Monday, September 13, 2010

CFP: Taiwan and Children's Books (June Conference in Virginia)


Call For Papers
Children's Literature of Taiwan
Deadline for Submission: December 15, 2010

The International Committee of the Children's Literature Association is planning a special country focus panel on Taiwan, to be presented at the Children's Literature Association Conference to be held at Hollins University in Roanoke Virginia, June 23-25, 2011. The committee invites papers that focus on any aspect of children's literature in Taiwan. Two or three papers will be selected; the papers should be presented in English and not exceed the twenty-minute reading time. The committee strongly encourages ChLA members interested in Taiwan to submit papers to this panel and all other scholars who would like to write on aspects of children's literature in Taiwan, including diasporic literature for children and Taiwanese folklore as children's texts, to submit papers for the session.

A 600 to 800 word abstract, with an accompanying one page cover letter (briefly introducing your educational, institutional or research background), should be submitted to the International Committee, Children's Literature Association, P.O. Box 138, Battle Creek, MI 49016 0138, USA; fax +269-965-3568; or electronically to:
kkiessling@childlitassn.org
.
The deadline for submissions of the abstracts is December 15, 2010.

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