International Research Society for Children’s Literature
@irscl
The International Research Society for Children's Literature is an international scholarly organization established to support and promote research in the field of children's literature. Visit us here:
#CFP: Violence, Political Becoming, and Resistance in Childhood 58th NeMLA Convention 6th to 9th March 2027, Newport, Rhode Island, hosted by Salve Regina University Hybrid Deadline: 30 September 2026 cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S... drsheetal1603@gmail.com, sankardhanya12@gmail.com
#CFP: Special Issue of "International Research in Children’s Literature": Global Perspectives in Queer Children’s and Young Adult Literature Guest Editor: Cheeno Marlo Sayuno, PhD Deadline: 27 January 2027 Website: drive.google.com/file/d/1Ag_h...
#CFP: proposals for a guest-edited special section for the 2027 issue of the International Journal of Young Adult Literature Website: ijyal.ac.uk/cfp Email: ijyal@roehampton.ac.uk Deadline: 31 July 2026
Postdoc opportunities: Two postdoctoral positions in ERC project OPENLIB, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Website of the project: upf.edu/en/web/jovis... Principal researcher: Macarena García González Website for the calls: upf.edu/web/comunica... (English version below) Deadline: 25 August 2026
Opportunity: STIM: Neurodiversity in Children's Literature Working Group is looking for Planning Committee members Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 28th, (1pm ADT / 9amPST / 6pm CEST) Mail: stimkidslit@gmail.com or brandi@stu.ca
PhD opportunity: "Scenes of friendship in German and English children’s literature” University of Antwerp Application deadline: 10 August 2026 Website: www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Online seminar: ICONICS SEMINAR “L’adultocentrismo nella lingua e nella letteratura per l'infanzia italiana” ICONICs – The Italian Collective of Narratives in Interdisciplinary Children’s Studies. 25 June 2026 17:00–18.00 (CET time) Speaker: Maura Tripi stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/67028729091
#CFP: Symposium: Global Childhood (s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine 16-18 November 2026 The Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds (UK) Deadline: 22 June 2026 Email: histchildscience2026@gmail.com hpsleeds.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/c...
Webinar: EDU CLIMA webinar #7: Wonders and Wanders – Ecocritical Dialogues with Picturebooks Marnie Campagnaro (University of Padua) Arqus European University Alliance 25 June 2026 at 16:30 CEST. Website: arqus-alliance.eu/event/edu-cl...
Hybrid conference: CBCP Symposium: People in Publishing: Diversity, Leadership and Publishing’s Futures Centre for book cultures & publishing University of Reading 29 June 2026 Venue: Henley Business School, University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus) research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...
New book series: Wonder Tales: Critical and Creative Approaches Website: upcolorado.com/wonder-tales Cristina Bacchilega (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa), Veronica Schanoes (Queens College, City University of New York), Elena Sottilotta (University of Cambridge), Series Editors
#CFP: "Defining YA Studies and Culture" Young Adult Studies Association Online Conference 2 November - 6 November 2026 Deadline: 21 June 2026 Website: tinyurl.com/YASA2026CFP Email: yastudiesassociation@gmail.com
Online Talk: “Indigenous Futurisms and the Young Adult Dystopia: Reading Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves and Hunting by Stars” by Dr. Katarzyna Baran University of Wrocław 8 June 2026 18.00 (CET) Please register using this link: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... or scan the QR code
Online Talk: “Researching Digital Literature for Children: From Innovation to Preservation” by Aline Frederico University of Wrocław May 18, 2026 7.00 p.m. Warsaw time Please register using this link: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... or scan the QR code on the poster.
Hybrid conference: 4th CBCP Postgraduate Symposium Centre for book cultures & publishing University of Reading 19 May 2026 research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...
Online talk: "Reading the Un Readable Child: Cognitive Difference and the Limits of Narrativization" by Annesha Palit Stim - Neurodiversity in Children's Literature Working Group 30 April 2026 3:30pm ADT / 11:30 PDT / 8:30 CEST For the join link, contact brandi@stu.ca
#CFP: Call for edited handbook: "Children's and Young Adult Literature about National Socialism" email: mikota@germanistik.uni-siegen.de Editors Dr. Petra Josting (University of Bielefeld), Dr. Jana Mikota (University of Siegen), and Dr. Larissa Carolin Jagdschian (University of Duisburg-Essen)
#CFP: Call for proposals for edited collection: ‘Race, Ethnicity, and Representation in Irish Children’s and Young Adult Literature 1600–2000’ Deadline: 29th May 2026 email: raceirishyouthlit@gmail.com Co-editors Dr Patricia Kennon Dr Siobhán Morrissey
Online seminar “Eleonora Duse e la letteratura per l’infanzia” ICONICs 20 Aprile 2026 Ore 18:00–19.00 (CET time) Online via Zoom Speaker: Prof.ssa Maria Pia Pagani (Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”) To get the link, write to: stayiconics@gmail.com
#CFP: “Home-Making: Reinventing Home in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures” Tunisian Association for English Language Studies (TAELS) Sousse, Tunisia 20-21 November 2026. Deadline: 30 June 2026 Website: www.taels.org
Online Talk: “Narrating the Nation: Navigating Neoliberal Spaces in the New Wave of Egyptian Children's Literature” by Dr. Yasmine Motawy University of Wrocław April 20, 2026 6.00 p.m. Warsaw time Please register using this link: forms.office.com/e/KAx6Kh0ksr or scan the QR code on the poster
#CFP: Children's Literature as World Literature (Roundtable) PAMLA conference (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Seattle, WA Nov. 12-15, 2026 Website: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20099
Online event: “In conversation with graphic novelists Jes and Cin Wibowo" Visual Storytelling and Activism series organized by NTNU's research groups TransLit and CLEAR: Children’s Literature Education and Research April 29, 2026, 11 am Registration link: ntnu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Online webinar: Arabic Young Adult Literature in Translation The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World University of Reading 23 April 5pm UK Registration link: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Practice in the Elementary Education Program The Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies (TLS) in the College of Education at the University of Arizona Website: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Email: maurav@arizona.edu
#CFP: The Boundaries of Fan Studies and Fandom Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2026 (virtual) October 22-25, 2026 Deadline: Friday, May 8 2026 Sumbission link: forms.gle/PjYFjGKsPVCm... Website: fsn-northamerica.org#conference
#CFP: Childhood and the Female Pen: Women Writers and Translators for Children and Young Adults in Britain and Europe from the 18th to the 21st Centuries GRIC, Le Havre Normandy University, France 5-6 May 2026 Deadline: April 13, 2026 virginie.douglas@univ-lehavre.fr