The certificate in children's literature program held its Research Consortium on Global/Transnational Children's Literature on August 14 and 15. The event included participants from participants from Newcastle University, Ocean University of China, Antwerp University, Jadavpur University, and Deakin University. Events included:
- Talk by Xu Derong, Ocean University of China, “A Contrastive Study of Constructs of Childhood in Chinese and American Picturebooks”
- Talk by Emily Murphy with Helen King, Newcastle University, “‘Life Keeps Going Like a Wheel’: Working Towards a Socially Just Archive of Childhood”
- Talk by Lidong Xiang, University of Pittsburgh, “The Hidden Child: Chinese Bookwomen Making Children’s Books in Transnational Conversations”
- Talk by Ritwika Roy, Jadavpur University, “Law, Youth and Infantilisation in Indian English Children’s Literature”
- Talk by Vanessa Joosen, University of Antwerp, “Constructing Age for Young Readers: A Multi-Method Approach to Studying Age in Children’s Literature”
- Talk by Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Deakin University, “The ‘Scientific’ Child in Children’s Periodicals, 1875-1915”