Programme

• ​Shih-Wen Sue Chen​
• ​Nina Christensen​
• ​Kai Arne Hansen​
• Zhu Ziqiang  
  

DAY 1, Thursday 25 June 2026

• 09.00     registration and opening
• 09.30     Keynote 1, Nina Christensen: “On your own − together. Transnational identities and liminal characters in and around contemporary picturebooks crossing borders”
• 10.30    parallel sessions 1
• 12.30    lunch
• 14.00    parallel sessions 2
• 16.00    coffee break
• 16.30    Keynote 2, Kai Arne Hansen: “Singin’ Bout a Revolution: Children’s Musical Activism and Changing Times”
• 18.00    conference dinner

DAY 2, Friday 26 June

• 09.00    Keynote 3, Shih-Wen Sue Chen: “Curiosity and Observation: Children’s Literature, Science, and Modernity”
• 10.00    coffee break
• 10.30    parallel sessions 3
• 12.30    lunch
• 14.00    parallel sessions 4
• 16.00    coffee break
• 16.30    Keynote 4, Zhu Ziqiang: “Examining Radical Postmodern Children’s Literature Theories”
• 17.30    closing notes and reception

To be announced