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Dr. Daniel Cook is the author of the recently published book The Moral Project of Childhood

Daniel Cook, Professor The Moral Project of Childhood (NYU Press, 2020) Examines the Protestant origins of motherhood and the child consumer. Throughout history, the responsibility for children’s moral well-being has fallen into the laps of mothers. In The Moral Project of Childhood, the noted childhood studies scholar Daniel Thomas Cook illustrates how mothers in the… continue reading

Ph.D. Student Rashmi Kumari’s article titled “Menstruating women and celebate gods: a discourse analysis of women’s entry into Sabarimala temple in Kerala, India was published in Third World Thematics: a TWQ Journal

Rashmi Kumari’s paper is a review of the discourses generated in the media after the September 2018 verdict by the Supreme Court of India which ‘allowed’ women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple. She analyzes the discourses primarily in these three groups – first, the advocates of the ‘subaltern’ subject, second, the advocates… continue reading

Congratulations to Ph.D. Student Lidong Xiang for being selected as a fellow at the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany

Ph.D. student Lidong Xiang received a fellowship from the International Youth Library to research for three months during summer 2020. This fellowship program is funded by the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. She’s going to use the collection of books for children and young adults to do a comparative study between Chinese… continue reading