Dr. Pádraic Whyte
Associate Prof in Children's Literature, English
Research Associate, Children's Research Centre
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Padraic Whyte, "Padraic Colum to Aik"ne: Ireland, Hawai`i, and Retelling Myths for Children", The Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 14/03/2024, 2024, The Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1 - 20pp
Padraic Whyte, Reading Padraic Colum, Friends of St Patrick, Honolulu, 14/03/24, 2024, Friends of St Patrick, 1 - 20pp
Pádraic Whyte, Keith O'Sulivan, The Writings of Padraic Colum: 'That Queer Thing, Genius', London and New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 1 - 200pp
Rewriting Buile Suibhne: Storytelling and The Frenzied Prince in, editor(s)Padraic Whyte Keith O'Sullivan , The Writings of Padraic Colum: 'That Queer Thing, Genius', London and New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, [Padraic Whyte]
Padraic Whyte, An Introduction to Queer Children's Literature, Pathways Northern Ireland, 23/01/2023, 2023, 1-10pp
Pádraic Whyte, KPMG Book Awards, Inis Magazine, 2022, p8 - 12
Pádraic Whyte, Giovanna M R Lima, Sarah Bowman, Eve Patten , (2022), 'National Collection of Children's Books: Repositioning Children's Literature in Ireland, http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/97459' [pdf], Ireland, Trinity College Dublin
Padraic Whyte, Keith O'Sullivan, `Beyond Traditional Hierarchies: Creating Space for Children"s Literature Collections",, Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (GKJF) / Yearbook of the Children's Literature Research Society (GKJF): Beiträge aus Geschichte und Theorie (2022), 2022, p165 - 174
Padraic Whyte, 'Exploring the Urban Jungle: the City in Children's Writing', International Literature Festival Dublin, International Literature Festival Dublin, https://ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festival/strand/storymachine/storymachine-podcast-chapter-3-rambling - 2021, 1 - 2
Padraic Whyte, 'A talisman that gives an entrance into the world': Padraic Colum, Education, and Storytelling, International Society for Research in Children's Literature, Chile, 18 October 2021, 2021, pp1 - 12
Padraic Whyte, 'Award-Winning Books for Children', International Literature Festival Dublin, https://ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festival/strand/storymachine/storymachine-podcast-chapter-4-award-winning-books-for-children/, 2021, 1 - 2
House, Land, and Family Life: Children's Fiction and Irish Homes in, editor(s)Liam Harte , The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Fiction, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, pp387 - 404, [Pádraic Whyte]
Padraic Whyte, 'The National Collection of Children's Books Project: Deconstructing and Restructuring the Canon', Children's Literature and Digital Humanities, University of Antwerp, 22 October 2020, 2020
Growing Up in Manhattan: Children's Literature and New York City in, editor(s)Ross Wilson , New York: A Literary History, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2020, [Padraic Whyte]
'A Place in the Canon: Padraic Colum's Newbery Books and the Development of American Children's Literature' in, editor(s)Timothy Young , Story Time: Essays on the Betsy Reinecke Collection of American Children's Literature, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2017, pp139 - 155, [Pádraic Whyte]
Keith O'Sullivan, Pádraic Whyte, Children's Literature Collections: Approaches to Research, London and New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 1 - 261pp
'Firing for the Hearth: Storytelling, Landscape, and Padraic Colum's The Big Tree of Bunlahy' in, editor(s)Keith O'Sullivan, Pádraic Whyte , Children's Literature Collections: Approaches to Research, London and New York, Palgrave, 2017, pp145 - 161, [Pádraic Whyte]
Introduction in, editor(s)Keith O'Sullivan, Pádraic Whyte , Children's Literature Collections: Approaches to Research, London and New York, Palgrave, 2017, pp1 - 11, [Pádraic Whyte, Keith O'Sullivan]
Padraic Whyte and Keith O'Sullivan, ' Website with Catalogue and Database - National Collection of Children's Books', TCD web nccb.tcd.ie, Trinity College Dublin, 2015, 1 - 200
Navigating Adolescence through the Streets of New York; 'I'll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip' in, editor(s)Padraic Whyte and Keith O'Sullivan , Children's Literature and New York City, London and New York, Routledge, 2014, pp45 - 56, [Padraic Whyte]
Introduction in, editor(s)Padraic Whyte and Keith O'Sullivan , Children's Literature and New York City, London and New York, Routledge, 2014, pp1 - 5, [Padraic Whyte and Keith O'Sullivan]
