The Playful Antiquarian

Let’s Dance: A Symposium and Institute

June 30th, 2005

Simmons College’s Center for the Study of Children’s Literature 2005 summer institute and symposium in children’s literature will be held next month. The graduate symposium meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 5-28, and the institute will meet from July 28-31. This year’s theme is “Let’s Dance”, and the symposium and institute will examine the relationship between performance and children’s literature.* Speakers include Cornelia Funke (author of Inkheart), Maria Tatar (Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard and editor of Norton’s The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales), and Anita Silvey (author of 100 Best Books for Children). Further information, including a PDF of the brochure and registration form, is available at the Center’s website.

*This seems to be a popular conference topic this year. “Performing Childhood” was the title/theme of the Children’s Literature Association’s annual conference earlier this month in Winnipeg, Canada.

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