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I like to travel and I speak to a variety of audiences, large and small. The calendar below lists my upcoming presentations and will be updated (now and then) with my whereabouts. Please use the links or email addresses for details or registration information. To discuss a speaking engagement, send me an email and I can return a list of possible topics: jgriswol@mail.sdsu.edu

5 and 6 July 2012
July 5 (Thursday) "The No-Place Like Home: Fantasylands" (NEH Summer Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.) http://www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/neh/. July 6 (Friday) "Visualness in Children's Books," NEH Summer Institute and open to the public (Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Mass.) http://www.carlemuseum.org/Programs_Events/Upcoming/#E1453
3-4 February 2012
2012 Grimm Conference, Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.).  http://web.me.com/folkmyth/Folk_%26_Myth/Grimm_Legacies.html
19 October 2011 (Wednesday) 7:00 pm, reception follows
"The Art of Children's Literature Criticism" (open to the public). St. Patrick's College [Room D115], Dublin. Contact: JulieAnn Stevens. JulieAnn.Stevens@spd.dcu.ie
18 October 2011 (Tuesday) 5:00-7:00 pm
"The Visual in Children's Literature" (intended for postgraduate students). St. Patrick's College (Drumcondra), Dublin, Ireland. Please seek permission to attend from Derek Hand derek.hand@spd.dcu.ie
17 October 2011 (Monday) 2:30-4:00 pm
 "A History of American Children's Literature" (intended for postgraduate students). Trinity College, Dublin. Please seek permission to attend from: Pádraic Whyte WHYTEPA@tcd.ie or Amanda Piesse. APIESSE@tcd.ie
17 October 2011  (Monday) 10-11 am "10 Significant Moments in American Children's Literature" (open to the public). Room 4050 A, Arts Block, Trinity College, Dublin. Contact: Padraic Whyte WHYTEPA@tcd.ie or Amanda Piesse APIESSE@tcd.ie
22-23 October 2010 Conference: "Fluctuating Memories and founding histories." Plenary address (14h-15h). Université Paris 13, UFR LSHS, room B203. 23 October 2010 (Saturday) Contact: Claire Parfait claire.parfait@univ-paris13.fr 
20 April 2010 (Tues): 3:30-4:30 PM

"Twain’s Twins, But I Repeat Myself." San Diego State University. Love Library 430. Leon Williams Room.  Mark Twain Centenary Celebration
14 October 2009 (10 AM--5:00 PM) New York Library Assoc. Niagara Falls, NY. http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1705