Children's Literature & Childhood Studies, 23Rd Biennial Congress In
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Contents Welcome from the IRSCL President...............................2 Welcome from the 2017 Convenors...............................3 Program Schedule.........................................................4 Saturday, July 29......................................................................................4 Sunday, July 30........................................................................................5 Monday, July 31........................................................................................6 Monday Afternoon Excursions . ................................................................6 Tuesday, August 1....................................................................................8 Wednesday, August 2................................................................................9 Concurrent Papers - SESSION 1 . ...........................................................10 Concurrent Papers - SESSION 2 . .........................................................12 Concurrent Papers - SESSION 3 . .........................................................14 Concurrent Papers - SESSION 4 . .........................................................16 Concurrent Papers - SESSION 5 . .........................................................18 Concurrent Papers - SESSION 6 . .........................................................20 Concurrent Papers - SESSION 7 . .........................................................22 Useful Information......................................................24 Maps.....................................................................................................24 Building Codes, Names, & Locations...........................................................26 Security & Safety....................................................................................27 Conference APP & Website........................................................................28 Facilities at York U and in Toronto..............................................................29 Registration, Information, Books, & More....................................................30 Guidelines for Chairing a Panel..................................................................31 Congress Dinner......................................................................................32 Keynote Speakers........................................................33 Roundtables................................................................36 About IRSCL................................................................41 IRSCL Presidents & Past Congresses..........................................................42 IRSCL Board 2015 - 2017.........................................................................43 Special Meeting to Discuss IRSCL Principles................................................44 To Apply for IRSCL Membership................................................................46 IRSCL Congress 2017 Organizing Committee..............................................47 IRSCL Congress 2019 - Stockholm!..............................48 Your Notes. .............................................................49 1 Welcome from the IRSCL President Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the 23rd biennial conference of the IRSCL! This is the third occasion on which we are treated to Canadian hospitality, following upon the 1985 conference in Montreal and the 1999 biennial in Calgary. IRSCL was inaugurated in 1969 in Frankfurt, Germany, when the research field of children’s literature was still emergent. Its founding members came from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and Switzerland, with firm determination to cross political divides and national boundaries. From that moment onwards, IRSCL has continued to expand its international scope and currently boasts of some 300 members from 46 different countries worldwide. In 2008, it successfully launched its own journal, International Research in Children’s Literature, which is currently flourishing under the editorship of Kimberley Reynolds. The need to engage in international scholarly exchange is now as pressing as ever before, while the value of cross-border collaboration has to be manifested and defended vigorously once again to counter current regurgitations of populism, nationalism, and xenophobia. The biennial IRSCL conferences go a long way towards meeting these needs. IRSCL may pride itself on a longstanding tradition of inspiring and engaging conferences, which offer a broad range of academic papers, cultural events, and excursions. They offer excellent opportunities for socializing with colleagues from diverse parts of the globe and to learn about their ongoing research. The biennials are the quickest way to an overview of the contemporary state of the art in the field of children’s literature research! IRSCL is in the process of becoming as interdisciplinary as it is international, cultivating ever closer ties to the burgeoning fields of media studies and childhood studies: witness this conference’s theme, Possible and Impossible Children: Intersections of Children’s literature and Childhood Studies. We are honoured to be the guests of York University with its vibrant children’s studies program, in bilingual, multicultural and multiethnic Canada. On behalf of the executive board of the IRSCL, I would like to acknowledge the highly professional and energetic leadership of the two conference convenors, Cheryl Cowdy and Peter Cumming, and to express my heartfelt gratitude for putting this impressive event together. Enjoy the conference in every way you can! And if you feel inspired by this event and consider supporting our work by joining the society, please feel free to contact me or any other member of the board to find out more about IRSCL, or visit the website at: www.irscl.com. Elisabeth Wesseling President 2 Welcome from the 2017 Convenors Welcome to the 23rd Biennial Congress of IRSCL! York University is proud to host this congress in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The theme for this year, Possible & Impossible Children: Intersections of Children’s Literature & Childhood Studies, lends itself to a variety of key issues related to production, representation, and reception of children’s and young adult texts from all media. It has attracted a variety of contributions from international scholars interested in current, productive intersections between the emerging, evolving, and globally expanding multidisciplinary field of children’s, childhood, and youth studies and the longer-established field of children’s and young adult literatures and media. Keynote speakers for Congress 2017 include 10 internationally recognized scholars from the UK, the US, Mexico, France, Québec, Canada, and Australia at the forefront of children’s literature and childhood studies research. Congress also includes three special roundtables of creators of children’s literature and film: “Indigeneity & Children’s & Young Adult Literatures,” “The Medium & the Messengers: Local Artists, Globalized Genres, and Transnational Audiences,” and, in collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), “Mediated Possibilities: Young People as Creators, Producers and Audiences of Film.” Graduate students and junior scholars have been given priority in the IRSCL program, which includes an opening night meet-and-greet, a "M(e[a]t) a Professor" mentorship lunch that pairs established and junior scholars, and professionalization panels on journal publishing and research centres. Our exciting program has been made possible by the enthusiastic participation of a dedicated organizing committee from various faculties and departments at York University and elsewhere. We thank the many members of the IRSCL community who assisted with vetting several hundred papers, of which almost 300 will be presented during Congress 2017. And we are very appreciative of the strong support for this international conference by York University, notably the Children’s Studies Program, the Department of Humanities, and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Please see our many sponsors on the back cover of this program. Chi-Miigwetch to Knowledge Keeper Amy Desjarlais who will welcome you all to the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations on which York University is located. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat, and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge the current treaty holders and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region. On behalf of the organizing committee, we wish you a memorable experience at IRSCL17, full of stimulating panel discussions, keynotes, roundtables, networking opportunities, and conversations. Sincerely, Cheryl Cowdy & Peter Cumming, Congress Co-Convenors, IRSCL17 3 Program Schedule NOTES: 1) See “Building Codes, Names, & Locations” on page 26. 2) See schedule of panels, chairs, presenters, and papers under “Concurrent Papers - SESSION 1,” “SESSION 2,” etc. from pages 10 to 23. 3) See changes on the large TV at our Registration / Information / Book Fair Centre in Gales Gallery, Accolade West–off the ACW Foyer. 4) For help at any time, please look for one of our red-shirted assistants! IRSCL Congress 2017 Saturday, July 29 to Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Keele Campus, York University,