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Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing (CCWW) Inaugural meeting of the CCWW cross-cultural seminar 'Writing childhood' Friday 7 May 2010, Room G35, Senate House The first meeting of this seminar series develops the topic of the CCWW launch event, held on 16 October 2009, when three authors (from Austria, Italy and Portugal) came to London to read from and discuss their work on 'writing childhood'. All Welcome. There is no charge for attendance. Refreshments and lunch will be provided, so we would be grateful if participants could register by emailing [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Programme 11-11.25 Arrival and coffee 11.25-11.30 Introduction 11.30-1.00 Session 1: Laura Rorato (Italian, Bangor), 'Writing for children/writing about children: depicting childhood in contemporary Italian fiction' Abigail Lee Six (Spanish, Royal Holloway, London), 'Writing childhood in the Gothic mode' Claire Williams (Portuguese, St Peter's, Oxford), '"O gosto do mal" [The taste of evil]: the cruelty of children in Clarice Lispector's shorter works' 1.00-2.00 Lunch (sandwiches provided) 2.00-3.30 Session 2: Amaleena Damlé (French, Exeter College, Oxford), '"L'enfance est un pays aussi" [childhood is a country too]: writing childhood in Nina Bouraoui's work' Debbie Pinfold (German, Bristol), 'The Zonenkinder speak out: post-Wende accounts of growing up in the German Democratic Republic' Debbie Martin (Latin American, Bath), 'Feminine adolescence, the uncanny, and the representational uses of the child: some theoretical perspectives' 3.30-3.45 Tea 3.45-4.45 Roundtable/general discussion and future meetings of the seminar