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Dr Lindsay Myers

PhD, MA, BA

Biography

I am a college lecturer in Italian and Children's Studies at NUI Galway. I introduced the BA Connect with Children's Studies to the University in 2008 and I was a co-program designer of the BA Children's Studies which came on stream in 2015. I was Director of the BA Connect between 2008-2015. I believe that creativity and critical thinking should be at the heart of education at all levels and it is my mission to foster these as best I can in my teaching, research and community involvement. I am a firm supporter of the integration of the Arts in education and my research focuses on Italian children's literature and culture, comparative children's literature and film, aesthetic education and innovative pedagogical approaches. I am Chairperson of the Board of Management of Galway Steiner National School, Knocknacarra.

Research Interests

20th Century European Children's Literature.
Italian Children's Literature and Culture.
The Child in Film
Fantasy Literature for Children and young Adults
Creativity in Education
Waldorf Steiner Education
Italian Culture and National Identity

Research Projects

	Project	Start Date	End Date
	MF MINOR ITALIAN FANTASY FOR CHILDREN L MYERS	01-OCT-05	31-OCT-06
	MF2003 MF20 03 M LINDSAY MYERS	05-DEC-03	05-DEC-04

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	'Historicized Fiction or Fictionalized History? Lia Levi's Cecilia va alla guerra and the Legacy of the First World War in Contemporary Italian Children's Literature' Myers, L (2017) 'Historicized Fiction or Fictionalized History? Lia Levi's Cecilia va alla guerra and the Legacy of the First World War in Contemporary Italian Children's Literature'. Lion And The Unicorn, 41 :167-185 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Historicized Fiction or Fictionalized History? Lia Levi’s Cecilia va alla guerra and the legacy of the First World War in contemporary Italian children’s literature' Lindsay Myers (2017) 'Historicized Fiction or Fictionalized History? Lia Levi’s Cecilia va alla guerra and the legacy of the First World War in contemporary Italian children’s literature'. Lion And The Unicorn, 41 (2):167-185 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2012)	'“Whose Fear Is It Anyway?: Moral Panics and ‘Stranger Danger’ in Henry Selick’s Coraline' Myers, L. (2012) '“Whose Fear Is It Anyway?: Moral Panics and ‘Stranger Danger’ in Henry Selick’s Coraline'. Lion And The Unicorn, 36 (3):245-257 [Details]
	(2008)	'Meo's Fists - Fighting For or Against Fascism? The Subversive Nature of Text and Image in Giovanni Bertinetti's I pugni di Meo' Myers, L (2008) 'Meo's Fists - Fighting For or Against Fascism? The Subversive Nature of Text and Image in Giovanni Bertinetti's I pugni di Meo'. International Research In Childrens Literature, 1 :1-15 [DOI] [Details]
	(2008)	'Roberto Innocenti - HCA Illustrator Medallist' Myers, L. (2008) 'Roberto Innocenti - HCA Illustrator Medallist'. Bookbird, 46 (4):30-37 [Details]
	(2007)	'Io Nano e Cuore di Ciccia –Pinocchiate alternative' Myers, L. (2007) 'Io Nano e Cuore di Ciccia –Pinocchiate alternative'. LG Argomenti, 4 [Details]
	(2005)	'La Letteratura per l'infanzia in Irlanda: una panoramica' Myers, L. (2005) 'La Letteratura per l'infanzia in Irlanda: una panoramica'. LG Argomenti, 4 :47-55 [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	’Making the Italians’: Poetics and Politics of Italian Children’s Fantasy. Myers, L. (2011) ’Making the Italians’: Poetics and Politics of Italian Children’s Fantasy. Bern: Peter Lang. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	'‘Flying the Flag’: Artuto Rossato’s First World War Fantasy Novel L’Aeroplano di Girandolino' Lindsay Myers (2016) '‘Flying the Flag’: Artuto Rossato’s First World War Fantasy Novel L’Aeroplano di Girandolino' In: Children's Literature and Culture of the First World War. London: Routledge. [Details]
