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 17 at 8pm EST. As part of this series, we invite scholars from around the world to provide global perspectives on key issues related to social justice and children’s literature. For our fall event, we have asked our invited speakers to consider the question, “How do you think the translation of children’s and/or YA literature can help promote social justice for the young?” Guest speakers are asked to prepare a 5-minute response to the proposed question, and we will moderate the Q&A for the remaining hour.
Please follow the link below to register for the event. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the meeting.
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsduuupz8jHNPQV3IEiEiO6MTWZSBSE-2c
The speakers will be:
Shih-Wen Sue Chen (PhD, Australian National University) is an
Associate Professor in Writing and Literature at Deakin University,
Australia and current president of the Australasian Children’s Literature
Association for Research. She is the author of Children’s Literature and
Transnational Knowledge in Modern China: Education, Religion, and
Childhood (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and Representations of China in
British Children’s Fiction, 1851–1911 (Routledge, 2013) and the coeditor
of Representations of Children and Success in Asia: Dream
Chasers (Routledge, 2022). Her current research project focuses on
science in nineteenth-century English and Chinese children’s literature.
Weng Cahiles is the author of five children's books and is a twotime
National Children’s Book Awards winner. Her first book,
What Kids Should Know About Andres and the Katipunan won in
2014. Si Kian, supported by The PCIJ Story Project, won at the
2018 National Children’s Book Awards. It was also selected for
the prestigious White Ravens, an annual catalogue of the best 200
kids and young adult books from around the world. It was the
only book from the Philippines on the list.