The doctoral workshop will be held on the afternoon of 16 September and the morning of 17 September at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nova University of Lisbon (Avenida da Berna, 26C). It aims to give early career researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their picturebook-related doctoral projects with renowned scholars working in the field of picturebook research. All topics within picturebook research are relevant.
The invited participants of the workshop are requested to submit a paper of approx. 8-10 pages, including bibliographical references by 30 June 2025 to picturebookresearch2025@gmail.com with the subject line:
Doctoral workshop paper submission.
The paper should emphasise the rationale, the theoretical framework, and the main line of argument that form the basis of the doctoral study. Doctoral students are invited to present a chapter or part of their investigation. They may also present open questions and problems that they wish to discuss with the audience. These papers will be circulated amongst the supervising scholars and the other doctoral students to provide a basis for the discussion and participants of the workshop are invited to read these papers in advance. During the workshop a short summary of the main points will be presented by the author to allow for enough time to thoroughly discuss the arguments and topics of the papers in question. All abstracts and papers accepted for and presented at the conference must be written in English.
Doctoral Workshop schedule: The doctoral workshop will run in parallel sessions. Each session will have four doctoral student presentations which are chaired by a senior reader who also responds to the paper.
Schedule (40 minutes for each doctoral presentation):
| 5 minutes | Short presentation by doctoral student – it is possible to show a presentation with selected illustrations of the picturebooks used for the study |
| 5 minutes | Response by paired doctoral student (respondent) to the presentation and the paper previously submitted to the workshop participants. |
| 5 minutes | Response by the chair to the presentation |
| 10 minutes: | Response by the doctoral student to the questions and suggestions made by the respondent and chair. |
| 15 minutes: | Open discussion |
Attendance to the workshop is free but registration for the conference is required. The invited doctoral students are requested to apply for grants for travel expenses and accommodation at their respective universities.
Organizing Committee
- Sandie Mourão (Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal)
- Ana Margarida Ramos and Inês Costa (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Reading Committee
- Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (University of Tübingen, Germany)
- Dorota Michułka (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
- Elina Druker (University of Stockholm, Sweden)
- Marnie Campagnaro (University of Padova, Italy)
- Nina Goga (Western University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
- Sara Reis Silva (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal)
- Smiljana Narančić Kovač (University of Zagreb, Croatia)