Gesar is a warrior-like king in the realm of Ling and the protagonist of a voluminous folkloric poem that many Tibetan bards have performed for centuries. With Gesar’s increasing fame in modern times, the orature has become a quintessential representation of Tibetan culture. By comparing two children’s books that draw on the Gesar tradition, Tibetan Heroic Epic: Gesar Children’s Literature Collection and Gesar Epic: Hor-Ling Battle, Zhuoga will discuss the meaning and relevance of cultural ...

Join our Research Group! Open to Undergraduates! Are you interested in: - children’s media, literature and culture historical childhoods - children’s rights - education - child pyschology - sociology of childhood - or anything else child-related? The Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group welcomes students from any department with an interest in Childhood Studies to attend our Open House! Join us for more information on programming, research opportunities, mentorship, participation in an annual Undergraduate Research ...

This talk by Martina Mattei will explore key concepts from The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature and Culture, focusing on Chapter 27 ("Translation") and Chapter 29 ("Adaptation"). It will address how children's literature is translated and adapted across different cultures and media, examining the balance between staying true to original texts and making them accessible for young readers. The chapter on translation covers the complexities of translating children's literature, emphasizing the need to preserve cultural ...

As part of a new lecture series, "Children's Literature, Cultural Preservation, and Language Revitalization," the Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group invites you to a talk by Indigenous author Kseniia Bolshakova (Dolgan) entitled "Matchstick for Survival: Indigenous Writing in the Russian Arctic." Indigenous author Kseniia Bolshakova will give a talk on her decolonial book The Frost Also Melts. The novel explores the fate of Arctic Indigenous nomads through the personal story of a child raised ...

As part of a new lecture series, Children’s Literature, Cultural Preservation, and Language Revitalization, the Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group invites you to a talk by Prof. Nicola Daly entitled "Dual Language Picturebooks in Aotearoa: Contributions to Language Revitalisation and Critical Language Awareness." In this talk, Prof. Nicola Daly will traverse a range of research studies exploring the contribution of dual language picturebooks to language revitalisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing on her new ...