{"id":8,"date":"2011-09-18T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/childlitconference2012\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2012-03-23T15:14:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T22:14:31","slug":"proposals-submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/childlitconference2012\/proposals-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposals &#038; Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The submission deadline has passed! Proposals are no longer being accepted. Thanks very much for your interest and we hope to see you at the conference.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are the <a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/childlitconference2012\/files\/2011\/09\/CFP-Stranger-Strange-Land-Extended-Deadline.pdf'>Call For Proposals<\/a>\u00a0(PDF) and the <a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/childlitconference2012\/files\/2011\/09\/Creative-Writing-Submission-Form-2012.doc'>Creative Writing Submission Form<\/a> (DOC).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stranger in a Strange Land:<\/strong> Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents<\/em> is a one-day conference showcasing graduate research that explores and questions any facet of children\u2019s literature.<\/p>\n<h2>Papers<\/h2>\n<p>You are invited to submit a paper proposal that contributes to and extends existing<br \/>\nresearch in the area of children\u2019s texts, which may include novels, film, picture books, and other culturally produced modes of children\u2019s literature. We are particularly interested in research that draws upon the broadly interpreted themes of navigation, exploration, and narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Topics may include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The child or young adult as explorer\/explored, navigator\/navigated<\/li>\n<li>Displacement or unwilling transportation to foreign spaces<\/li>\n<li>Childhood and adolescent development<\/li>\n<li>Children, young adults, and cross-cultural exposure<\/li>\n<li>Multilingual or translated texts<\/li>\n<li>Navigating (or negotiating) identity, gender, race or religion as a child or young adult in an adult world<\/li>\n<li>Exploring place: the child as traveller\/runaway\/adventurer in a strange land<\/li>\n<li>Race and ethnicity in children\u2019s and young adult texts<\/li>\n<li>Cultural, physical, psychological, ideological, or literary restrictions and barriers to exploration and imagination<\/li>\n<li>Childhood feelings of displacement or not fitting in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Papers on any children\u2019s or young adult genres are welcome as are papers that discuss other children\u2019s texts such as film, virtual texts, or graphic novels. The topics above are a guideline for the proposals we would like to see, but we are eager to receive and review paper proposals on any topic related to children\u2019s and young adult texts.<\/p>\n<p>Please send a 250 word abstract, the title of your paper, a 50-word biography, your name, your university affiliation, email address, and phone number to Robert Bittner at <a href=\"mailto:ubc.conference2012@gmail.com?Subject=Conference%20Proposal\">ubc.conference2012@gmail.com<\/a> by March 19, 2012. Please put \u201cConference Proposal\u201d in the subject line of your email and indicate if you will need any A\/V equipment (projector, speakers, etc.)<\/p>\n<h2>Creative Writing<\/h2>\n<p>For Creative Writing submissions, please fill in the <a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/childlitconference2012\/files\/2011\/09\/Creative-Writing-Submission-Form-2012.doc'>Creative Writing Submission Form 2012<\/a> and submit to <a href=\"mailto:ubc.conference2012@gmail.com\">ubc.conference2012@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The submission deadline has passed! Proposals are no longer being accepted. Thanks very much for your interest and we hope to see you at the conference. Here are the Call For Proposals\u00a0(PDF) and the Creative Writing Submission Form (DOC). 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