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International Research Society for Children's Literature An international society devoted to promoting research
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The foundations of the IRSCL were laid at the Frankfurt Colloquium of 1969 which was organized by members of the Institut für Jugendbuchforschung of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. There it was proposed that an international organization should be established to support and promote research in the field of children’s literature. Colloquium participants from five countries elected an organizational committee and a year later, on 30 May 1970, the IRSCL was founded by seven specialists from Austria (Richard Bamberger), Czechoslovakia (Frantisek Holesovsky), the Federal Republic of Germany (Peter Aley, Klaus Doderer, Helmut Mueller), Spain (Carmen Bravo-Villasante) and Switzerland (Franz Caspar). By-laws were approved and Klaus Doderer was elected first IRSCL president.
The first symposium of the Society was held in Frankfurt in October 1971. By then fifty scholars from eighteen countries were members of the IRSCL.
CONGRESSES
1971: Frankfurt, Germany. Children's Literature as a Subject of
Research.
1974: Boldern, Switzerland. Study of Reading Habits and Research on
Sex Role Stereotyping in Literature for Children
and Young People.
1976: Sodertalje, Sweden. Problems of Translation in the Field of
Literature for Children and Young People.
1978: Exeter, Great Britain. Responses to Children's Literature:
Children's Responses to Text and Illustrations.
1981: Moscow, Russia. International Dissemination of Children's
Literature Research; Trends in Teaching of Children's Literature,
Status of Research in Specific Countries.
1983: Bordeaux, France. Portrayal of the Child in Children's Literature.
1985: Montreal, Canada. Literary Aspects of Fantasy and Fantastic
Literature for Children and Young People.
1987: Cologne, Germany. Books for children, books for adults: The
relationship between
them.
1989: Salamanca, Spain. The History of Children's Literature.
1991: Paris, France. The Applications of Contemporary Literary and
Cultural Theory to Children's Literature.
1993: Geelong, Australia. Crossing the boundaries: Multiculturalism in
Children's Literature.
1995: Stockholm, Sweden. Reflections of Change: the Last 50 years
in Children's Literature
1997: York, England. The Past in the Present.
1999: Calgary, Canada. Children's Literature and the fin de
siècle.
[Joint conference with the Children's Literature Association].
2001: Klein Kariba, South Africa. Change and renewal in children's
literature
PRESIDENTS
1970-1974: Klaus Doderer
1974-1978: Göte Klingberg
1978-1981: James Fraser
1981-1985: Denise Escarpit
1985-1989: Anne MacLeod
1989-1993: Rhonda Bunbury
1993-1997: Maria Nikolajeva
1997-1999: John Stephens
1999 - : Sandra Beckett
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HONORARY FELLOWS
2001: Klaus Doderer
1976: Children's Books in Translation. Edited by Göte Klingberg, Mary Ørvig and Stuart Amor. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1978.
1978: Responses to Children’s Literature. Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature. Edited by Geoff Fox and Graham Hammond. New York etc: Saur, 1980.
1987: Kinderliteratur – Literatur auch für Erwachsene? Zum Verhält-nis von Kinderliteratur und Erwachsenenliteratur. Edited by Dagmar Grenz. München: Fink, 1990. [Children's literature – literature for adults too? The relationship between literature for children and literature for adults]
1989: Aspects and issues in the history of children’s literature. Edited by Maria Nikolajeva. Westport (Connecticut) / London: Greenwood Press, 1995. 224 p. (ISBN 0-313-29614-6. $ 62.95)
1995: Reflections of Change. Children’s Literature since 1945. Edited by Sandra L. Beckett. Westport (Connecticut) / London: Greenwood Press, 1997. 216 p. (ISBN 0-313-30145-X. $ 60.00)
Forthcoming
1997: The Past in the Present. Edited by Ann Lawson Lucas. Westport (Connecticut) / London: Greenwood Press, 2003.
1999: Children’s Literature and the fin de siècle. Edited by Roderick McGillis. Westport (Connecticut) / London: Greenwood Press, 2002.
2001: Change and Renewal. Edited by Thomas van der Walt, Judith Inggs and Felicité Fairer-Wessels. Westport (Connecticut) / London: Greenwood Press, 2003.
