The Children's
Literature Society is seeking a call for papers for the 2018
American Literature Association 29th Annual Conference
When:
May 24th-28th, 2018
Where:
Hyatt Regency in San Fransisco
Deadline
for Submission: January 10th, 2018
How
to Apply: Please
send abstracts or proposals (around 300 words) and include academic rank
and affiliation and AV requests to Dorothy Clark (Dorothy.g.clark@csun.edu ) and Linda
Salem (lsalem@mail.sdsu.edu )
CFP
Website: http://americanliteratureassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ALAChildrensLitSocietyCfp2018.pdf
Summary:
Panel 1:
Disrupting Morality in Children's Literature.
In the 1800s Maria Edgeworth noted the
difficulty of constructing stories ‘suited to the early years of youth, and, at
the same time, conformable to the complicate relations of modern society.’ Children
of 2018, a ‘rising generation’ of remarkably sophisticated individuals, face a
startling array of challenges. In a great many ways, we have seen a new “moral
literature” develop for children—stories that address science and technology, multiculturalism,
diversity (gender, family, socio-economics), and re-envisioning history so that
marginalized peoples and their narratives are addressed. How does
contemporary children's and young adult literature
“amuse and instruct” or otherwise communicate
moral reasoning in an age of disruption? In what ways has the change in the
construction of childhood influenced narratives? What roles do play, learning,
obedience, behavior, and creativity have in today’s narratives,
counter-narratives, anti-narratives, multi-narratives, and speculative
narratives?
Panel 2:
Empathy, Affect, and Friendship in Children's
Literature
Whether people talk about their own experiences
of childhood friendship or lack of friendship and sense of isolation, the
concepts of friendship, social acceptance and rejection play a powerful role in
childhood and are a perennial theme in children’s literature. Where is comfort,
compassion, affirmation or information about social isolation or connection in
today's literature? How do modern writers convey and express common human
emotions of love, fear, anger, hate, and sadness in this effort to affect the
child reader? And, do these reflect the changing construction of
childhood as well as the deepening expansion of children’s literature into the
domains of multiculturalism, diversity, and
socio-economics? Examples continue in multiple media—from such dynamic
texts as The Recess Queen and Jacqueline Woodson’s Each
Kindness to the recent mega popular
television series Stranger Things which defines friendship with rules like
"friends don't lie" as a requisite for belonging to a
group—friendship continues to be a central site of reflection in Children’s
Literature.
Textmoot: Stories for
the Refreshment of the Spirit
When:
January 13th, 2018
Where:
Scarborough College, Fort Worth, Texas
Deadline
for Submissions: November 15th, 2017
CFP
Webpage: http://texmoot.org/call-for-papers
Keynote Speakers: Dr.
Corey Olsen, Signum University
Summary:
CALL FOR ACADEMIC PAPERS:
In The Voyage
of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis, Lucy Pevensie reads a lovely
narrative spell in the Magician’s Book. It lifts her out of a petty state of
jealousy, soothing her loneliness and easing her disappointment. In the Houses
of Healing in Minas Tirith, humans and hobbits find healing for both body and
spirit, including recovery from trauma and heartbreak. We are looking for
proposals for flash-paper presentations (up to 10 minutes each) that rigorously
investigate either depictions of healing in literature (especially speculative
fiction) or applications of literature to real-life recovery. Questions and
topics that may be considered include the following:
· The tale in Coriakin’s book was “about a cup and a sword and a tree
and a green hill,” evocative of both Arthurian legends and the Gospel
narratives; consider healing as it is presented in Arthuriana or in the
Biblical text.
· Does Tolkien’s unique concept of “recovery” overlap with the
medical or psychological definitions of that term?
· Do certain genres lend themselves to tales of healing? Are
redemption and recovery built into the trajectories of certain genres? Do some
genres complicate those expectations?
· Has literature been shown to aid individuals suffering from
grief or trauma?
· Has literature been shown to contribute to the healing of
cultural traumas or to the causes of social or racial reconciliation?
· Does literature build healthy communities?
