Centre for Children's Literature and Culture partners with Children's Books Ireland
About
DCU’s Centre for Research in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (formerly know as the Centre for Children’s Literature and Culture) was established in 2006 by members of the former Department of English, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.
The centre plays a significant role in the promotion of children’s and young adult literature in Ireland. The centre welcomes collaboration with national and international academics, educationalists, writers, illustrators, publishers, in fact anyone, with an interest in children’s and young adult literature.
In the past, the centre has attracted international scholars, such as Jack Zipes and Jerry Griswold from the United States, and Lucy Pearson from the United Kingdom, as well as leading writers for children and young adults, such as Ireland’s first Laureate na nÓg, Siobhán Parkinson, and English writer Melvin Burgess.
Why collaborate with us?
DCU’s Centre for Research in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
- is Ireland’s foremost research centre for children’s and young adult literature
- supports Ireland’s first master’s programme in children’s and young adult literature
- engages in the publication of seminal works of literary criticism in the discipline
- participates in, and leads, major nationally and internationally funded research projects
- collaborates with national organisations (such as Children’s Books Ireland) and international centres for research (such as the Children’s Literature Unit, Newcastle University and the Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University)
- hosts DCU’s multi-disciplinary Network for Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture (which links members of staff across the university’s faculties engaged with children’s and young adult literature in their work)
- encourages public debate about children’s and young adult literature
For further information on the Centre for Research in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, School of English, please contact the director of the centre, Dr Keith O’Sullivan by e-mail, at keith.osullivan@dcu.ie, or by telephone, at +353 (0)1 700 6097.