Clémentine Beauvais. Academic CV

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1 Clémentine Beauvais Academic CV Personal Details Nationality French Date of birth 6 th January cmb88@cam.ac.uk Telephone Address Christ s College, Cambridge CB2 3BU. UK. Webpage Research I am a researcher in the field of children s literature and the theory of childhood. My main research interests revolve around the theory and metacriticism of children s literature, and the philosophy and politics of childhood. Education Junior Research Fellowship, Homerton College, University of Cambridge (UK). Research project: Conceptions of child precocity in literature and culture. Part of a wider research project on time and childhood Christ s College, University of Cambridge PhD in Education - Children s Literature Fully-funded by the AHRC Supervisor: Professor Maria Nikolajeva Christ s College, University of Cambridge MPhil in Education - Children s Literature - Distinction Christ s College, University of Cambridge BA in English with Education - 1 st Class every year Lycée Henri-IV, Paris (France) Classe préparatoire - Arts & Humanities Lycée Henri-IV, Paris (France) Baccalauréat Mention Très Bien - Arts & Humanities

2 Academic awards and scholarships Cambridge European Trust Scholarship 2007 Sir Ian Mc Farlane Award for Excellence (Christ s) 2007, 2008 and 2009 Scholar (Christ s) 2007, 2008 and 2009 Levy-Plumb Prize (Christ s) Cambridge European Trust Scholarship AHRC Scholarship: Full PhD Funding Recipient of the 2010 Jacqueline Wilson Award for MPhil thesis. Recipient of the 2011 United Kingdom Literacy Association Student Research Award for MPhil Thesis. Publications Contracted books: As author: The Mighty Child: Powers and Temporality in Children's Literature (provisional title). John Benjamins, As co-editor with Erin Spring: Philosophical Approaches to Children's Literature. John Benjamins, Peer-reviewed articles: Transmettre mai 68 : construction et paradoxes de l idéal révolutionnaire à travers l album jeunesse contemporain. Strenae, vol.5 (In press.) The problem of power: Metacritical implications of aetonormativity for children s literature research. Children s Literature in Education, Vol. 44, n.1. (2013). A nightmare land, a place of death : An exploration of the moon as a motif in Hergé s Destination Moon (1953) and Explorers on the Moon (1954). Children s Literature in Education, Vol.41, n.3. (September 2010). Book chapters by invitation: Microcosmic and macrocosmic change in politically transformative children s literature, in the edited volume drawn from the 2012 IRCL Conference, ed. by Áine McGillicuddy & Marian Keyes. (Commissioned.)

3 It is forbidden to forbid : Constructions of Frenchness through revolution in contemporary picturebooks, in National Identity in Picturebooks of the New Millenium, ed. by Åse-Marie Ommundsen. (Oslo: Novus, 2013). Dystopia, Romance and the Hybrid Child, in The Emergent Adult, ed. by Maria Nikolajeva & Mary Hilton. (London: Ashgate, 2012). Reviews: 'Crossover Picturebooks: A Genre for All Ages, Sandra Beckett (New York: Routledge, 2012).' International Research in Children s Literature. 'Philosophy in Children s Literature, ed. by Peter R. Costello. (Plymouth: Lexington Books, 2012).' International Research in Children s Literature. 'L album: Le parti pris des images, ed. by Viviane Alary & Nelly Chabrol Gagne (Clermont-Ferrand: Presses Universitaires Blaise-Pascal, 2012).' International Research in Children s Literature. 'The Evil Child in Literature and Culture, ed. by Karen J. Renner. (London: Routledge, 2013).' International Research in Children s Literature. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. ed. by Noel Daniel. (Cologne: Taschen, 2011). Marvels and Tales. (In press.) L album: Le parti pris des images, ed. by Viviane Alary & Nelly Chabrol Gagne (Clermont-Ferrand: Presses Universitaires Blaise-Pascal, 2012). Strenae, Vol.4. (Autumn 2012). Handbook of Research on Children s and Young Adult Literature, ed. by Shelby A. Wolf et al. (London: Routledge, 2011). Teacher Development, Vol.15, n.3. (2011). Conference papers Desire and Didacticism. Current Francophone and Anglo-American Research in Children s and Young Adult Literature: Cambridge (UK), November 23rd, Platonic Education in the Harry Potter series. Plenary. A Brand of Fictional Magic: Reading Harry Potter as Literature: St Andrews (UK), May Towards a philosophy of children s literature. The Child and the Book Conference: Cambridge (UK), 30th March-1st April Microcosmic and macrocosmic change in politically transformative children s literature. Accepted for publication. Irish Research in Children s Literature Conference: Dublin (Ireland), February Addressing the child as a political agent in two radical picturebooks. PhD Workshop. History and Theory of the Picturebook: Tübingen (Germany), September 2011.

4 Platonic education in the Harry Potter series. Award Recipient presentation. UKLA conference 2011: Chester (UK), July It is forbidden to forbid : Constructions of Frenchness through revolution in three contemporary French picturebooks. The Child and the Book 2011: Oslo (Norway), 8-10 April The motif of the hybrid child in dystopian young adult literature. The Emergent Adult: University of Cambridge (UK), 3-5 September Conference and seminar organisation 2012 Organisation of a one-day symposium with French children s literature scholars in November at Cambridge: Current Francophone and Anglo-American Research in Children s and Young Adult Literature. Teaching Lecturing: Organisation of a one-day symposium with children s literature scholars from the UK in June at Cambridge. On the organising committee (5 organisers) for the Child and the Book 2012 conference at Cambridge. 2011/ 2012 Annual 2-hour lecture on Comic Art and children s literature to MPhil students in Children s Literature (University of Cambridge). Supervisions: First- and second-year undergraduates in Education (University of Cambridge): Philosophy of Education; Language, Communication and Literacy As above, plus: Third-year undergraduates in Education (University of Cambridge): Children s Literature. Outreach 2011 Selected for the Rising Stars Course of research outreach in Cambridge. Outreach project: podcast on children s literature criticism:

5 Creation of and regular contributions to the Cambridge Children s Literature blog: / 2012 Presentation at the Open Day for the Cambridge/Homerton Research and Teaching Centre in Children s Literature Autumn 2012 Presentation on political children s literature at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas I am a children s author in French (since 2010; Editions Talents Hauts, Sarbacane, Alice) and English (beginning 2013; Hodder Children s Books). I have been blogging regularly about children s literature research since 2010 in French and since 2011 in English.

Associate Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, Preceptor, Expository Writing Program, Harvard University,

Associate Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, Preceptor, Expository Writing Program, Harvard University, Thomas J. Otten Department of English Boston University 236 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215 October 25, 2016 e-mail: totten@bu.edu home address 26 Arbor Lane Dedham, MA 02026 telephone: (781) 424-6127