News and Announcements
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 »
Newcastle University (UK), the University of Pittsburgh, Ocean University of China, Antwerp University, and the Catholic University of Chile invite you to our... View »
On Monday October 30 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in 501 Cathedral of Learning, there will be a book celebration for ... View »
Englit 0762 Childhood Games, developed by Brittney Knotts and Tyler Bickford,... View »
Pitt Children's Lit welcomes our new assistant professor, Lidong Xiang!
Dr. Xiang recently graduated from Rutgers University... View »
Congratulations to recent PhDs, Christine Case and Brittney... View »
Among the many fantastic papers selected for our Children's Literature Paper Prize contest, the committee has... View »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »