26 - 30 September 2012
Norrköping, Sweden
Chaired by:
Professor Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, DE
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Elina Druker - University of Stockholm, SE
Professor Maria Nikolajeva - University of Cambridge, UK
Avant-Garde Children’s Books; or, What I Learned in Sweden Last Week
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Although the impact of avant-garde arts on the development of modern children’s literature in different European and non-European countries has been stressed by several scholars, this relationship has been hardly investigated so far. Many renowned artists belonging to avant-garde movements, such as Symbolism, Surrealism, Cubism, Expressionism, Dadaism, and Constructivism, created aesthetically demanding works for children, ranging from picturebooks to poetry, fairy tales, and novels for children. To this group belong Salvador Bartolozzi, Karel Capek, Blaise Cendrars, Aleksandr Deineka, Lyonel Feininger, El Lissitzky, Vladimir Lebedev, Joan Miró, Bruno Munari, Nathalie Parain, Kurt Schwitters, and Arne Ungermann, to name just a few. In addition, avant-garde works for children paved the way for the modernization of children’s literature in the 1920s and after. They introduced new aesthetic and narrative concepts into children’s books, therefore regarded as milestones in the history of European children’s literature.
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Documents Available to Download
- Flyer 384aThe conference flyer
- 2012-384-Final Poster List 01The Poster list
How to Participate |
Conference participation is possible only after successful application.
Registration is now open for selected participants.
If you have applied and you have not yet received a notification, please contact the conference officer Miss Allegra Roccato
Fees & Grants |
| Name | Description | To Pay |
| Grantee | Conference fee will be covered by ESF and its partners - accomodation included | 0 € |
| Reduced Grantee | Conference fee will be covered by ESF and its partners - no accomodation included | 0 € |
| Early Bird | Registration and payment by 1st August July - no accomodation included | 395 € |
| Normal | Registration and payment by 28th August - no accomodation included | 495 € |
Grants are available for some successful applicants to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Grants are distributed based on financial need and scientific merit. Grantees must attend the entire conference in order to benefit from the grant. Grant requests should be made by ticking appropriate field(s) in the paragraph "Grant application" of the application form.
Practical Information |
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This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with Linköping University.
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