Maria Chatzianastasi

(University of Nicosia, Cyprus)

Maria Chatzianastasi is a Post-Doc Researcher at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. She holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Primary Education from the University of Cyprus as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training and a Ph.D. in Children’s Literature from Newcastle University. Since 2009 she has been working in the public and private primary education in Cyprus. She is also a Scientific Collaborator at the European University Cyprus, where she has previously taught Children’s Literature modules. Maria’s research work has so far been presented in international conferences and submitted in local and international conference proceedings and journals. Her main research interests involve literary trauma representations, the aesthetic and pedagogic aspects of children’s literature in education, contemporary trends in children’s literature, new forms and formats in children’s books, multimodality, wordless texts and controversial themes in children’s literature.