This online symposium aims to address the growing significance of picturebooks across Asia in the 21st century. It seeks to explore the diverse ways in which picturebooks engage with the Asian landscape—as literary works, educational tools, and reading materials for both children and adults. The symposium welcomes presentations that investigate how literary productions in Asia influence one another, taking into account factors such as historical background, sociocultural context, language use, aesthetics, and the digitalization of picturebooks in Asia.

We invite submissions of abstracts for 20-minute presentations that address the symposium theme. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 
• Historical and cultural examinations of picturebooks in the Asian context
• Studies on the collaboration between visual and textual narratives in Asian picturebooks
• Critical approaches to understanding picturebooks in the Asian context
• Responses to global and local issues in Asian picturebooks
• Nostalgic and diasporic themes in Asian picturebooks
• The digitalization of Asian picturebooks