Former Venues
No. | Date | Place | Host Institute | Conveners | Theme |
20. | May 29-31, 2026 | Rethymnon, Crete, GR | Department of Primary Education, University of Crete (host) & Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Vassiliki Vassiloudi Tzina Kalogirou
| Diaspora(s), Exile, Nomads, and Children’s Literature |
19. | 2025 | Tilburg, NL | Tilburg University | Sara Van den Bossche | Children Shaping the(ir) World: Between the Exceptional and the Everyday |
18. | 2024 | Rouen, FR | University of Rouen | Virginie Douglas | Making, Building, Mending: Creativity and Craftsmanship in Children’s Literature and Culture |
17. | May 2-4, 2023 | Podgorica, ME | Faculty of Philology, Music Academy and Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Montenegro | Svetlana Kalezić Radonjić | The Magic of Sound: Children’s Literature and Music |
16. | May 26-28, 2022 | Valetta, MT | University of Malta | Giuliana Fenech | The Role of the Child as Citizen: Constructing Childhood Through Agency and Activism |
15. | March 24-26, 2021 | Berlin, DE | Freie Universität Berlin (host) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. | Farriba Schulz | Transformation and Continuity: Political and Cultural Changes in Children’s Literature from the Past Century to the Present Day. |
14. | May 8-10, 2019 | Zadar, HR | Croatian Association of Researchers in Children’s Literature & University of Zadar | Smiljana Narančić Kovač | Beyond the Canon (of Children’s Literature) |
13. | March 30-April 1, 2017 | Valencia, ES | Teachers’ Training Faculty, University of Valencia | Xavier Minguez Lopez Maria Alcantud | Interdisciplinary Links Between Children’s Literature and the Other Arts |
12. | May 19-21, 2016 | Wrocław, PL | Faculty of Philology, University of Wrocław | Dorota Michułka | Children’s Literature and Play. |
11. | March 26-28, 2015 | Aveiro, PT | Centre for Didactics and Technology in Teacher Education, Department of Education, University of Aveiro | Ana Margarida Ramos | Children’s Literature. Fractures and Disruptions. |
10. | April 10-12, 2014 | Athens, GR | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Tzina Kalogirou
| Time, Space and Memory in Literature for Children and Young Adults |
9. | March 21-23, 2013 | Padua, IT | The Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, University of Padua | Marnie Campagnaro | Children’s Literature, Technology and Imagination. Research, Problems and Perspectives |
8. | March 30-April 1, 2012 | Cambridge, UK | Faculty of Education, The Cambridge–Homerton Research and Teaching Centre for Children’s Literature, University of Cambridge | Erin Spring | Towards Common Ground: Philosophical Approaches to Children’s Literature |
7. | April 8-10, 2011 | Oslo, NO | Nordic Network for Children’s Literature Research, University of Oslo | Åse Marie Ommundsen | Picturebooks of the New Millenium |
6. | May 1-3, 2009 | Nanaimo, CA | Faculty of Education, Vancouver Island University | Virginia MacCarthy | This Land is our Land |
5. | May 16-18, 2008 | New York, USA | Buffalo State College, Buffalo State University | Karen Sands-O’Connor | Making the World Perfect |
4. | March 30-April 1, 2007 | Istanbul, TR | Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Boğaziçi University | Anthony Pavlik | Lost In Translation |
3. | April 7-9, 2006 | Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK | NIASSH, University of Newcastle | Sarah Barber | Children’s Literature: From the Past to Present |
2. | April 16, 2005 | Antwerp, BE | University of Antwerp | Vanessa Joosen Katrien Vloeberghs | Changing Concepts of Children and Children’s Literature |
1. | April 3, 2004 | London, UK | Roehampton University |
| Current Scholarly Approaches to Children and Literature |
Department of Primary Education, School of Education
May 29-31, 2026
University of Crete, Rethymnon