Un colloque international sur le documentaire pour la jeunesse: (Re)thinking the borders in children’s nonfiction
Nous avons le plaisir de publier un appel à contribution pour le colloque intitulé (Re)thinking the borders in children’s nonfiction qui se tiendra du 17 au 19 Septembre 2026 à l’Université Aristote de Thessalonique (School of Early Childhood Education).
Nonfiction or informational books for children are created in order to inform readers about the world they live in and to present facts or data through indexes, diagrams, tables of content, maps, pictures, sketches or photographs and texts that support children’s learning. They are characterized by scientific validity and artistic use of language, format, graphics and other material aspects; hence, it is vital that they encourage children’s curiosity. Additionally, the trending “fictionalizing” as an authors’ stylistic option is understandable considering that the information they want to share with children does not exist in a vacuum, but is comprised of events governed by a cause-and-effect relationship. Thus, contemporary writers draw on narrative elements and techniques they previously used in literary texts. After all, the interpretation of events, phenomena, achievements etc., all contain the element of subjectivity and for their construction some type of representation is necessary. Despite this, the genre of nonfiction books has not received the same amount of scholarly attention as pure fictional books within the field of children’s literature. Thus, we invite you to expand this emerging network of knowledge in the upcoming conference that touches on the issue of (re)thinking the borders in children’s nonfiction. Specifically, we invite papers related to the conference’s overall theme.
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2026
Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2026
We offer various formats depending on your needs:
- I. Paper presentation
- II. PhD presentation
- III. Roundtable discussion
Conference fee:
- Regular Fee: €95
- PhD Students Fee: €75
Registration deadline: 5 June 2026
Participant registration fee includes coffee breaks. Once the registration payment is done, NO REFUND will be available.
Organisation committee:
- Rosy-Triantafyllia Angelaki
- Nina Goga
- Giorgia Grilli
- Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang
- Krzysztof Rybak
Full CFP available here: https://websites.auth.gr/nonfictioncongress2026/
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
C.Noûs (3 octobre 2025). Un colloque international sur le documentaire pour la jeunesse: (Re)thinking the borders in children’s nonfiction. Le magasin des enfants. Consulté le 15 janvier 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/14uhc

