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Professor Julia Gillen

Professor of Literacy Studies

  1. 2025
  2. Toddlers Tech and Talk: Promoting Communication in the Early Years

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    21/05/2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  3. Toddlers, Tech and Talk: reporting to the Digital Literacies in early childhood course

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    05/2025 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  4. published submission of evidence on Media Literacy

    Gillen, J. (Consultant)

    2025 → …

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesParliament

  5. 2024
  6. Multimodality and multiliteracies in Happy Hands School for the Deaf in Odisha, India.

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    28/11/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  7. Social media and digital technology in childhood and beyond: friend or foe?

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    7/11/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  8. Literacy Conversations

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    24/10/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  9. Launch of new methodological resource to investigate research mobilisation

    Lindroos Cermakova, A. (Speaker), Adams, G. (Speaker), Gillen, J. (Speaker), Thompson, T. L. (Speaker) & Burnett, C. (Speaker)

    12/03/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  10. Picture postcards and the Edwardian era in Lancaster and Morecambe

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    14/02/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  11. 2023
  12. Transhistorical perspectives on language, materials and corpora: Conversations about correspondence

    Gillen, J. (Invited speaker)

    22/11/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  13. Podcast Julia Gillen: Chlorine and salt do not mix.

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    9/11/2023

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  14. Investigating research mobilities in primary literacy education in England

    Lindroos Cermakova, A. (Invited speaker) & Gillen, J. (Contributor)

    3/01/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  15. 2022
  16. Janet Carmichael and the Edwardian Postcard Project

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    23/09/202224/09/2022

    Activity: Other activity typesTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

  17. History Past, Present & Future - the IHR Centenary Festival

    Gillen, J. (Presenter) & Shaw, T. (Presenter)

    15/07/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  18. Research mobilities in primary literacies

    Gillen, J. (Speaker) & Cermakova, A. (Active Contributor)

    4/07/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  19. Kaleidoscope Histories: subtle and contradictory transitions in historical research

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    28/06/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  20. Investigating primary literacy education research mobilities in England

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    26/05/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  21. 2021
  22. Edwardian Picture Postcard Project Lancaster Digital Collections Launch

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    10/09/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  23. Online webinar: “Early 20th century social media: writing postcards around Lancaster and Morecambe Bay.”

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    15/07/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  24. Designing new approaches to investigating primary literacy education research mobiliities in England

    Gillen, J. (Speaker) & Burnett, C. (Speaker)

    11/05/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  25. Establishing trusting relationships with international partners.

    Gillen, J. (Active Contributor), Potts, D. (Active Contributor), Afitska, O. (Active Contributor) & Elston, V. (Active Contributor)

    23/04/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  26. Literacy (Journal)

    Gillen, J. (Editorial board member)

    1/04/202131/03/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

  27. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, Practice (Journal)

    Gillen, J. (Peer reviewer)

    1/02/202130/06/2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

  28. Lancaster Literacy Research Centre

    Gillen, J. (Organiser)

    8/01/202125/06/2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  29. 2020
  30. Being Human Festival

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    16/11/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  31. Celebrating the successes and lessons of the Raising Learning Outcomes Programme

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    12/11/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  32. COVID-19: thinking differently about education research impact

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    11/06/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  33. All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    22/01/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesOther

  34. UK Literacy Association (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    01/2020 → …

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  35. 2019
  36. All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    9/07/2019

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  37. Researching young children’s engagements with digital technologies in the home in Europe

    Gillen, J. (Invited speaker)

    2/07/2019

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  38. “A day in the digital life of children aged 0-3"​

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    11/06/201912/06/2019

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  39. I JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES:LA ALFABETIZACIÓN COMO PRÁCTICA SOCIAL

    Gillen, J. (Speaker) & Papen, U. (Speaker)

    11/06/201912/06/2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  40. I JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES:LA ALFABETIZACIÓN COMO PRÁCTICA SOCIAL

    Papen, U. (Speaker) & Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    11/06/201912/06/2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  41. Writing Edwardian Postcards: a tale of three Londoners

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    18/05/2019

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  42. American Educational Research Association (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Chair)

    04/201904/2021

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  43. Artistic Layers: The Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong in 2014

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    22/03/2019

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  44. Reconceptualising early childhood literacies: an international conference

    Gillen, J. (Chair)

    7/03/20198/03/2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  45. 2018
  46. “We never teach her ….but she knows”: Young children’s engagement with digital media in homes in the UK and Finland

    Gillen, J. (Speaker) & Kumpulainen, K. (Speaker)

    21/11/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  47. Enriching children’s learning and lives through multiliteracies

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    20/11/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  48. University of Helsinki

    Gillen, J. (Visiting researcher)

    19/11/201822/11/2018

    Activity: Business or School/HEI EngagementVisiting an external academic institution

  49. The “letter of the poor?” Investigating writing and images on the Edwardian postcard

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    8/11/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  50. PhD examination

    Gillen, J. (Examiner)

    28/09/2018

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  51. Exploring social media in the early twentieth century: the picture postcard

    Gillen, J. (Speaker) & Van Olmen, D. (Organiser)

    2/07/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesOral presentation

  52. The Edwardian Postcard: breathing new life into early twentieth century social media

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    26/04/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  53. PhD examination

    Gillen, J. (Examiner)

    21/03/2018

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  54. 2017
  55. AHRC (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    31/12/201731/12/2021

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  56. Presenter at "What makes a successful online reader?"

