Hidden in Plain Sight: Writing Women into History Event Date: 17 January 2026 Event Time: 8 p.m. IST/ 6.30 a.m. PTEvent Address: ZoomContact us at aclisa.contact@gmail.com Registration https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWgtccpmEwPUKdJ1Xfo1DyIRKFlO6UPhWtMzuXrB3Hv_CIsg/viewform About the Author Dr. Devika Rangachari is an award-winning Indian writer whose Queen of Ice was on the White Raven list, won the Neev Young Adult Book Award, was … Continue reading Author Talks: Dr. Devika Rangachari
On Scholarship: Kamayani Kumar
Playing hide and seek with Childhood in Kashmir Date: 20th September Time 8.00 p.m. IST/7.30 a.m. PT Venue: Zoom To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefhZoQa5OydpF_YGxQOCNP5PYY9hEQcEGIhZu0iKlPvjtmDA/viewform?usp=dialog Talk Abstract Kashmir is one of the most contentious territories in India. Caught in the imbroglio of insurgency and counterinsurgency, it has become eclipsed by terror, violence, and trauma and has become a … Continue reading On Scholarship: Kamayani Kumar
Author Talks: Samina Mishra
Crossing Borders, Growing Citizens: Childhood and Nation-building in India Event Date: 22 August 2025 Event Time: 7.30 p.m. IST/ 7.00 a.m. PTEvent Address: ZoomContact us at aclisa.contact@gmail.com About the Speaker Samina Mishra is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and teacher based in New Delhi. Her work uses the lens of childhood, identity and education to reflect the … Continue reading Author Talks: Samina Mishra
ACLiSA Speaker Series: Author Talks: Dr. J Devika, “Feminist Struggles and Fairy Tales: Writing Kunhuthee”
Date: 26th April 2025 Time: 8.30 p.m. IST/9.00 a.m. PT Venue: Online Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpYgoZNo0g-uBWP9BaOG4CqpOZz7Uev_tVjRXMck60ZUw4hw/viewform?usp=sharing Talk Abstract In 2021, a shocking case of infant-abduction shook the south-western state of Kerala, India. Baby Aiden, born to an inter-caste couple, was allegedly kidnapped by his maternal grandparents and trafficked to outside the state through the government's child … Continue reading ACLiSA Speaker Series: Author Talks: Dr. J Devika, “Feminist Struggles and Fairy Tales: Writing Kunhuthee”
Book Talk: Divya Kannan, “Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala”
Date: 28th March 2025 Time: 9.30 p.m. IST/9.00 a.m. PT Location: Zoom Last Date to Register: 26th March 2025 Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOtCX6W8Z8GEX7Qos4VjzvzBJ_Gostgdk0j82X105CPy3IrA/viewform?usp=sharing Speaker Bio Dr. Divya Kannan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology, Shiv Nadar-University Delhi-NCR. Her research interests are 19th and 20th South Asian history, History of Education, Childhood and … Continue reading Book Talk: Divya Kannan, “Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala”
Speaker Series: KidLit Beyond Kidlit
Dr. Siddharth Pandey, "Magical Materialities: A Personal Journey through Enchanted Landscapes Date: 22 March 2025 Time: 9.30 p.m. IST/ 9.00 a.m. PT Venue: Online Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMO-ofeNFKzqfelRQr_-nU2jMZT6rBBNlZD20LZ2ddWg3fIA/viewform?usp=sharing Registration Deadline: 20 March 2025 Talk Abstract This talk explores the speaker’s relationship to magic, fantasy and enchantment in both intimate and academic ways. Adopting a reflective and … Continue reading Speaker Series: KidLit Beyond Kidlit
About the ACLiSA Speaker Series
Spread across the year, the ACLiSA Speaker Series features speakers who are researchers and creators of children’s and young adult literature from South Asia and abroad with the aim to bridge knowledge and access gaps - within disciplines, industries, and communities. As ACLiSA is an organisation formed and run by early career researchers, it is … Continue reading About the ACLiSA Speaker Series
Play and Playthings in South Asian Children’s Literature: A 2 Day Symposium
Date: 18th & 19th March 2023 Time: 9 a.m. CDT/ 7.30 p.m. IST Location: Zoom, with YouTube livestream Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/play-and-playthings-in-south-asian-childrens-literature-a-2-day-symposium-tickets-556673303837 Last Date for Registration: 15th March 2023 Event Description: This 2 day symposium will bring together papers on the the iterations, manifestations, evocations of play in South Asian children's literature. Children’s literature and material … Continue reading Play and Playthings in South Asian Children’s Literature: A 2 Day Symposium
A YA Writing Workshop!
Writing is Personal: Narratives in Young Adult Literature A YA Writing Workshop organised by the American Center, Kolkata & ACLiSA Magical things happen when authors meet aspiring young writers, and on 17th November, 2022, we witnessed just that when the American Center, Kolkata, together with ACLiSA organised a YA writing workshop titled “Writing is Personal: … Continue reading A YA Writing Workshop!
Some Excerpts from our first Conference: Narratives of Criminality, Punishment and Social Justice in CYA Literature
Text by Ritwika Roy & Kajori Patra Illustrations by Ahona Das When we started ACLiSA in 2021, we did not imagine that we would be holding our first conference in August 2022, within a year of functioning. Yet, when Ritwika, one of our co-founders, proposed to the team that we collaborate with the Department of … Continue reading Some Excerpts from our first Conference: Narratives of Criminality, Punishment and Social Justice in CYA Literature