Clémentine Beauvais Academic CV Personal Details Nationality French Date of birth 6 th January 1989 Email cmb88@cam.ac.uk Telephone 07903 888 214 Address Christ s College, Cambridge CB2 3BU. UK. Webpage www.clementinebeauvais.com/eng 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 2013-2016 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. 2010-2013 Christ s College, University of Cambridge PhD in Education - Children s Literature Fully-funded by the AHRC Supervisor: Professor Maria Nikolajeva 2009-2010 Christ s College, University of Cambridge MPhil in Education - Children s Literature - Distinction 2006-2009 Christ s College, University of Cambridge BA in English with Education - 1 st Class every year 2005-2006 Lycée Henri-IV, Paris (France) Classe préparatoire - Arts & Humanities 2004-2005 Lycée Henri-IV, Paris (France) Baccalauréat Mention Très Bien - Arts & Humanities
Academic awards and scholarships 2006-2009 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) 2009-2010 Cambridge European Trust Scholarship 2010-2013 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, 2014. As co-editor with Erin Spring: Philosophical Approaches to Children's Literature. John Benjamins, 2015. 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.)
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, 2012. Platonic Education in the Harry Potter series. Plenary. A Brand of Fictional Magic: Reading Harry Potter as Literature: St Andrews (UK), 17-18 May 2012. Towards a philosophy of children s literature. The Child and the Book Conference: Cambridge (UK), 30th March-1st April 2012. Microcosmic and macrocosmic change in politically transformative children s literature. Accepted for publication. Irish Research in Children s Literature Conference: Dublin (Ireland), 25-26 February 2012. Addressing the child as a political agent in two radical picturebooks. PhD Workshop. History and Theory of the Picturebook: Tübingen (Germany), 22-24 September 2011.
Platonic education in the Harry Potter series. Award Recipient presentation. UKLA conference 2011: Chester (UK), 15-17 July 2011. 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 2011. The motif of the hybrid child in dystopian young adult literature. The Emergent Adult: University of Cambridge (UK), 3-5 September 2010. 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: 2011-2012 First- and second-year undergraduates in Education (University of Cambridge): Philosophy of Education; Language, Communication and Literacy. 2012-2013 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: http://kidyounotpodcast.com.
2011-2013 Creation of and regular contributions to the Cambridge Children s Literature blog: http://cambridgechildrenslit.blogspot.co.uk. 2011/ 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.