One-day conference, University of Worcester (UK), 10 April 2010
Keynote speakers: Prof. Mavis Reimer, the Canada Research Chair in the Culture of Childhood at the University of Winnipeg; Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre, the Leverhulme Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Worcester.
Deadline for proposals for 20-minute papers: 10 March 2010.
This one-day conference, organised by the International Centre for Research in Children’s Literature, Literacy and Creativity, seeks to address the interplay between nationalism (or nationalisms) and cultural memory in texts for or about young people, including books, periodicals, films, television series, games, tourism sites, websites, and archives.
Possible topics include:
- Texts for children and/vs. texts for adults (as well as crossover texts);
- Transnational co-productions or co-publishing ventures;
- Textual transformations (adaptations, translations, abridgments, retellings, parodies, fan/slash fictions, authorized or unauthorized sequels and prequels);
- Depictions of the past and the future (including history/biography, revisionist histories, science fiction and futurism);
- The circulation of colonial and postcolonial discourses (from empire to colony, or from former colony back to empire);
- Depictions of war and conflict, particularly contentious historical and political conflicts;
- The role of food, dress, and festival in the transmission of cultural memory;
- The cultural production of texts, including branding, genre, and assumptions about gender, race, class, sexuality, religion, and nationality;
- Reception of texts, either by critics/scholars or by young people.
Cost: £70 including lunch, morning and afternoon coffee & tea. Contact for proposals (5o0 words maximum): Prof Jean Webb, Director of the International Centre for Research in Children’s Literature, Literacy and Creativity. Accommodation, if required, is available off campus in the locality. Further information with the booking form. Conference booking direct to: Jill Veale, 01905 542173, j.veale@worc.ac.uk