Keynote Speakers

Conference schedule

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



Full programme

To be announced