Padraic Whyte and Keith O'Sullivan (eds), Children's Literature and New York City, London and New York, Routledge, 2014, 206pp
Padraic Whyte, 'Telling Tall and Tiny Tales; Children's Books Exhibition - with catalogue', The Ark: A Cultural Centre for Children, catalogue, Dublin, The Ark, 2012, 2012 - 2013
Children's Literature in, editor(s)James Murphy , The Oxford History of the Irish Book , Vol. IV: The Irish Book in English, 1800-1890, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp518 - 530, [Padraic Whyte]
Young Adult Fiction and Youth Culture in, editor(s)Valerie Coghlan, Keith O'Sullivan , Irish Children's Literature: New Perspectives on Contemporary Writing, New York and London, Routledge, 2011, pp71 - 84, [Padraic Whyte]
Padraic Whyte, Irish Childhoods: Children's Fiction and Irish History, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011, 1 - 220pp
Teenage Tantrums and Territorial Trauma; Mark O'Sullivan's 'Melody for Nora' in, editor(s)Valerie Coghlan, Mary Shine Thompson , Studies in Children's Literature; Divided Worlds , Dublin, Four Courts, 2007, pp120 - 129, [Padraic Whyte]
American Dreams and Irish Myths: John Sayles's 'The Secret of Roan Inish' in, editor(s)John Hill, Kevin Rockett , Studies in Irish Film, Dublin, Four Courts, 2006, [Padraic Whyte]
Escape From Fantasy Ireland; Martin Duffy's 'The Boy From Mercury' in, editor(s)John Hill, Kevin Rockett , Film History and National Cinema , Dublin, Four Courts, 2005, [Padraic Whyte]
Wars of Independence: The Construction of Irish Histories in the Work of Gerard Whelan and Siobhán Parkinson in, editor(s)Celia Keenan, Mary Shine Thompson , Studies in Children's Literature 1500-2000 , Dublin, Four Courts, 2004, [Padraic Whyte]
Padraic Whyte, Validating The Veracity: Narrative Voice and the Construction of Authentic Histories in Joan O'Neill's 'Daisy Chain War', New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , 10, (1), 2004
Padraic Whyte, History for the Present, Film and Film Culture, 1, (1), 2002, p24 - 35
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Padraic Whyte, Keith O'Sullivan, Méabh Ní Choileáiin, Jennifer Mooney, 'Padraic Colum: 50th Anniversary Celebration', https://dcu.mused.org/en/, https://dcu.mused.org/en/, Dublin City University, 2022, 1 - 15
Padraic Whyte, Elizabeth Nixon, Shared Reading on a Shared Island: Identifying Literature and Elevating Voices, Reading Rooms: Fostering Constructive and Inclusive Dialogue Between Communities, Trinity Long Room Hub, 14/06/2022, 2022, pp1-8
Padraic Whyte, Curiouser and Curiouser: The Great Children's Book Quiz, International Literature Festival Dublin, Dublin, 24/05/2022, 2022, International Literature Festival Dublin
Sinead Moriarty, Padraic Whyte, Elizabeth Nixon, Reading Rooms: Fostering Constructive and Inclusive Dialogue Between Communities, TARA, August, 2022, p1 - 39
Padraic Whyte, Keith O'Sulivan, Padraic Colum: 50th Anniversary Celebration of his Life and Work, 11/01/2022, In:Pathways Northern Ireland, 2022, Trinity Long Room Hub
Jane Suzanne Carroll, Pádraic Whyte, , 'Story Spinners: Irish Women & Children's Literature', Trinity College Dublin, Google Arts & Culture, 2018, -
Padraic Whyte, Brighid Whyte, Paddy Whyte, 'Video with over 1 million views -Brighid and Paddy, Vote With Us', Vote With Us, https://youtu.be/Bv_FqRzFyXo, New York Times:https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/world/europe/for-one-irish-couple-backing-gay-marr, 2015, 1 - 2
Padraic Whyte, 'Same-sex relationships in children's literature', Newstalk Radio - The Right Hook, Newstalk, newstalk.com/Childrens-literature-and-young-adult-novels-that-look-at-samesex-relationshi, 2015, 1 - 15
Padraic Whyte, 'Upon the Wild Waves: A Journey through Myth in Children's Books - with online catalogue', Book of Kells Exhibition, Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin, TCD Library Website, 2015, 2014 - 2015
Padraic Whyte and NCCB Team, 'Come Closer: The Darker Side of Children's Books', National Collection of Children's Books, Dublin City Libraries, https://nccb.tcd.ie/exhibition, 2015, 1 - 20
Padraic Whyte, Are We There Yet? Same-Sex Relationships and Children's Literature, Children's Books Ireland, 2015, p5 - 8
Padraic Whyte, 'Children's TV: Upon the Wild Waves', RTE Television, 2015, 1 - 15
Padraic Whyte, Critical Theory and Children's Literature, Elphinstone College, Mumbai, February, 2014, TCD Global Relations, 1 - 18pp
Padraic Whyte, Critical Approaches to Children's Literature, St Stephen's College, Delhi, India, February, 2014, TCD Global Relations/ St Stephen's Literary Society, 1 - 18pp
