Deadline: 23 July 2012
Literature, Media, and the Romance of Childhood: States of Innocence and the Business of Frightening Our Children, an interdisciplinary conference for early career researchers and postgraduates
MA/MS/PhD students and independent researchers are welcome.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 (9 a.m. - 6 p.m.*) and Wednesday, August 22, 2012 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
WHERE: The University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City (specific rooms to be announced)
We welcome 250- to 300-word abstracts from postgraduates and early career researchers who would like to contribute 20-minute papers to a two-day conference at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Email 250- to 300-word abstracts and 50-word author bios to romchild@orange.net
PAPER TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
The first day of the conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields of Childhood Studies, Gothic Literature, Media Studies, Gender Studies, Early Childhood Development, Women's Health, Visual Arts and Mass Media, Children's Literature, Publishing for Children, Child Protection Services, Social Work, Community Development, and other related areas. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary nature of the conference opens up the terrain to a multitude of issues, topics, and theories surrounding Philippine and international perspectives on childhood and children's texts in various media.
The second day of the conference features artists, illustrators, publishers, bloggers, and other practitioners who have had years of experience in producing and reviewing reading material for children. Blogger-teacher Tarie Sabido chairs and moderates this round-table discussion.
All are welcome. Free admission for non-readers. Paper-readers can register at the door**.
*Wine reception follows a tour of the Main Library Reading Rooms and archives
**Registration fee for conference packet photocopies
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: romchild@orange.net
Literature, Media, and the Romance of Childhood: States of Innocence and the Business of Frightening Our Children, an interdisciplinary conference for early career researchers and postgraduates
MA/MS/PhD students and independent researchers are welcome.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 (9 a.m. - 6 p.m.*) and Wednesday, August 22, 2012 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
WHERE: The University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City (specific rooms to be announced)
We welcome 250- to 300-word abstracts from postgraduates and early career researchers who would like to contribute 20-minute papers to a two-day conference at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Email 250- to 300-word abstracts and 50-word author bios to romchild@orange.net
PAPER TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- children's literature
- innocence and experience
- the sexualization of children in literature and in the media
- the gothic imagination and the literature of horror
- conduct literature and media didacticism
- maternity, paternity, and parenting
- the Harry Potter phenomenon and relevant popular literature
- eroticism in literary material for children and teens
- laws for the protection of children
- the infantilization of women in print and visual culture, film, and/or music
- anxieties of masculinity and sexual offense
- parents' responses to the hyperreal and the hyper-connected world
- the social impact of niched cable and TV channels for children
- ante-natal parenting programs at hospitals and the economics/politics of childcare
- publishing for children
- omnigamy, polyamorous partnerships, the neo-nuclear family, the child-raising village
- pictures/images/movements of health, illness, and rehabilitation
- population and crowding, playgrounds and spaces
- fashion, ethics, aesthetics for restless, disaffected, and/or anti-social youth
- publishing conduct literature for the 21st century
The first day of the conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields of Childhood Studies, Gothic Literature, Media Studies, Gender Studies, Early Childhood Development, Women's Health, Visual Arts and Mass Media, Children's Literature, Publishing for Children, Child Protection Services, Social Work, Community Development, and other related areas. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary nature of the conference opens up the terrain to a multitude of issues, topics, and theories surrounding Philippine and international perspectives on childhood and children's texts in various media.
The second day of the conference features artists, illustrators, publishers, bloggers, and other practitioners who have had years of experience in producing and reviewing reading material for children. Blogger-teacher Tarie Sabido chairs and moderates this round-table discussion.
All are welcome. Free admission for non-readers. Paper-readers can register at the door**.
*Wine reception follows a tour of the Main Library Reading Rooms and archives
**Registration fee for conference packet photocopies
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: romchild@orange.net