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    11/11/2017

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  57. Brighton Digital Festival

    Gillen, J. (Contributor) & Gradinar, A. (Contributor)

    27/09/2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  58. Valuing the Visual in Literacy Research

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    4/07/2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  59. Digital Literacies in Education

    Gillen, J. (Keynote/plenary speaker)

    16/05/2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  60. Community Day

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    6/05/2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  61. University of Roehampton London, University of Birmingham and The University of Edinburgh (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    3/01/20172/01/2018

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  62. External examining

    Gillen, J. (Examiner)

    20172021

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  63. 2016
  64. Struggle for the Text

    Gillen, J. (Invited speaker)

    13/10/2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  65. New Literacy Practices

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    6/10/20167/10/2016

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  66. University of Stavanger

    Gillen, J. (Visitor)

    3/10/20165/10/2016

    Activity: Business or School/HEI EngagementVisiting an external academic institution

  67. Digital Humanities Research Forum

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    15/06/2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  68. European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    17/03/201618/03/2016

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  69. Project meeting 3 of The Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children (DigilitEY) COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology

    Gillen, J. (Invited speaker)

    17/03/201618/03/2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  70. Twitter and humour: Test cricket, the BBC and Jonathan Agnew

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    9/03/2016

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  71. European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    20162017

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  72. 2015
  73. University of Stavanger

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    26/03/201527/03/2015

    Activity: Business or School/HEI EngagementVisiting an external academic institution

  74. Symposium on Language, Culture and Medicine

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    23/03/2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  75. Edwardian Postcards to and from Lancashire

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    17/03/2015

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  76. The Edwardian Postcard Project

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    17/03/2015

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  77. UK Literacy Associaton (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    03/201507/2015

    Activity: Membership typesMember of Advisory Panel

  78. University of Stavanger

    Gillen, J. (Visitor)

    24/02/201527/02/2015

    Activity: Business or School/HEI EngagementVisiting an external academic institution

  79. Postcards to and from Lancashire - a presentation by Julia Gillen and Cael Rooney.

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    18/02/2015

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  80. 2014
  81. Writing postcards in early twentieth century Britain: a revolutionary social networking phenomenon.

    Gillen, J. (Member of Panel)

    3/11/2014

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  82. Worlds of Literacy 2.0

    Gillen, J. (Chair)

    26/09/2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  83. Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication 5

    Gillen, J. (Organiser)

    11/09/201412/09/2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  84. AHRC (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    06/201412/2017

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  85. ESRC (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    6/01/201410/01/2014

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  86. Technology Strategy Board (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Advisor)

    2014

    Activity: Membership typesMember of Advisory Panel

  87. 2013
  88. Text trajectories

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    19/04/2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  89. Language Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age: New Research Methodologies

    Gillen, J. (Invited speaker)

    18/04/2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  90. The Edwardian Postcard Project

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    21/03/2013

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  91. Invited lecture to the BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs students at Liverpool Hope University

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    28/02/2013

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  92. 2012
  93. Edwardian Postcards to and from Lancaster - a communications revolution

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    11/12/2012

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  94. The Edwardian Postcard Project

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    21/11/2012

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  95. National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention

    Gillen, J. (Keynote/plenary speaker)

    17/11/2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  96. UK Literacy Association Annual Conference

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    6/07/20128/07/2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  97. Enriching early childhood literacy curricula and practice - a dialogue with Canada

    Gillen, J. (Organiser)

    7/05/2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  98. Twitter and Microblogging: Political, Professional and Personal Practices

    Gillen, J. (Organiser)

    1/04/201230/04/2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  99. Assessment and Qualifications Authority (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Member)

    20122014

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  100. 2011
  101. New Media, New Literacies and New Forms of Learning

    Gillen, J. (Participant)

    15/12/2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  102. A revolutionary multimodal communications technology: The Edwardian Picture Postcard

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    7/12/2011

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  103. Literacy History: pushing the disciplinary boundaries

    Gillen, J. (Organiser)

    7/03/2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  104. 2010
  105. A learning community for teens on a virtual island.

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    18/03/2010

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  106. Research in Education (Journal)

    Gillen, J. (Editorial board member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

  107. 2009
  108. Archaeology with teenagers in a virtual world.

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    9/05/2009

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  109. ESRC (External organisation)

    Gillen, J. (Contributor)

    20092010

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  110. 2008
  111. Schome Park: exploring digital literacy practices in a Teen Second Life project.

    Gillen, J. (Speaker)

    8/11/2008

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  112. 2007
  113. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy (Journal)

    Gillen, J. (Editor)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

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