The Child and The Book 2013

Padova

Dal 21.03.2013 al 23.03.2013

In 2013, the Research and Teaching Group for Children's Literature (GRILLI) at the University of Padua will host the ninth international Child and the Book Conference at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), Padua, Italy.  The Child and the Book conference annually attracts delegates from all round the world, and offers a unique opportunity for postgraduate students to present and discuss their work, in company with established scholars.

This inter-disciplinary event was inaugurated in 2004 at Roehampton University. It was then hosted in 2005 by the University of Antwerp; in 2006 by the University of Newcastle in the UK; in 2007 by the Department of Western Languages and Literature at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey; in 2008 at Buffalo State University in upstate New York, USA; in 2009 by Vancouver Island University, Canada; in 2011 by the University of Norway; and in 2012 by the Department of Education at Cambridge University.

For further information about the history of the conference, see the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature:

Venue:

University of Padua, Italy
o    Archivio Antico e Aula Magna, Palazzo del Bo, Via VIII Febbraio n. 2, Padua
o    Museo Diocesano di Padova Museo Diocesano di Padova, Palazzo Vescovile, Piazza Duomo 12, Padua

Organiser:

Research and Teaching Group for Children's Literature (GRILLI)
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA)
University of Padua
Via Beato Pellegrino,  28
35137 PADUA - ITALY