Tema: Sven Wernström. Barnboken - tidskrift för barnlitteraturforskning. Deadline April 1 2012
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
Läs hela Call for papers: www.sbi.kb.se/cfp


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 as well as reviews of primary and secondary works.
Info: www.interjuli.de

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/

“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.

Children’s Literature and European Avant-Garde. Deadline April 1, 2012
ESF-Liu-Research Conference. Linköping University, Sweden, 26-30 September 2012. The deadline for proposals is: 1 April 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

Alf Prøysen’s authorship for children. Deadline April 10, 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 

Theme: Homelessness. Barnboken - tidskrifft för barnlitteraturforskning/Journal of Children´s Literature Research. March 30 2012
The purpose of Barnboken’s theme is to identify the various depictions of homelessness in children's literature from different angles and perspectives. More information: www.sbi.kb.se/cfp/eng

Nordisk barnelitteratur – et nytt kunstforskningsspørsmål? Deadline 1 april 2012
En nordisk forskningskonferanse som inkluderer møte mellom kunst, elektronikk og akademia, vil bli avholdt i Nasjonalbibliotekets og Norsk barnebokinstitutts auditorier, Henrik Ibsens gate 110, Oslo, 23 – 25. august 2012.
Info: barnebokinstituttet.no/artikkel/1024/nordisk_forskningskonferanse_i_oslo_23

Children's Literature Collections and Archives. Deadline April 5, 2012
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.


CLELEjournal/Children’s Literature in English Language Education. Deadline April 30 2012
CLELEjournal is a new, bi‐annual, comprehensively peer‐reviewed on‐line journal for scholars, teacher educators and practitioners involved in using and researching children's literature in the field of English learning as a second, additional or foreign language. The journal investigates children’s literature as an art form, and as a framework with which to connect L2 literature teaching across the school years. Submission form can be found at the journal website: www.clelejournal.org


'Children's Literature from the Commonwealth of Nations'. Deadline May 15, 2012
We invite submissions for a Special Issue of Bookbird in conjunction with the Commonwealth Education Trust (CET). Please see Bookbird's website at IBBY Bookbird for full submission details.


"Spaces, routes and (re-)discoveries in children's and youth literature". 5th Conference on South African Children´s and Youth literature. Deadline May 18, 2012
Abstracts of papers must be sent via e-mail or ordinary mail to: gerda.wittmann@nwu.ac.za
Enquiries about any aspect of the conference programme can be addressed to: betsie.vanderwesthuizen@nwu.ac.za
Conference website: http://nwu-childrenyouthliterature.co.za