· Can literature ever cause, exacerbate, or contribute to trauma
and woundedness?
Send abstract of
under 200 words to info@texmoot.org by Nov. 15th.
CALL FOR CREATIVE
PRESENTATIONS: In addition to academic paper panels, there will also be
one session of short, original creative presentations (up to 10 minutes each)
that explore or demonstrate the same questions and topics listed above. These
presentations may include:
· Original creative writing, such as poetry, short fiction, or
short creative nonfiction
· Performances of original musical compositions
· Display and discussion of original works of visual artCreative Presentation
proposals should provide a short description (fewer than 200 words) of the
presentation – including genre, medium, technical requirements, and connection
to the symposium’s theme – and should also include a sample of the creator’s
original work in the same genre/medium.
Extended CFP – SWPACA
Myth and Fairytales
When:
February 7th-10th, 2018
Where:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Deadline
for Submissions: November 15th, 2017
How
to Apply: http://conference.southwestpca.org/
CFP
Website: http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2017/10/21/extended-cfp-swpaca-myth-and-fairy-tales
Summary:
All
scholars working in the areas of myth and/or fairy tales are invited to submit
paper or panel proposals for the upcoming SWPACA Conference. Panels are now
forming on topics related to all aspects of myths and fairy tales and their
connections to popular culture. To participate in this area, you do not need to
present on both myths and fairy tales; one or the other is
perfectly fine. Presentations considering both genres are of course welcome and
can stimulate interesting discussions. Proposals for forming your own Myth or
Fairy Tale-focused panel – especially panels focused on one particular
myth/tale – are encouraged.
Paper
topics might include (but are certainly not limited to):
· Where Fairy Tales and
Myth Overlap
· Non-Western Myths and
Fairy Tales
· Revised Fairy Tales
· Fairy Tales in/as
“Children’s Literature”
· Disney
· Urban Fairy Tales
· Ethnic Myths and Fairy
Tales
· Gendered Readings of
Myths and Fairy Tales
· Postcolonial Myths and
Fairy Tales
· Myths and Fairy Tales in
Advertising Culture
· Reading Myths and Fairy
Tales in the Popular Culture of Past Centuries
· Performing Myths and
Fairy Tales: Drama and/or Ritual
· Genres of Myths and/or
Fairy Tales: Film, Television, Poetry, Novels, Music, Comic Books, Picture Books, Short Stories, or Graphic Novels
Individual proposals for 15 minute papers must
include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words. Including a brief bio
in the body of the proposal form is encouraged, but not required.
UPDATE: EXTENDED
DEADLINE: SWPACA Children’s/Young Adult Literature and Culture Area
When:
February 7th-10th, 2017
Where:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Deadline
for Submissions: November 15th, 2017
How
to Apply: http://conference.southwestpca.org/
Summary:
The
Children’s/Young Adult Literature and Culture area covers a wide variety of
possible mediums: traditional book/literature culture, but also comics, graphic
novels, film, television, music, video games, toys, internet environment, fan
fiction, advertising, and marketing tie-ins to books and films, just to name a
few. Proposals on fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or cross-genre topics are
welcome. Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome, as are
presentations that go beyond the traditional scholarly paper format.
Topics
may include, but are not limited to:
· Diversity in Children’s
and YA literature (gender, race/ethnicity, disability, body image, sexual
identity)
· Use of innovative
formats for both children’s and YA literature
· The next “big” thing in
children’s and YA literature
· Film adaptation issues
· Historical approaches to
children’s and YA literature and culture
· New readings of
children’s and YA literature and culture
· Re-imaginings of myth,
fairy tale, and other traditional stories
· Explorations of specific
authors in the children’s and YA areas
· Fan fiction and fan
followings of books, films, and authors
· Beyond books and films
· Awards for children’s
and YA literature (issues and controversies)
Proposals
on other topics related to Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture
will be read with interest.
Individual proposals for 15 minute papers must
include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words. Including a brief bio
in the body of the proposal form is encouraged, but not required.