Padraic Whyte, 'Children's Book of the Year Award Announcements', RTE Television, 2014, 1 - 15
Padraic Whyte, 'TG4 IMEALL - Interview about Upon the Wild Waves', Arts show, TG4 Television, 2014, 1 - 18
Padraic Whyte, Chair of CBI Children's Book of the Year Award: Announcing Winners, 2014, Dublin, 2014, 1 - 18pp
Padraic Whyte, Children's Literature in the Classroom, Jesus and Mary College, Delhi, India, February, 2014, TCD Global Relations/ JMC staff, 1 - 18pp
Padraic Whyte, 'Richard Dawkins and Fairytales', RTE Radio 1, Today with Sean O'Rourke, 2014, 1 - 15
Padraic Whyte, 'Robert Louis Stevenson', Talking Histories, Newstalk Radio, 2013, 1 - 15
Padraic Whyte, Chair of CBI Children's Book of the Year Award: Announcing Winners, 2013, Dublin, 2013, 1 - 10pp
Padraic Whyte, The Pollard Collection of Children's Books: Constructing a History of Irish Children's Literature', Long Room Hub Library Lecture Series to mark the tercentenary of the Old Library, Trinity College, Trinity College Dublin, 2013, 1 - 40pp
Padraic Whyte, Children's Literature and 19th Century Ireland: An Exploration of the Pollard Collection of Children's Books', Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Belfast, February 2013, 2013, Dr Crawford Gribben, 1 - 12pp
Padraic Whyte, Betsy Beinecke Shirley Lecture on American Children's Literature; 'Children's Literature and New York City: A Whistle-Stop Tour', Betsy Beinecke Shirley Lecture on American Children's Literature;, Yale University, November 2012, 2012, Yale University, 1 - 30pp
Padraic Whyte, 'Roald Dahl', Talking Histories, Newstalk Radio, 2011, 1 - 12
Padraic Whyte, 'It's not the past that matters, it's the way you see it.' Ireland and children's fiction, National Library of Ireland, Dec 2011, 2011, National Library, 1 - 35pp
Elizabeth Nixon, Padraic Whyte, Joe Buggy, Sheila Greene, Discourses on Sexual Responsibility, Fatherhood and Masculinity Among Young Men from Lower Socio-Economic Groups , Dublin, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, 2010, p1 - 160
Padraic Whyte, 'James Patterson and Reading for Boys', Inis Magazine, Winter, 2009
Padraic Whyte, Morals and Nations: The Pollard Collection and 19th Century Literature for Children in Ireland', ISSCL 2009, Dublin, 2009, 2009
Padraic Whyte, 'Adaptation and Authenticity; Filming Children's Literature',, Inis Magazine, Summer, 2004
Research Expertise
Projects
- Title
- Reading Rooms: Fostering Constructive and Inclusive Dialogue Between Communities
- Summary
- This inter-disciplinary project sought to investigate and advance the potential of shared reading groups to promote purposeful and meaningful dialogue among Northern Ireland interface communities. Trinity College Dublin partnered with Verbal, a voluntary organisation with nearly 30 years" experience working to improve cross-community relations in Northern Ireland. The project aimed to design a new framework and identify suitable literary texts for cross-community groups; conduct a pilot shared reading group; seek feedback from participants on group processes in relation to health and well-being, literary texts, and shared futures; and present findings in a report.
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council/ Dept of Taoiseach
- Date From
- 01/12/2021
- Date To
- 31/09/2022
Recognition
Representations
Arts Council advisory panels
Chair of CBI Children's Book of the Year Awards
Peer reviewer for international journals in Irish studies and in children's literature studies
Member of peer review panel for Studies in Children's Literature series
Peer Reviewer for NUI research student travel scholarships
Consultant: Department of Taoiseach and Office for the Minister for Children
Founding member and editorial board member of academic journal Film and Film Culture
Consultant for children's literature publishers
Awards and Honours
Fulbright Scholar
IRC and Department of the Taoiseach New Foundations Award
International Research Society for Children's Literature Edited Book Award, 2019
Irish Research Council grant 350,000
Crisis Pregnancy Agency research grant (95,000) (as part of a team)
Supervising PhD students in receipt of an Irish Research Council Postgraduate Award, 2014-17.
Arts Council of Ireland 'Emerging Writers' bursary
Queen's University Institute of Irish Studies Research Fellowship, 2008-2009
IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 2004-2006
Trinity Trust Scholarship to attend The International Durrell School of Corfu,
Trinity Postgraduate Award
Memberships
Member and former Vice-President of Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature.
International Research Society for Children's Literature