27 – 29 September 2007
The 1st European Network of Picturebook Research Conference took place at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and was organised by Teresa Colomer and Cecilia Silva-Díaz in cooperation with Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (University of Tübingen, Germany).
- The title of the conference: New Impulses in Picture Book Research: Aesthetic and Cognitive Aspects of Picture Books
- The conference programme can be found here.
- The conference speakers and their bios can be found here.
The post-conference publication
New Directions in Picturebook Research
Edited by Teresa Colomer, Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer & Cecilia Silva-Díaz (Routledge, 2010)
In this new collection, children’s literature scholars from twelve different countries contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic and cognitive aspects of picturebooks. Contributors take interdisciplinary approaches that integrate different disciplines such as literary studies, art history, linguistics, narratology, cognitive psychology, sociology, memory studies, and picture theory. Topics discussed include intervisuality, twist endings, autobiographical narration, and metaliterary awareness in picturebooks. The essays also examine the narrative challenges of first-person narratives, ellipsis, frame breaking, and mindscape as new paradigms in picturebook research. Tying picturebook studies to studies in childhood, multimodality, and literacy, this anthology is representative of the different opportunities for research in this emerging field.
For more information on New Directions in Picturebook Research, please visit the publisher’s website.