Announcement on behalf of Dr. Ute Dettmar:

The inaugural issue of the new Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Yearbook of the German Children’s Literature Research Society (GKJF)) is now online, It succeeds the print annual journal Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (1995-2015) in a fundamentally revised form. As the GKJF’s response to the rapid development of digital culture(s) and reflecting its open, democratic attitude towards use of knowledge resources, the Yearbook is now published as an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal.

http://www.gkjf.de/publikationen/jahrbuch-2017-open-access /

Each issue has a different thematic focus. This inaugural issue addresses flight and migration in children’s and youth media in their historical and current dimensions. Contributions on the thematic focus are augmented by ones with a theoretical or historical focal point. Articles are published in German or English. An Advisory Board of 18 experts, closely involved in the peer-review process, ensure the maintenance of the highest standards of research and transparency.

Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2017 (Yearbook of the German Children’s Literature Research Society)
Edited by Ute Dettmar, Gabriele von Glasenapp, Emer O’Sullivan, Caroline Roeder, Ingrid Tomkowiak on behalf of the Children’s Literature Research Society in Germany and German-speaking Switzerland in cooperation with the Austrian Children’s Literature Research Society. 233 pages.
ISBN 978-3-00-058338-4
ISSN 2568-4477