Reading Fictions One-day Symposium

A One-day Symposium on Representations of Books and Readers in Children’s Literature

Friday 11 October 2013
School of Education, University of Glasgow
 

Confirmed Speakers:

Dr Evelyn Arizpe, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian's Children's Books Editor
Dr Maureen Farrell, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
Prof Kim Reynolds, Professor of Children's Literature, University of Newcastle
Dr Vivienne Smith, University of Strathclyde
Prof Morag Styles, Professor of Children’s Poetry, University of Cambridge
Prof Maria Nikolajeva, University of Cambridge
Dr Sylvia Warnecke, The Open University
Prof Jean Webb, Director of the International Forum for Research in Children's Literature, University of Worcester

*A joint project of the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde, funded by the British Academy.
Registration: £10.00 donation to UKLA Books for Africa project.
Places are limited. RSVP to evelyn.arizpe@glasgow.ac.uk and send cheque, made out to UKLA,  to Evelyn Arizpe, School of Education, St Andrew's Building, 11 Eldon St., Glasgow G3 6NH

CFP: Children's Literature and Psychoanalysis Conference in Philadelphia

Call for Papers
“Enchanted Places”, Imagined Childhoods
A Symposium on Children’s Literature and Psychoanalysis
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania
Deadline: February 15, 2014

Featured Author:  Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli has been writing books for more than thirty years and has published an average of one book a year over that time.  Maniac Magee (1991) won the Newbery Award and Wringer (1997) was a Newbery Honor recipient.  More recent titles include Stargirl (2000), Milkweed (2003) and Hokey Pokey (2013). In a blend of gritty realism and casual magic, Spinelli locates his stories in the places where ordinary children live—old cities, dreary suburbs and school classrooms—then enchants these places with transcendent language and characters who radiate courage and bold eccentricity.  His stories confront difficult and conflictual themes like poverty, homelessness and urban race relations, as well as mourning and social ostracism, but they do so without sentimentality.  Spinelli’s characters are never victims, but are tough survivors and often moral and spiritual heroes in his and their imagined worlds.

It is a challenge to psychoanalytic theory and practice to acknowledge the “enchanting” role of language on a day to day basis as we practice our “talking cure,” as well as to go beyond our normative developmental narratives in order to account for the survivors, the exceptions, and the morally courageous characters who have emerged from difficult environmental circumstances to transform their own lives and the lives of others in the process.

This symposium will provide an opportunity for explorations of language, of ‘enchantment’ in psychoanalysis and literature; of the reciprocal acts of imagination between author and reader involved in creating works of childrens’ literature; and,  the possibilities for transformation of the painful realities of ordinary childhood in both psychoanalysis and literature.  It will provide a forum for Jerry Spinelli’s work, for the work of other authors, as well as for works of theoretical, clinical and literary interest. Academics, psychoanalysts, graduate students and psychoanalytic candidates are encouraged to submit original papers on any aspects of the above.

Guidelines for submission:
Completed papers only. 8-10 pp.  No abstracts or proposals.
Names and identifying information on separate cover sheet only.
Deadline: February 15, 2014
Send papers to:  Elaine Zickler, PhD at mezickler@gmail.com

YALSA's Young Adult Literature Symposium Information, November 2012

Registration

Registration is now open! You can register three ways:

• Mail your completed form (PDF) to Registration, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611
• Fax your completed form (PDF) to 312-280-1538. Credit cards only.
• Register online. Credit cards only.

What Registration Includes

Symposium registration includes a networking reception on Friday evening, programs and presentations on Saturday, two coffee breaks on Saturday, a Saturday evening reception, programs and a closing session until 1 p.m. Sunday, and a coffee break on Sunday morning.

Special Events

In addition, you can add special events on both Friday and Saturday to your registration, including one of three half-day forums on teen literature, a St. Louis Public Library tour, or either of the Bill Morris Memorial Author Luncheons, featuring David Levithan and Patricia McCormick.

For more details on special events, including pricing, please visit the Special Events page.

Rates

Early bird registration is open through Sept. 16, 2012. Until then, registration costs:

• $195 YALSA and Missouri Library Association and Missouri Association of School Librarians Members
• $245 ALA Personal Member
• $300 Nonmember
• $50 ALA Student Members

Advanced registration begins Sept. 17 and runs through Oct. 9. Rates after Sept. 16 are:

• $245 YALSA and Missouri Library Association and Missouri Association of School Librarians Members
• $295 ALA Personal Member
• $350 Nonmember
• $50 ALA Student Members

Onsite registration applies after Oct. 9. Rates are:

• $270 YALSA and Missouri Library Association and Missouri Association of School Librarians Members
• $320 ALA Personal Member
• $375 Nonmember
• $75 ALA Student Members