In this fourth edition of the CICELI conference, we are paying special attention to women poets, their work and their controversial relationship with the canon, celebrating two fundamental milestones: the 90th anniversary of the groundbreaking inclusion of two Spanish women poets (Ernestina de Champourcin and Josefina de la Torre) in Gerardo Diego’s anthology Poesía Española (1934) and the 70th anniversary of the publication of Carmen Conde’s anthology Poesía femenina española viviente (1954).

Argument

In this fourth edition of the CICELI conference, we are paying special attention to women poets, their work and their controversial relationship with the canon, celebrating two fundamental milestones : the 90th anniversary of the groundbreaking inclusion of two Spanish women poets (Ernestina de Champourcin and Josefina de la Torre) in Gerardo Diego’s anthology Poesía Española (1934) and the 70th anniversary of the publication of Carmen Conde’s anthology Poesía femenina española viviente (1954).

The IV International Conference “Female Creations in Literary and Intercultural Education” (known by its acronym in Spanish, CICELI) continues, this time from the University of Alicante (Spain), with the path initiated in the three previous editions held at the University of Valencia (Spain) in 2019, 2020 and 2022 : studying and giving visibility to the creativity of women in education. For this reason, the conference focuses on the study of poets, playwrights and narrators whose work is included or can be included in the curricula of schools, high schools and universities, both in literature subjects as well as in other subjects where reading is included from a transversal approach. Proposals addressing female filmmakers and artists are also accepted, as well as research on fictional characters through a gender studies approach. All of them should be relevant to either compulsory schooling, higher education or educational experiences outside of regulated models. Within these themes, there is room for comparative studies or research measuring the presence of female authors and artists in literary or intercultural education in any territory, not forgetting the pedagogical impact of didactic materials, textbooks or other creative publications, such as picture books or animation productions, aimed at a growing, heterogeneous audience immersed in a process of constant learning.

In this fourth edition of the CICELI conference, we are paying special attention to women poets, their work and their controversial relationship with the canon, celebrating two fundamental milestones : the 90th anniversary of the groundbreaking inclusion of two Spanish women poets (Ernestina de Champourcin and Josefina de la Torre) in Gerardo Diego’s anthology Poesía Española (1934) and the 70th anniversary of the publication of Carmen Conde’s anthology Poesía femenina española viviente (1954).

Topics

Researchers are invited to send proposals for presentations, posters and panels related to the following topics :

• Women authors and artists in literary and intercultural education.
• The role of the arts and literature in the promotion of educational co-education and equity or inclusion (cinema, TV series, transmedia narrative, comic, painting, sculpture…).
• Studies on female protagonists or fictional characters that promote equality or that represent diversity in all its richness and complexity.
• Didactic proposals or experiences based on work created by women or other individuals marginalized due to disability, sexuality, race, religion, etc., from all time periods and areas.
• Environmental humanities and educational applications of ecocriticism and ecofeminism.
• Education as a literary, artistic or filmic topic from a social justice perspective.
• Comparative studies on equality, equity or social justice in the curriculum, in textbooks or other didactic materials.
• Female teachers, professors and researchers as creators of educational experiences (for children or young adults and in adult education).
• Poets and their work in the literary and educational canon (inclusions, exclusions, new additions).
• Educational proposals or experiences aimed at bringing students closer to poetry written by women.
• Literary education and poetry written by women in digital spaces (multimodal poetry, blogs, microblogging, personal websites, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, etc.).

Organizers

Director of the conference 

Helena Establier Pérez (University of Alicante)

Organising committee

Laura Palomo Alepuz (University of Alicante) ; Elia Saneleuterio (University of Valencia) ; José María Ferri Coll (University of Alicante) ; Joaquín Juan Penalva (Miguel Hernández University) ; Davide Mombelli (University of Alicante) ; Benito Elías García Valero (University of Alicante) ; Ferrán Riesgo Martínez (University of Alicante) ; Raquel Rocamora Montenegro (University of Alicante) ; Laura Aisa Cánovas (University of Alicante) ; Alejandro López Verdú (University of Alicante) ; Celia García Davó (University of Alicante) ; Esther Soro Cuesta (University of Alicante) ; Nieves Ruiz Pérez (University of Alicante).

Participation

In-person or virtual. English, Spanish and Catalan are accepted languages for in-person presentations ; in the case of special panels (symposia), posters and virtual presentations, all official EU languages are accepted.

Proposals for papers or posters (individual or collective)

The papers may be signed by one or more people. To propose a paper (both in-person or virtual), please send us a title, summary (250 words approx.), topic in which the proposal is registered and a brief curriculum vitae (one paragraph) through the form : https://forms.gle/JH9chMjk1VSUynW97.

 Symposium Proposals

The symposiums are 90-minute panels in which 4 or 5 papers of diverse authorship and related topics will be presented, coordinated by one person. The coordinator must be in charge of sending the joint proposal through the form : https://forms.gle/JH9chMjk1VSUynW97.

To propose a symposium, please send us the title of the symposium, a brief justification of it and the topic in which you wish to register. Likewise, we will need the title and summary of each paper (250 words approx.), as well as name, contact and a short curriculum for each author.

Deadlines

Deadline for receiving proposals for papers or symposia : March 8, 2024, International Women’s Day.

Acceptance or rejection will be informed in order of reception and, in any case, before March 21, World Poetry Day.