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 Homerton College, Cambridge CB2 8PH. UK. Webpage 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 20 th -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 - 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 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), 1 st 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. 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. 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 3 rd -year Research & Investigation projects) 1 st and 2 nd year undergraduated in Education: Sociology of Education
1 st -year UGs in Education: Language, Communication and Literacy. 3 rd -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.