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SUMMARY:The Emergent Adult: Adolescent Literature and Culture - Professor 
 Shirley Brice Heath\, Brown University\, USA \; Meg Rosoff\, author\, UK \
 ; Jo-Anne Dillabough\, Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge/Homerton Research and Teaching Centre for Childr
 en’s Literature is hosting an international conference on 3-5 September 
 2010. The conference will focus on one of today’s most dynamic social an
 d literary phenomena. It will make connections between the recent research
  within neuroscience concerning the teenage cognitive\, psychological\, an
 d emotional behaviour and the representation of adolescence in literature 
 and media. \n\nTo ensure a genuine scholarly discourse\, the format of the
  conference will be as follows\, \n*	all papers will be circulated prior t
 o the conference\n*	a number of discussants will be asked to read and resp
 ond to one or more papers\n*	at the sessions\, presenters will have 5-10 m
 inutes to focus on the main aspects of the paper\, followed by the discuss
 ant’s comments and general discussion\n\nAll papers will be considered f
 or subsequent publication. \n\nConfirmed keynote speakers: \n\nProfessor S
 hirley Brice Heath\, Brown University\, USA\nMeg Rosoff\, author\, UK\nRou
 nd table Chair: Jo-Anne Dillabough\, Faculty of Education\, University of 
 Cambridge\n\nConference fee of £320 includes college accommodation (singl
 e en-suite rooms\, see http://www.homertonconference.com/ for details)\, 2
  breakfasts\, morning and afternoon refreshments\, 2 buffet lunches\, and 
 2 three-course waiter served dinners.\nNon-residential fee of £120 includ
 es 2 lunches and refreshments.\nInformation about registration and a regis
 tration form will be provided soon. \nFor further inquiries please contact
  Maria Nikolajeva mn351@cam.ac.uk\n\n*Preliminary schedule*\n\n*Friday\, 3
  September* \n\n12:00-14:00 arrivals and registration \n\n14:00-14:15 welc
 ome\n\n14:15 – 15:15 keynote lecture by Meg Rosoff: “Adolescence as a 
 Metaphor for Life”\n\n15:15 – 15:30 break\n\n15:30 – 17:30 paper ses
 sions 1\n\nWine reception \n\n*Saturday\, 4 September* \n\n9:00 – 10:00 
 keynote lecture by Shirley Brice          Heath: “Emerging Adults? Rushi
 ng Life's Challenges”\n\n10:00 – 10:15 break \n\n10:15 – 12:15 paper
  sessions 2\n\n12:30 - 14:00 lunch\n\n14:00-16:00 paper sessions 3\n\n16:0
 0-16:30 break\n\n16:30-17:30 multidisciplinary round table on youth and yo
 uth cultures\, featuring members of the Faculty of Education and invited g
 uests. Chair: Jo-Anne Dillabough\n\nConference dinner\n\n*Sunday\, 5 Septe
 mber*  \n\n9:00 – 11:00 paper sessions 4 \n\n11:00 – 11:15 break\n\n11
 :15 – 12:15 concluding session\n\n12:30- 14:00 lunch and departures\n\nF
 or further inquiries please contact Maria Nikolajeva mn351@cam.ac.uk\n
LOCATION:The Cambridge/Homerton Research and Teaching Centre for Children
 ’s Literature
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