The Child and the Book Conference 2024

A Brief History of CBC

Inaugurated in 2004 at Roehampton University as an interdisciplinary postgraduate-run conference, The Child and the Book has since taken place in different countries, mainly in Europe. It gathers scholars and students focusing on children’s and young adult literature and culture, who exchange experiences, insights, and knowledge in this field. It has annually attracted delegates from all round the world and offers a unique opportunity for postgraduate students to present and discuss their work, in company with established scholars.

Former venues

No.	Year	When	Where	Theme	Organised by	Conveners
17	2023	15-17 May	Podgorica Montenegro	The Magic of Sound: Children’s Literature and Music	University of Montenegro – Faculty of Philology, Music Academy and Faculty of Fine Arts, Cetinje	Svetlana Kalezić Radonjić
16	2022	26-28 May Hybrid	Valletta Malta	The Role of the Child as Citizen: Constructing Childhood through Agency and Activism	University of Malta, Malta	Giuliana Fenech Vanessa Joosen
15	2021 (2020) postponed due to COVID pandemic	24-26 March Online (27-29 May)	Berlin Germany	Transformation and Continuity: Political and Cultural Changes in Children’s Literature from the Past Century to the Present Day	Co-organised by the Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Hosted by the Freie Universität Berlin.	Farriba Schulz Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer Petra Anders
14	2019	8-10 May	Zadar Croatia	Beyond the Canon (of Children’s Literature)	HIDK & University of Zadar	Smiljana Narančić Kovač Robert Bacalja
13	2017	30 March-1 April	Valencia Spain	Interdisciplinary links between children’s literature and the other arts	Teachers’ Training Faculty, University of Valencia, Spain	Xavier Minguez Lopez
12	2016	19-21 May	Wroclaw Poland	Children’s literature and play	Faculty of Philology University of Wrocław, Poland	Dorota Michułka
11	2015	26-28 March	Aveiro Portugal	Children’s literature – Fractures and Disruptions	Centre for Didactics and Technology in Teacher Education (CIDTFF), Department of Education, University of Aveiro, Portugal	Ana Margarida Ramos Sandie Mourão
10	2014	10-12 April	Athens Greece	Time, Space and Memory in Literature for Children and Young Adults	The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece	Tzina Kalogirou
9	2013	21-23 March	Padua Italy	Children’s Literature, Technology and Imagination. Research, Problems and Perspectives.	The Department of Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) of University of Padua, Italy	Marnie Campagnaro
8	2012	30 March-1 April	Cambridge UK	Towards Common Ground: Philosophical Approaches to Children’s Literature	Faculty of Education, The Cambridge–Homerton Research and Teaching Centre for Children’s Literature University of Cambridge	Erin Spring
7	2011	8-10 April	Oslo Norway	Picturebooks of the New Millennium	Nordic Network for Children’s Literature Research, University of Oslo, Norway	Åse Marie Ommundsen
6	2009	1-3 May	Nanaimo Canada	This Land is Our Land	Faculty of Education, Vancouver Island University	Virginia MacCarthy
5	2008	16-18 May	New York USA	Making the World Perfect: Child and the Book Graduate Student Conference.	Buffalo State College, Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY. New York, USA	Karen Sands-O’Connor
4	2007	30 March-1 April	Istanbul Turkey	Lost in Translation.	Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey	Anthony Pavlik
3	2006	7-9 April	Newcastle upon Tyne UK	Children’s Literature: From the Past to the Future	NIASSH, University of Newcastle	Sarah Barber
2	2005	16 April	Antwerp Belgium	Changing Concepts of Childhood and Children’s Literature	University of Antwerp, Belgium	Vanessa Joosen Katrien Vloeberghs
1	2004	3 April (a one-day conference)	London UK	Current Scholarly Approaches to Children and Literature	Roehampton University, Surrey, UK

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