ChLA 2024 Annual Conference: May 30 - June 1, 2024
Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor's Club
Madison, Wisconsin 

Hotel Information & Registration Link
In-Person Accessibility Guidelines
REGISTRATION
Final Program

*The cost of registration includes 1 ticket to the awards banquet on Friday, May 31. Additional banquet tickets can be purchased for $30.

Full Conference Rates Early Bird Registration
(thru May 6, 2024)
Regular Registration
(May 7 - 19, 2024)
Late Registration
(May 20 - June 1, 2024) 

Member

$365

$390

$415

Member: Student / Contingent Faculty / Unemployed / Retired

$235

$235

$235

Non-Member

$420

$445

$470

Non-Member: Student / Contingent Faculty / Unemployed / Retired

$235

$235

$235

 

 Daily Rates Early Bird Registration
(thru May 6, 2024)
Regular Registration
(May 7 - 19, 2024)
Late Registration
(May 20 - June 1, 2024

Member

$230

$255

$280

Member: Student / Contingent Faculty / Unemployed

$180

$180

$180

Non-Member

$265

$290

$315

Non-Member: Student / Contingent Faculty / Unemployed

$180

$180

$180

 

Cancellation Policy:

All cancellation requests must be made by email at [email protected].  All conference cancellations are subject to a $25 administrative fee.

Before May 6: Full refund less $25 administrative fee.
May 7 - May 19: 1/2 refund less $25 administrative fee.
After May 20: No refunds will be given   

 ChLA 2024 - Looking Back, Looking Forward:  ChLA at 50

As we approach the 50-year anniversary of the Children’s Literature Association’s founding, we gather to reflect on the past, present, and future of our field. 

Looking back, children’s literature has withstood suspicion. Much as children themselves have been dismissed as unsophisticated or insignificant, literature for them – and the study of that literature – has been misrepresented as simple or unrigorous rather than recognized for its complexity and import. Gender has shaped our field, given women’s representation among children’s literature authors and scholars, who contend with the persistent undervaluing of women’s contributions. Nevertheless, scholars of children’s literature and other media, childrens’ culture, and childhood studies have continued to build interdisciplinary engagements with work in literature, library studies, and education, and expand our field to new generations of scholars.