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Global Sponsorship Grant

The Global Committee assembles a special country focus panel at the Association's annual conference and selects the recipient(s) of ChLA's Global Sponsorship Grant. See the Global Committee's current Call for Papers for more information.

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Grant Recipients

2023 Islands in Children's Literature

International Travel Grants

  • Letterio Todaro, University of Catania, Italy

  • Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico

  • Gustavo Velázquez Lazcano, University of Florida

2021 Korean Children's Literature

International Distinguished Scholar

  • Jang Jeung-Hee, Seoul National University, Korea

International Honor Award

  • HyugJun Kwon, Gongju National University, Korea    

  • Dafna Zur, Stanford University, California

 

2019 BAME Children's Literature from the United Kingdom

International Distinguished Scholar

  • Patrice Lawrence, British writer and journalist

International Honor Award

  • Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, University College London      

  • Aishwarya Subramanian, Newcastle University

 

2018 Germany

International Distinguished Scholar

  • Ute Dettmar, Institut für Jugendbuchforschung, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

International Travel Grant

  • Ada Bieber, Humboldt University, Berlin                  

  • Daniel Feldman, Bar-Ilan University

2017 Cuba 

International Distinguished Scholar

  • Luis Cabrera Delgado, children's writer, Havana, Cuba

International Travel Grant

  • Niall Nance-Carroll, Illinois State University

  • Zeila Frade, Belen Jesuit Prepatory

2016 Japan

  • Fumiko Ganzenmueller, International Youth Library

  • Junko Yokata, National Louis University

  • Shino Sugimura, Kyoritsu Women’s University

  • Helen Kilpatrick, University of Wollongong

 

2015 Italy

  • Giorgia Grilli, University of Bologna, Italy

  • Maria Rosa Truglio, Pennsylvania State University

  • Lindsay Myers, The National University of Ireland, Galway

 

2014 Poland

  • Dorota Michulka, University of Wroclaw, Poland

  • Ada Bieber, Humboldt-University of Berlin

  • Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, University of Wroclaw, Poland

 

2013 Croatia

  • Berlslav Majhut, University of Zagreb

  • Željka Flegar, University of Osijek

  • Smiljana Narančić Kovač, University of Zagreb

 

2012 Philippines

  • Virgilio Almario, University of the Philippines

 

2011 Taiwan

  • Min-Ling Tsai, National Taipei University of Education

 

2010 Russia

  • Marina Balina, Illinois Wesleyan University

 

2009 Brazil

  • Odete Burgeile, Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR/Brazil)

  • Ana Maria G. C. Aguilar, Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR/Brazil)

2008 Iceland

  • Anna Heiða Pálsdóttir, University of Iceland

2007 Mexico

  • Evelyn Arizpe, University of Glasgow

2006 Iran

  • Zohreh Ghaeni, Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran 

2005 South Africa

  • Elwyn Jenkins, University of South Africa

2004 Finland

  • Janina Orlov, Stockholm University, Sweden

2003 Slovenia

  • Darja Mazi-Leskovar

2002 Australia

  • Clare Bradford, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia

2001 China

  • Jing Zhao, Beijing Normal University

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