CFP: European Children’s Literature and Sports

Second Conference of the European Children’s Literature Research Network

Venue: Munich, at the International Youth Library located in Schloss Blutenburg

Date & Time: 19-21 October 2026

Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2025

For full CFP and details, please see https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cWOlIuO_-wuuj8NtfEfGgjq7NpEYVUnJ/view?usp=drive_link

#CFP: IBBY 40th Congress
“Listening to Each Other’s Voices”
6-9 August 2026
Deadline: 1 November 2025
Website: https://www.ibbycongress2026.org/pages/programme-call-for-papers

For more information : https://www.facebook.com/share/16J3j9ercd/

CFP: “coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkins…”: Eating Indoors and Outdoors in Children’s Literature

27-28 November 2025
University of Venice Ca’ Foscari
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Email: Prof. Laura Tosi tosilaur@unive.it; Dr. Alessandro Cabiati alessandro.cabiati@unive.it

For more information : https://x.com/IRSCL_News/status/1922276231283683719?t=iUqGNoOVUVwusA40AfPbpA&s=19

CFP: Waste and Children’s Culture: Thematics, Aesthetics, Ethics

International hybrid workshop at Stockholm University, Sweden
23–24 October, 2025
Abstract deadline: 28 May, 2025
Email: Lydia Wistisen, lydia.wistisen@littvet.su.se

For more information : https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FbY5nwXa2/

Call for Chapters – AI in Contemporary Youth Literature and Film: Essays from Around the World.

We are seeking chapters for a collection provisionally entitled AI in Contemporary Youth Literature
and Film: Essays from Around the World, which aims to be a timely additional resource to the field of
children’s and YA scholarship as well as a resource for anyone interested in AI and youth. We have
preliminary interest from McFarland (USA) for publishing the volume.
If you are interested in contributing a chapter, please send the following (in English):

  • A 350-word abstract together with 4-5 keywords plus key references (max 6 volumes)
  • A 100-word bio-note to Dr. Sara Pini (sara.pini7@unibo.it) and Dr. Emily Midkiff (emily.midkiff@und.edu) by 30 June 2025.
  • Timeline: You will be notified whether your proposal has been accepted or not by 10 August 2025.
    (Please note: although we would like to include all contributions into the volume, we are bound
    to select only a few to comply with McFarland’s length standards and to put together a collection
    as coherent as possible.)
  • Full chapters (max 6,000 words) are due by 15 November 2025.
  • Expected publication: 2026
    If you have any questions, feel free to write to sara.pini7@unibo.it.

For more information and full CFP : https://drive.google.com/file/d/16-tuKJomcoFgCZ2jj77dNRmXSP3x99HC/view?usp=drive_link

CFP: Seen and Heard: Young Adult Voices and Freedom of

Deadline: 1 September 2025
Email: seenandheard@um.edu.mt
Website: https://www.um.edu.mt/events/seenandheardintconf2026/callforpapers/

For more information: https://x.com/IRSCL_News/status/1905563921936773609?t=-U6wHDFyZ85Fh3R9fyUQtg&s=19

CFP: “Mothers, Motherhood, and Mothering in Children’s and Young Adult Literature”

University of Münster, Germany
Online conference.
12th-14th November 2025
Deadline: 2nd May 2025
Website: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QPm1FCYkDw98MTQQ6kg_KFqBnfewYH9u/edit?tab=t.0

Email: jennifer.gouck@uni-muenster.de

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1MrM46A5Gt/

CFP: 2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference

What persists?
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
18-19 September 2025
Deadline: 3 March 2025
Website: sites.google.com/view/childrena…
Email:childrenandyouth.conference@gmail.com

For more information : https://x.com/IRSCL_News/status/1888975419832930387?t=A34tG-fFVuLP4v6FLTQEvA&s=19