Post-Conference Event

Post-Conference Event
Children’s Literature Scholarship in Europe

Saturday, 11 May 2019
Venue: University of Zadar
Zadar, Croatia

Part I   Roundtable
Part II  Cruise

Programme

 

Part I

9:00–10:15 Roundtable: Children’s Literature Scholarship in Europe

Facilitator: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer

Speakers
Marina Balina, Bloomington, USA
Marnie Campagnaro, Padua, Italy
Penni Cotton, London, UK
Vanessa Joosen, Antwerp, Belgium
Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Tübingen, Germany
Helma van Lierop, Tilburg, Netherlands
Katarzyna Marciniak, Warsaw, Poland
Smiljana Narančić Kovač, Zagreb, Croatia

Introduction

1. Research Centres (and Associations) for Children’s Literature in Europe
1.1. A Short Survey – with an Outlook on Croatia
     Smiljana Narančić Kovač
1.2. European Picture Book Collections
     Penni Cotton
1.3 Centre for the Study of Children’s Literature, Pushkin House, St. Petersburg
     Marina Balina

2. Studying Children’s Literature in Europe
2.1. Erasmus Mundus International Master in Children’s Literature, Media and Culture
     Helma van Lierop
2.2 Children’s Literature Summer School, University of Antwerp
     Vanessa Joosen

3. European Research Projects in the Framework of the EU (Horizon 2020; ERC; COST)
3.1. ERC Starting Grant: Constructing Age for Young Readers
     Vanessa Joosen
3.2. ERC Consolidator Grant: Our Mythical Childhood… The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges (video)
     Katarzyna Marciniak
3.3. European Science Foundation/COST
     Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer

4. Establishing International Networks
4.1. Children’s Literature Association of America, with an emphasis on the “international panel”
     Marina Balina
4.2 European Network of Picturebook Research
     Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
     Marnie Campagnaro
4.3 Working Group “Childhood in Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Russia”
     Marina Balina

Summary and Closing

Part II

10:30–18:00 Kornati National Park Cruise

Roundtable speakers will be available to participants for discussion on presented topics during the cruise to the Kornati Islands.

The cruise starts from the quay close to the venue.  It takes place on board Leut.

ONBOARD SERVICE:

EXPLORING KORNATI NATIONAL PARK

The Kornati National Park is one of the most beautiful parts of the Croatian Adriatic. This archipelago was declared a National Park in 1980 and has been protected ever since. The total area of the park is around 220 square kilometres and the archipelago comprises 140 islands, small islands, and reefs. Only one quarter of that area is land, while the rest is a sea ecosystem rich in natural and cultural peculiarities. The vertical cliffs of the ‘crown’ of the Kornati islands, facing the high seas, constitute the most popular phenomenon of the National Park. These are also the habitats of endangered species.

The trip to Kornati National Park on board LEUT starts from Zadar from the city harbour at 10.30. After setting sail, the boat passes through the channel between the islands of Pašman and Ugljan, continuing towards the Park. Cruising slowly, passengers can enjoy a pure seascape in all its splendour. On its return, the boat stops at Lavdara Island for a break of about an hour. Lunch is served on board. The boat then berths in Sali on the Island of Dugi Otok for an hour and a half. Return to Zadar is expected at around 6 p.m.

 

pe_izlet
The Kornati Archipelago Sali on Dugi Otok, Dugi Otok