Who Do We Think We Are? : Race, Ethnicity, and Representation in Irish Children’s and YA Literature and Culture
The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature warmly invites you to our hybrid conference online and at Trinity College, Dublin from 21st-22nd April 2023.
While race, ethnicity, and representation have been increasingly explored in international publishing, activism, and creative industries, these important areas are relatively under-studied in the Irish context. This conference aims to address this gap in Irish youth literature research and to create a space for scholarly discussion.
This hybrid conference brings together speakers on topics including:
- narratives of nation, Ireland, and Irishness in relation to race and ethnicity;
- Irish Traveller writing and culture and representations of Irish Travellers and culture;
- anti-racist writing/anti-racist reading/anti-racist practices within Irish children’s and YA literature, and culture;
- publishing practices and movements in Irish publishing for young people e.g. sensitivity readers;
- decolonisation and anti-racist practices in Irish curricula and Irish youth-literature scholarship,
- ethnic minority authors and illustrators of children’s and YA literature and culture;
- migration, asylum, refugees, and representations of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees;
- religion and intersections with race and ethnicity;
- Irish-language publishing for young people/with young people.
Our Keynote Speakers are Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold and Nora Corcoran.
Register for online or in-person attendance by clicking here*.
Join the ISSCL by clicking here.
*This is a hybrid conference. Please note that Day 1 (Friday 21st April) is entirely virtual and Day 2 (Saturday 22nd April) is hybrid (in-person panels that are also streamed for the online audience). The “in-person” tickets cover virtual attendance on Day 1 and in-person attendance on Day 2.
Programme and Abstracts
The conference programme is available below and the book of abstracts can be viewed by clicking here. You can also view and download a copy of the conference poster by clicking here.
The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature 