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Clémentine Beauvais
Academic CV
Personal Details
Nationality
Date of birth
Email
Telephone
Address
Webpage
French
6th January 1989
[email protected]
07903 888 214
Homerton College, Cambridge CB2 8PH. UK.
www.clementinebeauvais.com/eng
Research
I am a theoretical researcher in education. My PhD research focused on children's
literature theory, with a strong philosophical undercurrent. My current research
revolves around the construct of child giftedness. It is firmly interdisciplinary, leaning
on the philosophy and sociology of education and of childhood.
Professional Memberships: BSA; PESGB; CHLA.
Education
2013-2016
Junior Research Fellowship, Homerton College,
University of Cambridge (UK).
Research project: Constructions of child giftedness in
20th-century UK and USA.
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 - 1st 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
Monograph:
The Mighty Child: Time and Power in Children's Literature. John Benjamins, 2015.
Peer-reviewed articles:
‘The “Mozart Effect”: A Sociological Reappraisal’. Cultural Sociology (in press).
‘Simone de Beauvoir and the ambiguity of childhood.’ Paragraph (in press).
‘What's in the “gap”?: A glance down one of the central concepts of picturebook
theory’. Nordic Journal of Children's Literature (in press).
‘Ce monstre que les adultes fabriquent avec leurs regrets : La malveillance de l’enfant
précoce en littérature de jeunesse.’ Les Cahiers Robinson* (in press).
‘Transmettre mai 68 : construction et paradoxes de l’idéal révolutionnaire à travers
l’album jeunesse contemporain.’ Strenae*, vol.5 (2013).
‘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).
* Les Cahiers Robinson is the top children’s literature journal in France, followed by Strenae, which is
fully open-access.
Peer-reviewed book chapters:
‘Une lecture sartrienne du roman engagé pour la jeunesse,’ in L’Idéologie dans le
roman pour la jeunesse au XXIe siècle, ed. by Christine Connan-Pintado et al.
(Bordeaux : Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2014)
‘“I’m not used to writing about me. It’s always us.” Double acts in Jacqueline
Wilson’s metafictional novels,’ in The Jacqueline Wilson Casebook, ed. by Lucy
Pearson. (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
‘Little tweaks and fundamental changes: Two aspects of sociopolitical transformation
in children’s literature’, in Power and Ideology in Children’s Literature, ed. by Áine
McGillicuddy & Marian Keyes. (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014)
‘“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, vol.27, n.1 (2013).
‘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).
Talks by invitation and plenaries
‘La malveillance de l’enfant précoce en littérature de jeunesse’. Invited speaker.
L’énigme du mal en littérature jeunesse: Arras (France), 24 January 2014.
‘The miserly adult and the eternal child: An existentialist reading of The Little
Prince.’ Research seminar: Cambridge (UK), 20 November 2013.
‘Theorising children's literature with Simone de Beauvoir.’ Guest research seminar:
Roehampton (UK), 6 November 2013.
‘The theory of children’s literature.’ MSt Advanced Teaching Lecture, Institute of
Continuing Education: Cambridge (UK), 1st September 2013.
‘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.
Conference papers
‘Une lecture sartrienne du roman engagé pour la jeunesse.’ Idéologie et Roman pour
la Jeunesse: Bordeaux (France), 3-4 October 2013.
‘What’s in the gap? Adult authority and child potencies in the politically committed
picturebook.’ New Approaches to Picturebooks: Stockholm (Sweden), 12
September 2013.
‘Desire and Didacticism’. Current Francophone and Anglo-American Research in
Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Cambridge (UK), 23 November 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.’ 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.
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.
Teaching
Lecturing:
Undergraduate (University of Cambridge)
Philosophy of Education (Being Good; Values in Education; How to Write a
Philosophy of Education Essay)
Sociology of Education (Bourdieu; Social Constructions of Childhood; Childhood in
Crisis)
Children's Literature (Fairy Tales; Humour and Seriality; Social realistic adolescent
literature).
Masters
Visiting Lecturer: Critical and Theoretical Approaches to
Children’s Literature module (University of Roehampton – 22
hours, + tutorials, 2013-2014)
Power and children’s literature theory lecture (University of
Cambridge – 2 hours, annual)
Comics and children’s literature lecture (University of Cambridge – 2
hours, annual).
MPhil/ MA marking included for Cambridge and Roehampton.
Supervisions: (University of Cambridge)
(Since 2011) All years undergraduates in Education: Philosophy of Education
(including 3rd-year Research & Investigation projects)
1st and 2nd year undergraduated in Education: Sociology of Education
1st-year UGs in Education: Language, Communication and Literacy.
3rd-year UGs in Education: Children’s Literature.
MPhil students: Children’s Literature
Outreach
2011
Selected for the Rising Stars Course of research outreach in
Cambridge.
2011-2013
Creation of and regular contributions to the Cambridge Children’s
Literature blog: http://cambridgechildrenslit.blogspot.co.uk.
Since 2011
Presentation at the annual 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
Creative writing
I am a children’s writer in French and English, with ten books, from picturebooks to
Young Adult novels, since 2010. My work in French is published by Sarbacane,
Talents Hauts, and Alice Jeunesse. My work in English is published by Hodder
Children’s Books and Bloomsbury. I am currently writing a Complete Writing For
Children Course, to be published by Hachette in 2014.
I visit schools regularly to meet young readers and talk about my work; I also take
part in numerous literary festivals. I have been blogging regularly about children’s
literature research and creative writing since 2010 in French and since 2011 in
English.