaine

On Monday October 30 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in 501 Cathedral of Learning, there will be a book celebration for ... View »

New course, Englit 0762: Childhood Games, offered Fall 2023

Englit 0762 Childhood Games, developed by Brittney Knotts and Tyler Bickford,... View »

Welcome to our new assistant professor, Lidong Xiang!

Pitt Children's Lit welcomes our new assistant professor, Lidong Xiang!

Dr. Xiang recently graduated from Rutgers University... View »

Recent PhDs Christine Case and Brittney Knotts chosen as ACLS Leading Edge Fellows.

Congratulations to recent PhDs, Christine Case and Brittney... View »

Congratulations to Zora Mosley, Luke Morales, and Hailey Rice, 2023 Paper Prize winners!

Among the many fantastic papers selected for our Children's Literature Paper Prize contest, the committee has... View »

Apr
20
A Talk by Dr. Derritt Mason, author of Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture

On Thursday April 20 at 6:00 p.m. in Cathedral of Learning 144, the Children's Literature program will host a talk by Dr. Derritt Mason, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary. Dr. Mason... View »

Mar
30
A Zoom Talk by Dr. Dimitra Fimi, "J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle Earth: Fantasy and Reality"

On Thursday March 30 at 3:00 p.m., Lori Campbell-Tanner and the Fantasy Studies Fellowship have organized a Zoom talk with Dr. Dimitra Fimi, Co-Director of the Centre for the Fantastic at the... View »

Nov
17
Virtual Global Speakers Series

Newcastle University (UK), the University of Pittsburgh, Ocean University of China, Antwerp University, and the Catholic University of Chile will host a virtual Global Speaker Series on November... View »

Oct
27
A Talk by Dainy Bernstein, "Our World: Shaping Geographies in an Orthodox Jewish Children's Magazine"

On Thursday October 27 at 3:00 p.m. in CL 501, the Children's Literature Program will host a talk by new VL Dainy Bernstein!

 

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Sep
20
Youthful Frights: Exploring George A. Romero's YA Horror with Ben Rubin and Gray O’Reilly

Horror Studies Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin and researcher Gray O'Reilly will discuss projects for young adult audiences that horror filmmaker George A. Romero worked on in the 1990s,... View »

Children's Lit Student Emma Loudermilk wins GSWS Undergraduate Essay Prize!

Emma Loudermilk's paper, "Queering Direction: A Journey Through Lily's Relation to Spaces in Last Night at the Telegraph Club" has won Pitt's Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies 2022 prize for... View »

Pitt student Lauren Clark wins the 2022 CHLA Carol Gay Award!

We are very excited to congratulate Children's Literature Certificate student Lauren Clark, who is the recipient of the 2022 Carol Gay Award from the Children's Literature Association, for her... View »

Congratulations to the 2022 Children's Literature Paper Prize winners!

We're pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Children's Literature Paper Prize competition! They are:

First prize: Jacqueline Joo, "The Velveteen Rabbit: The Un-Horroring of... View »