Please join us for a discussion-based workshop on Conversations in the Study of Children’s Literature and Fantasy Literature, with Elly McCausland, Associate Professor of English Literature at Ghent University, Belgium on Wednesday, September 18 from 2:00-4:00pm in the Jackman Humanities Building, Room 718 (170 St. George Street). (Professor McCausland’s visit is part of a strategic partnership between Ghent University and the University of Toronto.)
There will be (a very manageable amount of) pre-circulated reading for this workshop (listed below). Readings will be provided upon workshop registration.
- Perry Nodelman, from The Hidden Adult: Defining Children’s Literature (2008)
- Judith Plotz, from Romanticism and the Vocation of Childhood (2001)
- Jacqueline Rose, from The Case of Peter Pan, or the Impossibility of Children’s Literature (1984)
- Jack Zipes, “Why Fantasy Matters Too Much” (2008)
Professor McCausland will also lead a visit to the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books and the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation & Fantasy at the Toronto Public Library (Lillian H. Smith branch, 239 College Street) on Friday, September 20 from 2:00-4:30pm. (The number of participants for this archival visit is limited due to space restraints. Priority will be given to graduate students and will be extended to faculty and others as space permits.)
Please e-mail Professor Melissa Gniadek (m.gniadek@utoronto.ca) with questions or to register for one or both events. (If you’re e-mailing to “register” please just let me know which events you’d like to attend and what department you’re in.) Please e-mail to indicate attendance by Thursday, September 12.) We hope that you’ll join us! (Feel free to circulate this information to other members of the university community.)