Strings of Imagination:
Rethinking Pinocchio in the New Millennium
International Conference
25-26 October 2024
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Conference Website: https://sites.brown.edu/pinocchio2024/
Conference Email: stringsofimagination@gmail.com
We are very pleased to share the Call for Papers for an international conference on Pinocchio co-organized by Pablo a Marca and Elena Sottilotta at Brown University, with the support of the Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi and the Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-Tale Studies. For further details, please see the conference website: http://sites.brown.edu/pinocchio2024/ We look forward to receiving your proposals!
A Workshop with Dr. Michelle Anya Anjirbag
Fairy Tale Afterlives: Cinderella
We are pleased to invite you to an in-person workshop led by Dr. Michelle Anya Anjirbag. The event will take place on 4 March at 5.30 – 7.00 pm in the Long Room at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Huntingdon Rd, Cambridge CB3 0DF, United Kingdom. The event is free but space is limited and registration is required. Please note that this is an in-person event only.
Registration Link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cambridgefairytalenetwork/1168682
Location: Long Room, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Huntingdon Rd, Cambridge CB3 0DF, United Kingdom
Fairy Tale Afterlives: Cinderella – A Workshop with Dr. Michelle Anya Anjirbag
While the on-screen moment of transformation from rags into a princess-worthy ballgown – complete with the ultimate fetish shoe – may be the lasting image associated with the Cinderella story, there is much more to explore regarding this iconic fairy-tale princess. This course will examine both the history and the afterlives of “Cinderella,” while giving participants the opportunity to make the story their own.
Dr. Michelle Anya Anjirbag completed her Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and later joined the ‘constructing age for young readers’ (CAFYR) project at the University of Antwerp. Her research interests include adaptation, fairy tales and folklore, Disney, magical libraries, the intersection of literature, media and culture, and cross-period approaches to narrative transmission across cultures and societies. Her work has appeared in Gramarye, Children’s Literature Association Quarterly (ChLAQ), Adaptation, Social Sciences and Jeunesse.
Webpage: https://michelleanjirbag.com/
Looking forward to seeing you on 4 March!
The Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-Tale Studies
Email: cambridgefairytalenetwork@gmail.com
‘Add a sword’ Feminism & Fairy Tales
A Lecture by Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman
21 February 2024 at 5.00-6.30 pm (UK time zone)
Lecture recording available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTJdmNBnNMU
Registration link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cambridgefairytalenetwork/1155082
The Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-Tale Studies is pleased to invite you to an online lecture by award-winning folklorists, teachers, and writers Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman. The event is free and will take place on Zoom on 21 February 2024 at 5.00-6.30 pm (UK time zone).
Have you ever wondered why Alice was suddenly wearing full armor and a sword in the Tim Burton live action adaptation? Or why Snow White was tasked with leading an army in Snow White and the Huntsman? In this talk, Drs. Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman of The Carterhaugh School will explore the trend of ‘Add a sword’ feminism, the phenomenon in which traditionally feminine heroines are equipped with swords and recast as military leaders in fairy-tale adaptations, especially film. What does this trend have to say about gender in fairy tales? About the composition of heroism? What are the benefits and costs of this trend in storytelling, and what other possibilities are currently out there?
Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman are award-winning folklorists, teachers, and writers with a combined 26 years in higher education and over one hundred publications. Together, they founded The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic, teaching creative souls how to re-enchant their lives through folklore and fairy tales. In 2019, Carterhaugh won the Dorothy Howard Award from the American Folklore Society. When they aren’t teaching at Carterhaugh, they are scholars, writers and best friends who have published peer-reviewed articles, appeared on podcasts, sold stories and poems, written book introductions and encyclopedia entries, and written for magazines and blogs. (They’ve also been known to crush “Total Eclipse of the Heart” at karaoke.) Sara and Brittany also deliver sold-out lectures at venues like the Smithsonian, the Profs & Pints series, the Maryland Renaissance Festival, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, and FaerieCon.
Looking forward to seeing you on 21 February!
The Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-Tale Studies