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This conference has been organised in conjunction with a British Library exhibition which marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen. It is the UK’s principal academic contribution to the celebration of Andersen’s life and work in this bicentenary year, and provides a long overdue opportunity to reappraise Andersen’s contribution to nineteenth-century art and letters.

The conference and exhibition are designed to improve understanding of Andersen’s work in the UK, where his reputation is largely based on a small number of tales, often not well translated, and the 1952 film, Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye.

The programme aims to:
· explore the contribution made by Andersen to the development of the literary fairy tale
· provide a complete overview of Andersen’s oeuvre
· interrogate the history of Andersen translations
· bring together the areas of Andersen’s creativity (writing, performance, papercuts and drawing) in the context of Victorian culture
· consider Andersen within the Victorian publishing scene
· to explore his ambivalent attitudes to class, gender, religion and nationality
· to discuss attitudes to suffering and death in Andersen’s writing for children
· to consider adaptations of Andersen’s work

A unique feature of this conference will be the opportunity to receive research training by staff from the British Library and the University of Newcastle using Andersen as a case study.

Please click on the link for further details about attending the conference and conference fees.
The Research Training sessions are supported by the A.H.R.B. National Research Training Scheme

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Institute of EnglishStudies in partnership with The British Library and the University of Newcastle
and supported by the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation