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University of Sunderland's Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies are pleased to announce an afternoon of talks on contemporary children's media.

This session will see four speakers, ranging from PhD candidates to established academics, considering issues emerging from their work on contemporary children’s film and literature, and looking at the ever-blurring boundaries between child and adult audiences.

The event takes place on May 13th from 13:00-17:00.

Attendance is free, and you can register for a place here:
http://tinyurl.com/childrensmedia

Follow the facebook event for updates here:
http://tinyurl.com/ccmevent

Speakers include:

Michael Shaftoe, University of Sunderland
'Queering Kinship: Re-framing the Family in Toy Story and Beyond'

Dr Noel Brown, Liverpool Hope University
'Children’s Media and Family Entertainment in Hollywood Since the 1990s'

Catherine Lester, University of Warwick
'The Children's Horror Film: Characterising an 'Impossible' Sub-Genre'

Dr Lucy Pearson, Newcastle University
'Moving Between Worlds? Philip Pullman and the Boundaries
of Children’s Literature'

Thanks,

Sam Summers
University of Sunderland
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