The Playful Antiquarian » CFPs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain. -- Louisa May Alcott Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Children’s Literature: Lost in Translation (The Child and the Book Conference 2007) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2006/07/27/childrens-literature-lost-in-translation-the-child-and-the-book-con/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2006/07/27/childrens-literature-lost-in-translation-the-child-and-the-book-con/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:31:14 +0000 vernica http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2006/07/27/childrens-literature-lost-in-transla The Fourth Annual National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL) “The Child and the Book” conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30-April 1, 2007. Bogaziçi University’s Department of Western Languages and Literature is hosting the conference, and the conference theme is “Children’s Literature: Lost in Translation”.

The theme encompasses both the literal translation of children’s literature from one language to another and the broader idea of children’s literature crossing cultural, historical and social boundaries.
Conference organizers are currently seeking paper proposals which address the many ways in which children’s literature is translated. They are also inviting general papers on the following topics:

  • Literary theory and children’s literature
  • Gender studies, including masculinist, feminist or queer theory approaches
  • The politics of children’s literature
  • Ideology and/or reader response
  • The voice of the child
  • Popular culture and children’s literature
  • Education and children’s literature
  • Publishing and children’s literature
  • New voices: new trends

Paper proposals are due October 15, 2006.

Visit the 2007 conference website for more information.*

*The conference website seems to be under construction at the moment, but I am including the link anyhow.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2006/07/27/childrens-literature-lost-in-translation-the-child-and-the-book-con/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Princeton University Library Research Grants, 2005-2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/29/princeton-university-library-research-grants-2005-2006/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/29/princeton-university-library-research-grants-2005-2006/#comments Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 vernica http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/29/princeton-university-library-researc Before I became distracted by the recently redesigned Cotsen Children’s Library website, I was writing a post about the Princeton University short-term library research grants. The grants, covering travel and related expenses up to $2,500, are for researchers using rare books and special collections at Princeton University, including the collections of the Cotsen Children’s Library.

The deadline for 2005-2006 grants is January 15, 2005. Complete information, including application forms and lists of past grant recipients, is available on the Friends of the Princeton University Library page.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/29/princeton-university-library-research-grants-2005-2006/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Society for the History of Children and Youth annual conference http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/23/cfp-society-for-the-history-of-children-and-youth-annual-conference/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/23/cfp-society-for-the-history-of-children-and-youth-annual-conference/#comments Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 vernica http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/23/cfp-society-for-the-history-of-child December 15 is the deadline for paper and session proposals for the 2005 conference of the Society for the History of Children and Youth. The conference will be held August 5-8, 2005 in Milwaukee, and this year’s theme is “Children’s Worlds/Children in the World”. [via H-CHILDHOOD list]

Note: The SHCY website lists the dates of the conference as August 4-7, but recent announcements list August 5-8. Check with SHCY for more information.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/23/cfp-society-for-the-history-of-children-and-youth-annual-conference/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Navigating Texts and Contexts: SHARP Annual Conference CFP http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-navigating-texts-and-contexts-sharp-annual-conference/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-navigating-texts-and-contexts-sharp-annual-conference/#comments Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 vernica http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-navigating-texts-and-contexts-sh The call for papers deadline for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) annual conference is also November 30. SHARP’s 2005 conference, “Navigating Texts and Contexts”, will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Dalhousie University, July 12-13, 2005. As the conference title suggests, the main theme of this conference is the relationship between texts and contexts. Papers and panels will also examine the book trade in the North Atlantic.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-navigating-texts-and-contexts-sharp-annual-conference/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Performing Childhood: ChLA Annual Conference CFP http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-performing-childhood-chla-annual-conference/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-performing-childhood-chla-annual-conference/#comments Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 vernica http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-performing-childhood-chla-annual The call for papers deadline for the Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference is November 30. The conference will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 9-12, 2005. The theme for this year’s conference is “Performing Childhood”, an exploration of relationships between children’s literature and performance.

Note: There is a conference weblog, but there is not much to read at the moment; I suspect that posting activity will pick up as the conference nears.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2004/11/15/cfp-performing-childhood-chla-annual-conference/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Black Drama database needs your help http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2003/05/04/black-drama-database-needs-your-help/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2003/05/04/black-drama-database-needs-your-help/#comments Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 vernica http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/2003/05/04/black-drama-database-needs-your-help This project was brought to my attention by Peter Scott’s Library Weblog.

Alexander Street Press needs help identifying lost, rare, and previously unpublished plays by major black writers. Over 200 lost plays have been identified in the last two years, and seven more have been identified since they announced this call for assistance. On their web page there is a list of plays that they are trying to identify.

If you help identify materials for this database, your assistance, of course, will be acknowledged, and you will have the satisfaction of being part of a project to preserve and provide access to important historical and literary documents.

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