Call for papers - Tema: Sven Wernström. Barnboken - tidskrift för barnlitteraturforskning
Barnboken – tidskrift för barnlitteraturforskning välkomnar artiklar om Sven Wernströms författarskap. Artiklarna kommer att publiceras under 2012.
Kontakta redaktionen för att diskutera idéer barnboken@sbi.kb.se
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Call for papers - The foundations of children’s literature criticism. Deadline: January 3, 2012.
Towards Common Ground: Philosophical Approaches to Children's Literature 30 March – 1 April In 2012, The Cambridge–Homerton Research and Teaching Centre for Children's Literature will host the eighth annual Child and the Book conference at the Faculty of Education in Cambridge. This international interdisciplinary conference annually attracts a range of researchers from postgraduates to established scholars.

Please submit your abstract by 3 January 2012 to Erin Spring: ees34@cam.ac.uk
Abstracts should be 300–500 words and be accompanied by a brief biography. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and notification of acceptance will be sent on 14 January.
Full papers should be submitted by 1 March to to Erin Spring: ees34@cam.ac.uk
All papers will be available online to registered partipants from 3 March.
Info: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/childrensliterature/childandthebook/index.html

Call for papers - Cosmopolitan Animals. International Conference. Deadline 31 January 2012.
Please send a short abstract (200-300 words) for 20 minute papers to K.Nagai@kent.ac.uk or M.Mattfeld@kent.ac.uk by January 31, 2012. We also welcome proposals for non-paper based presentations (poster, performance or other artistic work).

Call for papers - Neo-Victorian Studies. Deadline 31 January 2012
The Child in Neo-Victorian Arts and Discourse: Renegotiating Nineteenth-Century Concepts of Childhood. Please address enquiries and expressions of interest to the guest editors Claudia Nelson at claudia_nelson@tamu.edu and Anne Morey at amorey@tamu.edu by 31st January 2012, including a 200 word proposal with draft bibliography and brief biographical details. Completed articles and/or creative pieces will be due 1st April 2012 and should be sent via email to the guest editors, with a copy to neovictorianstudies@swansea.ac.uk. Please consult the NVS website (http://www.neovictorianstudies.com/) for further submission guidelines.  

Call for papers - Cognitive Literary Studies and Children’s Literature. Deadline February 1, 2012.
Journal IRCL Info: http://www.euppublishing.com/journal/ircl

Call for abstract: Theme - Homelessness. Barnboken - Journal of Children's Literature Research. Deadline February 1, 2012.
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Call for papers - The multiple life cycles of children's media: childhood nostalgia in contemporary convergence culture. Deadline February 1, 2012
International workshop organized by the Platform for a Cultural History of Children’s Media (PLACIM) Dates: August 31-September 1, 2012 Location: University of Reading, Centre for International Research in Childhood (CIRCL), Reading, UK. If you are interested in participating, please send a 300 word abstract and a 300 word CV to: Lies.Wesseling@Maastrichtuniversity.nl, before February 1, 2012

Call for papers - The Family in Children's Literature. interjuli 02/12. Deadline February 28, 2012
Guidelines concerning formatting and editing standards will be sent out upon request. interjuli is an interdisciplinary scientific journal dedicated to the research into literature for children and young adults. We publish research papers

Call for papers - Cinderella as a Text of Culture. Deadline February 28, 2012
Deadline for the proposal of conference papers, with the submission of a 300-400 word abstract (in English) and a short bionote including the following information: 1. Postal address, 2. E-mail address, 3. Academic affiliation. The abstracts should be sent to the following e-mail address: cinderella.roma2012@gmail.com Information: http://cinderellaroma2012eng.wordpress.com/

Call for papers - “The Fairy Tale Vanguard”. Conference to be held at the Saint Peter's abbey in Ghent (Belgium) 20-22 August 2012. Deadline 1 March 2012.
Confirmed keynote speakers will be Jack Zipes, Cristina Bacchilega and Ute Heidmann. Three hundred word abstracts for presentations should be sent to our conference address fairytale@ugent.be before 1 March 2012. Further information and registration forms will be posted on our website www.fairytale.ugent.be in due time.

Call for papers - Children’s Literature and European Avant-Garde. Deadline March 1, 2012.
ESF-Liu-Research Conference. Linköping University, Sweden, 26-30 September 2012. The deadline for proposals is: 1 March 2012. Notification of acceptance: April 2012 For submitting an abstract and for further information about the conference please go to the ESF-website at: www.esf.org/index.php?id=9078 

Call for papers - Alf Prøysen’s authorship for children. Deadline March 1, 2012 Conference at Hedmark University College, Campus Hamar, Norway, 11–12 June 2012. Info: Anne Skaret at anne.skaret@hihm.no, website: http://www.hihm.no/proysen/barnelitteratur

Call for papers - Children's Literature Collections and Archives. Deadline April 5, 1012.
Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature welcomes articles on the theme: Children's Literature Collections and Archives. Please note that Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature is a refereed journal and all articles will undergo a refereeing process. Submissions due: 5 April 2012. Please send your essay to: http://www.paperschildlit.com/index.php/papers/login
Papers is a free open access journal.