CFP: Cultural Minorities in Children's Literature and Verbal Culture Conference in Iceland

This is an invitation to participate in the campUSCulturae network and a third Call for Papers for the conference:

Cultural Minorities in Children's Literature and Verbal Culture

April 24th and 25th 2013, in Reykjavík, Iceland

Arranged by The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Iceland in cooperation with:

- The campUSCulturae Network
- The Nordic Culture Fund
- The Committee for Nordic Studies Abroad

We invite the submission of papers in the field of cultural minorities in children's literature and other verbal culture, as well as related fields.

The conference will have two central themes which may be divided into separate seminars:
• Minority Children’s Literature versus Global Popular Culture
• Children's Culture and Roots of Minorities


Keynote speakers:

Minority Children’s Literature versus Global Popular Culture
• John Stephens, Emeritus Professor at Macquarie University, Australia
• Karin Langgård, Associate Professor at the University of Greenland, Nuuk
• Turíð Sigurðardóttir, Professor at The University of the Faroe Islands, Thorshavn
• Vuokko Hirvonen, Professor at The Sámi University College, Guovdageaidnu, Norway

Children's Culture and Roots of Minorities
• Helene Ehriander, Assistant Professor at Linné University, Sweden
• Iram Haq, Author and Illustrator, Oslo, Norway
• Maria Österlund, Assistant Professor at the Aabo Academy, Sweden
• Nina Christensen, Head of Centre for Children´s Literature, Aarhus University, Denmark

Speakers from the campUSCulturae network
• Xosé A. Neira Cruz, Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Sofiya Zahova, Specialist at The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences



Guidelines for submission of abstracts:

Proposal abstracts (250-500 words) should be sent to the The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages by February 20th, 2013, to infovigdis@hi.is. Please use the subject header: campUSCulturae_your last name_first name initials. In the e-mail message, please include the following:
• Title
• Theme under which the paper should be placed
• Abstract of presentation
• Name(s) and affiliation(s) of presenter(s)
• Contact address: e-mail and phone number

The conference fee is 200€ which includes food and light refreshments during the conference, payable online on http://conference.hi.is/campusculturae/registration/

Keynote lectures will be given in English but workshops will be organized in the Nordic languages. A possibility remains to give lectures in other languages upon request.

Publications

Papers presented at the conference may be submitted for publication. Guidelines for submission will be featured if applicable on the conference website.

Further information: www.conference.hi.is/campusculturae

The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages is a research institute within the University of Iceland. It is comprised of faculty members who teach modern languages and cultures, the classical languages, and translation studies. The Institute has the honour of bearing the name of Madame Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former president of Iceland (1980-1996). She was the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as a head of state and now serves as UNESCO’s first, and so far only, Goodwill Ambassador for Languages.