The Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor with expertise in culturally and linguistically diverse children’s literature and additional strengths in reading and writing pedagogies and/or assessment for P-8 students.

The Department of English at the University of Memphis is hiring in Contemporary African American Literature and Culture and the position description also mentions secondary specializations in children's and young adult literatures and cultures:

023 marks the fortieth anniversary of the initial publication of Sweet Valley High. While Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield may rank amongst the best-known teen romance heroines, the texts themselves exist within a much larger pantheon of series books intended for or read by teens, and featuring romance narratives. T

New Voices in Children’s Literature in Translation: Culture, Power and Transnational Approaches 22-23 August 2024, Stockholm (Sweden) Deadline for abstract: 30 November 2023Call for PapersThis conference is organized by a collaboration between Stockholm University, Uppsala University (Sweden), Heriot-Watt University (UK) and the Children In Translation Network at the University of Galway (Ireland) to promote the intersection between Children’s Literature and Translation Studies.

When considering the worlds of children, researchers may start with communication as a site of inquiry, examining how children and youth share their experiences and perceptions of places, people, ideas, and more through the use of language, performance, and other creative expressions.

CFP: Literature and the Video Essay. Researching and Teaching Literature Through Moving ImagesEditors: Adriana Margareta Dancus (University of South-Eastern Norway) and Alan O’Leary (Aarhus University)This special issue explores how the video essay can function as an academic and pedagogic resource in the study and teaching of literature.

Please find the original posting here:https://ischool.illinois.edu/research/postdoctoral-researchersThe Postdoctoral Research Associate program in the iSchool seeks to provide mentoring and community support to prepare candidates for tenure-stream assistant professor or other permanent appointments inside and outside of academia.

Job SummaryThe School of Information Sciences (iSchool) seeks an Assistant Director, Center for Children's Books (CCB) to work with the Director of the Center and the Editor of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books to develop and implement strategies to retain and grow the CCB's reputation as a national leader in youth librarianship, children's materials, and the Youth-Information-Technology triad.

This is a call to nominate books for consideration for the IRSCL Book Award 2022. Books considered for the 2022 award must have been published during the period 2020-2022, must not have been nominated for an earlier IRSCL competition, and must deal with research on children’s literature or other forms of cultural texts for young people.