BEYOND BORDERS: Art, Narrative and Culture in Picture Books

2nd International Symposium New impulses in Picturebook Research

Faculty of Education
University of Glasgow (UK)
18-20 September 2009

This Symposium aims to continue the discussion of the group of scholars working on many different aspects of picturebooks which began at the University of Barcelona in September 2007. These international symposiums promise to be a major bi-annual event in the world of picturebook research and scholarship.

The 2nd Symposium in Glasgow will include presentations that provide a new focus for research and scholarship through questions of what it means to go beyond borders in art, narrative and culture in picturebooks. This will act as a unifying theme for the two strands that were developed in Barcelona: the literary/artistic approach and the audience/child response appproach. It also reflects the intercultural ethos of the symposium.

We are also proud to announce that the renowned Scottish artist, Mairi Hedderwick, author of the famous Katie Morag picturebooks will be talking about her work during the Symposium and we will be hosting an exhibition of some of her work.

As well as presentations by most of the expert scholars who attended the 1st Symposium, we will be welcoming a number of new speakers whom we are sure will significantly contribute to the ongoing dicussions.

We warmly welcome participants who wish to take part in our discussions and develop networks with other scholars. You will be a valuable contributor to the proceedings.

On Saturday 19th September, we especially welcome one-day participants who will have the opportunity to listen to Mairi Hedderwick as well as to papers which are relevant to current issues in literacy education.

For a registration form, contact

Conference & Visitor Services Office
University of Glasgow
No.3 The Square
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Tel: +44(0)141 330 5385

There are options to register for the entire conference or for Saturday only.

This year, the Symposium will also provide a forum for the dissemination of the research by the teams participating in the Visual Journeys Project. This international project involves children from different parts of the world responding to the same wordless picturebooks which deal with the themes of journeys, migration and the power of the visual image itself. Speakers from the USA, Spain and Australia will be participating in this panel.

Finally, there will be an opportunity to see an exhibition of Scottish picturebooks and children’s literature in the University Library, as well as of some of the books that will be discussed in the Symposium. Several publishers will be bringing their books to the event.

In addition, there will also be a space provided for postgraduate students to meet and form their own research network (for more information on this event, please contact e.arizpe@educ.gla.ac.uk).

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