Workshop: Multilingualism and Children’s Literature – New Perspectives
Workshop
Start date: Thursday 5 October 2023
Time: 13.00
End date: Friday 6 October 2023
Time: 16.00
Location: The library, Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Manne Siegbahn buildings, Frescativägen 24E
The international workshop ”Multilingualism and Children’s Literature – New Perspectives” will take place 5–6 October, in connection to the planned special issue of Barnboken – Journal of Children’s Literature Research.
Organisers are Helena Bodin (Stockholm University) and Julia Tidigs (University of Helsinki).
The workshop is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and gathers 16 participants from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Poland, as well as a few specially invited guests.
Open lectures
The two keynote lectures are open for all:
5 October, 01:00 – 02:30 pm
Mia Österlund (Åbo Akademi University), “Current Trends in Nordic Children’s Literature Research”
6 October, 09:00 – 10:30 am
Karin Nykvist (Lund University), ”Minority and majority languages. On multilingualism in and around literature”
Coffee/tea is served.
Contact: Helena Bodin
Last updated: September 7, 2023
Source: Department of Culture and Aesthetics