IRSCL Congress 2023

International Research Society for Children's Literature: Ecologies of Childhood. August 12th-17th, 2023. Santa Barbara (California).

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Final day (Day 4):

Keynote Thinking with Black Ecologies in Early Childhood Studies by Fikile Nxumalo (University of Toronto)

Artist/Author Plenary: Eugene Yelchin

Closing Banquet, Election Results, and 2025 Congress Announcement

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Day 3:

Excursion on theme Revisiting Island of the Blue Dolphins

Keynote: Protecting Children, Protecting Nature: The Rise and Contestation of Environmental Education in China by Orna Naftali (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) moderated by Sabine Frühstück (UC Santa Barbara)

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Day 2:

- Artist/Author Plenary: Jorge Tetl Argueta
- Artist/Author Plenary: Maya Gonzalez
- Screening of “Whale Rider” Film and Discussion with Witi Ihimaera moderated by Nicola Daly

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Day 2:

- Keynote: When Oil and Childhood Mix: Children’s Literature and/as Petroculture by Lara Saguisag
- Mentoring Lunch
- “See and Say” Special Research Collections Exhibition

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Day 1 :
• Congress Opening by Sara Pankenier Weld and Dafna Zur.
- Keynote: Precursors, Legacies, and Possibilities of Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins by Sara Schwebel.
- Artist/Author Plenary: Gene Luen Yang
- Chumash Storytelling: Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto

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Day 1 :
- Welcome to Country by Barbareño Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto
• Welcome by Chancellor Henry Yang
• Remarks by Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts Daina Ramey Berry
• Greetings by IRSCL President Evelyn Arizpe
• Congress Opening by Sara Pankenier Weld

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Digital congress info!

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*We encourage you to browse through all the speaker sessions and leave comments and/or questions and actively interact with one another in your academic exchanges.*

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Digital congress info!

Available on Whova on Wednesday 16th:
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ACTIVISM: INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS
- THE ANTHROPOCENE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS
- ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM: PANEL 4: Social ecology and children's literature (part. 1/2)

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Digital congress info!

LIVE on Whova on Wednesday 16th :
8:45-9:45 am Keynote: Thinking with Black Ecologies in Early Childhood Studies
10:05-12:00 pm IRSCL Members Meeting, Awards Ceremony, and 2025 Congress Announcement
5:10-6:00 pm Author-Artist Plenary: Eugene Yelchin

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- ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM: PANEL 4: Social ecology and children's literature

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*We encourage you to leave comments and/or questions and actively interact with one another in your academic exchanges.* (part 2/2)

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Available (asynchronous) on Whova on Tuesday 15th:
- ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM: PANEL 3: Polish Ecologies of Childhood: From Translations of Classics to Contemporary Comics
- ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM: INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS (part 1/2)

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Digital congress info!

LIVE on Whova on Tuesday 15th :
8:45-9:45 Keynote: The Rise and Contestation of Environmental Education in China
5:00-7:00 pm Revisiting the Island of the Blue Dolphins - with Panel of Experts with Diverse Areas of Expertise

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Click the link to access your profile and attend the talks:
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*We encourage you to browse through all the speaker sessions and leave comments and/or questions and actively interact with one another in your academic exchanges.*

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LIVE on Whova on Monday 14th :
8:45-9:45 Keynote: When Oil and Childhood Mix: Children's Literature and/as Petroculture
3:45-4:35 pm Plenary Talk: Jorge Tetl Argueta
4:50-5:40 pm Plenary Talk: Maya Gonzalez
7:00-9:30 pm Whale Rider Film Screening and Book Discussion

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- NATURE, PLANT, AND ANIMAL STUDIES: PANEL 2: The Lost Words: On Losing, Finding, and Learning Nature’s Names
- NATURE, PLANT, AND ANIMAL STUDIES: INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS Click the link to access your profile and attend the talks: https://t.co/DyqYajs8ve
(part 2/2)

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Available (asynchronous) on Whova on Sunday 13th:
- NATURE, PLANT, AND ANIMAL STUDIES: PANEL 1: Narratives of Nature and Natural Science in the Early 20th-century Polish Children’s Literature and Rearing: Aspects and Uses (part 1/2)

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LIVE on Whova Sunday 13th
9:00-10:00 am Keynote: Precursors, Legacies, and Possibilities of Scott O’ Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins
5:10-6:00 pm Artist-Author Plenary: Gene Luen Yang
7:30-8:30 pm Chumash Storytelling – with Barbareño Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto

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Artist-Author Plenary Speaker 🎙: Eugene Yelkin

August 16th at 5:10-6:00pm
Corwin Pavilion, University Center, UC Santa Barbara

Open to the public. No sign-up required.

Sponsored by the IRSCL 2023 : Ecologies of Childhood and Princeton University Cotsen Children's Library

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Public Event:🎙 Revisiting the Island of the Blue Dolphins - museum visit, culture, and diverse expert perspectives

5:00pm-7:00pm on August 15, 2023
Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Sign up at the link below 👇💻
https://t.co/v2vds6x2TR