Department of English and Language Studies
Canterbury Christ Church University
Saturday-Sunday 28-29 March 2009
Keynote Speakers
Professor Warren Chernaik, University of London
Professor Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent
Professor Kimberley Reynolds, Newcastle University
Featuring over forty speakers drawn from across the world, the Childhood in its Time international conference seeks to trace the ways in which childhood is reflected, portrayed, and even created in British literature from the Renaissance to the present day. Both the history of childhood and the child in literature are rapidly expanding fields of research and this conference provides an opportunity to discuss the intersections of these areas within British texts. Drawing together scholars interested in children's literature and those who research adult texts, the conference will examine how literary childhood is represented within its historical period and how it develops over time. Featuring papers on fantasy and realism, on canonical and popular texts and on a wide variety of authors from Shakespeare to Jacqueline Wilson, from Charlotte Yonge to J. G Ballard, the conference is highlighted by the keynote addresses of three distinguished scholars who will be speaking on childhood in relation to major elements of literature: happiness, death, and war.
Conference Details
Registration for the conference has now closed. The conference programme is available at the link above.
Information for Conference Delegates
If you are seeking accommodation in Canterbury you may wish to look at the Canterbury Official Tourism Website: http://www.canterbury.co.uk/| which offers accommodation booking. In selecting accommodation it may be useful to know that the University is near Canterbury Cathedral, so if accommodation is listed as within walking distance of the cathedral it will be within walking distance of Canterbury Christ Church University.
The conference will be held in the Powell Building on the Canterbury Campus. For those arriving on foot the nearest gate is he St Augustine's Pedestrian Entrance or the Postern Gate Pedestrian Entrance,
see map http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/about/maps/index.asp|.
On campus parking is available and entry to the car park is through Gate 1 on North Holmes Road. Maps of Canterbury and the Campus are available at http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/about/maps/index.asp|.
Receipts for registration fees will be included in the conference pack issued to you at registration.
Please bring to the conference any flyers about publications, conferences etc that you wish to advertise as there will be an information table available.
NB British Summer Time Begins on 29 March meaning that clocks will go forward one hour on the night of Saturday 28 March.
We very much look forward to seeing you in Canterbury at the end of March. If you have any questions about the conference please email either of the conference organizers:
Dr Adrienne Gavin
Department of English and Language Studies
Canterbury Christ Church University
adrienne.gavin@canterbury.ac.uk |
Andrew Humphries
Department of Education
Canterbury Christ Church University
andrew.humphries@canterbury.ac.uk |