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International conference in Children’s Literature and Translation Studies (CLTS) 2024

New Voices in Children’s Literature in Translation: Culture, Power and Transnational Approaches. 22–23 August 2024, Stockholm (Sweden).

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The six light blue high-rise buildings A-F and the Student House surrounded by greenery
Södra huset: Buildings A–F (left to right), the Student House and the South Parkinglot. The conference till take place in building D on floor 3. Photo: Clément Morin.
A drone view of Campus Frescati with Södra huset, green fields and trees in autumn colours..
Campus Frescati with Södra huset (the six light blue high-rise buildings): building F–A (left to right). The walkway in the bottom right corner, leads to the subway station Universitetet (a 5 minute walk from building D). Photo: Sören Andersson.
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This conference is organized by a collaboration between Stockholm University, Uppsala  University (Sweden), Heriot-Watt University (UK) and the Children In Translation Network at the University of Galway (Ireland) to promote the intersection between Children’s Literature and Translation Studies. We understand this intersection as a space that includes the translation of all forms of multimodal fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults or what Borodo (2007) refers to as “Child-centered Translation Studies” in desire to broaden the field of study to different media.

The field of children’s literature has proved a fertile ground for research in translation in recent decades, but the time has come to take stock of past developments and innovations to forge new theoretical and practical paths for the future development of the discipline. Drawing from the first interdisciplinary conference organized in Belgium by KU Leuven and the University of Antwerp in 2017, our goal is to solidify what has been achieved so far and to provide a space for discussion on the future of children's literature in translation. This workspace will serve as a forum for practitioner and academic voices to work together to share new ideas and to further shape the arena for the discipline.

 

Venue: Stockholm University

The conference will be held at Stockholm University, in Frescati, Stockholm: building D, floor 3, auditorium 6 in Södra huset (light blue high-rise buildings). (See pictures at top of page.)

Google maps pin: Walk from the subway to building D

Visiting address: Universitetsvägen 10 D.

Find us

The university is located a bit outside, north east of, the city center but very easy to access with the metro (red line) (takes about 10 minutes from T-centralen, plus a 5 minute walk) or the bus nr 50 from Odenplan (for about 15 minutes).

Stockholm University (Google Map pin)

Odenplan Bus stop no 50 (Google Map pin)

More information about location, parking and accessability:

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Reception and Conference dinner

The reception on Thursday evening will be at the City Hall at 18.30.

City Hall

The conference dinner will be on Friday evening at the restaurant Blå Porten on the island of Djugården at 19.30.

Blå Porten

Accomodation

Please see:

Accomodation

Hotels in Stockholm

The standard is usually very good. We have no special agreement with a hotel for the conference. It is up to each participant to find a place to stay.

Youth Hostels

Youth Hostels are usually a very good alternative in Stockholm, as it is clean and secure. These ones for example, are on the metro (red line) going to the University:

Zinkensdamm Urban Garden

Castanea Youth Hostel (the Old Town)

 

Fees and registration

Fee includes registration for both dates, coffees and teas, lunch and dinner.

The prices are in Swedish Crowns (SEK)

  • Early bird: 1800
  • Late bird: 2400

Student rates

  • Early bird: 750
  • Late bird: 1100

Registration open from 1 April to 24 June 2024

Register here

Late bird from 1 May until 24 June.

Presenting authors must register before 20 May to have their presentation included in the final programme.

 

Abstract proposal closed

Deadline for abstract proposal was 30 November 2023. Notice of acceptance has been given in March 2024.

 

Keynote speakers

  • Vanessa Leonardi (Sapienza University Rome, Italy)
  • Michał Borodo (Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland)
 

Invited honorary speakers

  • Emer O’Sullivan (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany)
  • Gillian Lathey (University of Roehampton, United Kingdom)
 

Programme

Information will follow in June.

 

Publication – Call for Papers special issue in CLTS

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Journal

International Research in Children’s Literature (IRSCL)

Call for Papers

New Voices in Children’s Literature in Translation

Special issue in Children’s Literature and Translation Studies (CLTS)

Deadline for submissions

10 January 2025

Contact email

cltspublication@gmail.com

Guest editors in alphabetic order

Pilar Alderete Diez, Valérie Alfvén, Owen Harrington Fernandez, Charlotte Lindgren, Sara Van Meerbergen.

Publication date

January/February 2026

Following the 2024 Children’s Literature in Translation Studies (CLTS) conference in Stockholm, we invite contributions for a collection of papers which together represent the latest trends in CLTS, which is here understood as an interdisciplinary space for the study of multimodal fiction and non-fiction in translation, and which aligns with Borodo’s (2007) proposal for a “Child-centred Translation Studies” whose mission is to broaden the scope of the field to include all forms of media.

We invite papers across a broad range of topics in Translation Studies and Children’s Literature Studies to expand and enrich the critical discourse surrounding current issues in this area. We are especially interested in papers that deal with one or more of the themes listed below:

  • The transformative role of translation in shaping texts and media for children and young adults
  • Transnational approaches, encompassing investigations into translation flows, the roles of institutions, agents, translators, publishers, critics and other mediators.
  • The pragmatics of translating
  • Translingualism, Intermedial and multimodal translation
  • Ethics, ideology and power in translation
  • Reception studies
  • Examination of representation, diversity and inclusivity in translation

Contributors are encouraged to build on these themes by developing innovative theoretical frameworks and providing insightful analyses that further our understanding of the interesting ways in which children’s literature and translation studies intersect.

Please send your completed paper (6500 words) by 10 January 2025, to:

Email subject: “IRCL Special Issue New Voices in Children’s Literature in Translation.”

Selected articles will be published in the first issue of 2026.

Please follow the IRCL style guide.

 

Organizing committee (also in the scientific committee)

  • Pilar Alderete Diez (University of Galway, Ireland)
  • Valérie Alfvén (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Owen Harrington Fernández (Heriot-Watt university, United Kingdom)
  • Charlotte Lindgren (Uppsala University, Sweden)
  • Sara Van Meerbergen (Stockholm University, Sweden)
 

Scientific committee

  • Cecilia Alvstad (Østfold university college, Norway)
  • Marcus Axelsson (Østfold university college, Norway)
  • Elke Brems (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Ines Costa (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
  • Audrey Coussy (McGill university, Canada)
  • Reglindis De Ridder (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Vanessa Joosen (Antwerp University)
  • Yvonne Lindqvist (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Jack McMartin (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Elin Svahn (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Julia Lin Thompson (University of Sydney, Australia)
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Last updated: April 10, 2024

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