CFP: Politics and Ideology in CL

Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature

Biennial Conference

Theme: Is Féidir Linn! [Yes we can!] : Politics and Ideology in Children’s Literature.

Date: Saturday 25^th and Sunday 26^th February 2012

Venue: Dublin City University

Call for Papers

Proposals are welcome relating to the overall theme and associated topics in the context of both Irish and international literature for children, and in relation to historical as well as contemporary issues.

Associated themes include:

• Utopias and dystopias
• War and peace
• Nationalism
• Cultural memory and empowerment
• The literary marketplace
• Education: choice and change
• Imagology: images and perceptions of the Self and Other
• Geocriticism: space, place and time
• Ecocriticism: nature and the physical environment

Proposals of 300 words maximum should be sent to ISSCL Conference Secretary Dr. Áine McGillicuddy. Email: aine.mcgillicuddy@dcu.ie

Subject line should clearly indicate “ISSCL Proposal” to arrive no later than Friday 18^th November 2011.

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