	(2007)	'Maternal Shadows – Nature, Femininity and Identity in the Poetry of Antonia Pozzi ' Lindsay Myers (2007) 'Maternal Shadows – Nature, Femininity and Identity in the Poetry of Antonia Pozzi ' In: In corpore: (im) material bodies in Italy, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Madison: Farleigh Dickinson Press. [Details]
	(2006)	'The Ants go Marching In: Ant fascism from Ciondolino to Antz' Lindsay Myers (2006) 'The Ants go Marching In: Ant fascism from Ciondolino to Antz' In: Divided Worlds: Studies in Children's Literature. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]
	(2005)	'Writing the Past, Righting the Future: The Community Fantasy in Italian Children's Literature' Myers, L. (2005) 'Writing the Past, Righting the Future: The Community Fantasy in Italian Children's Literature' In: Children's Literature Global and Local: Social and Aesthetic Perspectives. Kristiansand: Hoyskoleforlaget AS - Norwegian Academic Press. [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2002)	'' Pinocchio- A Classic among Classics'' Myers, L (2002) '' Pinocchio- A Classic among Classics'' Inis, 3 :25-28. [Details]
	(2002)	'' Pinocchio- A Classic among Classics'' Myers, L (2002) '' Pinocchio- A Classic among Classics'' Inis, 3 :25-28. [Details]
	(2004)	'' A Guided Tour of Italian Children's Literature'' Myers, L (2004) '' A Guided Tour of Italian Children's Literature'' Inis, 8 :6-9. [Details]
	(2007)	''Sara Fanelli’' Myers, L (2007) ''Sara Fanelli’' Inis, 20 :20-24. [Details]
	(2012)	''Fantasy - un genere italiano?'' Myers, L (2012) ''Fantasy - un genere italiano?'' Liber, 96 :39-42. [Details]
	(2012)	''Making the Italians. Poetica e politica nella fantasy italiana per ragazzi'' Myers, L (2012) ''Making the Italians. Poetica e politica nella fantasy italiana per ragazzi'' Hamelin, 31 :102-113. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	, ‘Impossible Dreams: The Subversive Nature of Fascist Architecture in Bruno Paolo Arcangeli’s Venite con me nell’impossibile’, Lindsay Myers (2016) ESSE Conference. [Oral Presentation], , ‘Impossible Dreams: The Subversive Nature of Fascist Architecture in Bruno Paolo Arcangeli’s Venite con me nell’impossibile’, NUI GAlway , 25-AUG-16. [Details]
	(2017)	“The First World War through Equine Eyes: A Comparative Analysis of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse (1982) and Chiara Carminati’s {fuori fuoco} (2014), Lindsay Myers (2017) Society for Italian Studies Conference. [Oral Presentation], “The First World War through Equine Eyes: A Comparative Analysis of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse (1982) and Chiara Carminati’s {fuori fuoco} (2014), University of Hull , 15-AUG-17. [Details]
	(2017)	“From Neverland to Imagination Land: Peter Pan, Inside Out and the Demolition of Childhood”, Lindsay Myers (2017) 23rd Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for the Study of Children’s Literature. [Oral Presentation], “From Neverland to Imagination Land: Peter Pan, Inside Out and the Demolition of Childhood”, University of York, Canada , 29-JUL-17 - 01-AUG-17. [Details]

Other Item

	Year	Publication
	(2005)	Bibliographical entries. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature London. Myers, L. (2005) Bibliographical entries. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature London. Other Item [Details]

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests include nineteenth and twentieth-century children's literature and film, fantasy literature and fairytales, children's literature in translation, twentieth-century italian children's literature and society, twentieth-century Italian literature, Italian language from beginners to Advanced and translation techniques. I also teach courses on designing creative workshops for young children and on children's play as part of the BA Connect with Children's Studies and the BA Children's Studies.