New Directions in
Children’s Film
When:
N/A
Where:
N/A
Deadline
for Submissions: November 30th, 2017
How
to Apply: chermansson@pittstate.edu
Summary:
Chapter
proposals are requested for a proposed handbook, New Directions in
Children’s Film: Theory and Practice, edited by Casie Hermansson and Janet
Zepernick and under consideration with Palgrave Macmillan. While children’s
film is as old as film itself, film scholarship is only recently beginning to
catch up to the numerous innovations of this thriving genre. This collection
aims to chart the new directions in 21st century children’s film (broadly
defined), and in its study.
Initial
proposals of approximately 300 words should clearly address any aspect of
current children’s film, including but not limited to children in/on film;
evolving genre definitions and borders; censorship and gatekeeping; influence
of technologies; adaptation issues; current thematic and other preoccupations;
construction and constructedness of childhood representations; pedagogical
issues; the child star system; money and the children’s markets. Please also
include a professional biography written in 3rd person of 100-200 words, noting
credentials in this research area as relevant. Deadline for proposals: November
30, 2017, by email to: chermansson@pittstate.edu .
All submissions will be confirmed received by prompt email reply. Authors will
be notified by December 15 about inclusion in the formal Prospectus and
chapters of 6-8k words will be due in 2018. Please circulate and repost.
Children and Popular
Culture
When:
N/A
Where:
N/A
Deadline
for Earth: December 1st, 2017
How
to Apply: The guest editor
welcomes submissions of articles via the journal submission system on its SAGE
Publishing site. See “Submission Guidelines” here: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/global-studies-childhood#description.
Summary:
Childhood
and youth are always contested notions, but perhaps nowhere more than in
popular culture. Popular culture offers representations of children and youth
as, among other things, wise, dangerous, evil, innocent, sexual, doomed, and in
various states of “in progress.” Popular culture is also the broad site of much
child agency, where children and youth produce texts from novels to YouTube
channels to websites, blogs, and zines, frequently outstripping their adult
contemporaries in technological savvy and communicative capability. Popular
culture for children is by turns condescending to the youngest audience, crass,
pedantic, and appropriated by adults for their own pleasure. Elements of
popular culture are designed to educate and socialize children; others are
manipulated by children as political activism. These turns call into question
and trouble conceptions not only of “the child” but of “popular culture” itself
and propose a compelling nexus of questions befitting both Childhood Studies
and Popular Culture Studies.
In
this special issue, authors are invited to consider intersections of popular
culture by, for, and about childhood, both broadly construed. We will explore
both the impacts of popular culture on youth and childhood and the very real
impacts of children and youth on popular culture. All disciplinary approaches
are welcome, including but not limited to textual and visual analysis,
ethnographic work, studies of children’s popular material culture, historical
readings, comparative analysis of texts, and consumer and communication
studies.
Additionally,
contemplations of the interstices between Childhood Studies and Popular Culture
Studies as academic endeavors are encouraged. The two fields have been in
limited conversation with one another, perhaps separated by epistemological and
methodological concerns, yet the available data seems like a rich vein for
insight. While both fields are multi-disciplinary and continuously evolving,
Childhood Studies maintains very clear traces of its roots in social sciences,
while Popular Culture Studies is still found more often housed in the
Humanities. The two fields each have at their center subjects that have at
times made it difficult for them to be taken seriously as sites of academic
inquiry. With different questions at their core, how can the two fields
interact? Put another way, how do we study this multitude of texts?
Topics
for this special issue might include:
· Popular culture and
education, whether intentional or inadvertent;
· Children’s popular
culture as grown-up nostalgia;
· Youth vs. adult
perspectives on popular culture;
· Children and youth as
producers of popular culture;
· New media as empowering
or oppressive;
· Capabilities for
communication and interconnectivity;
· Adult consumption of
children’s popular culture;
· Children’s consumption
of decades-old popular culture;
· Definitions of youth in
popular culture;
· Nostalgia through
revivals and reboots;
· Social media;
· Diminishing space
between children’s and adult popular culture.
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