Elina Druker

Elina Druker is a Professor at Stockholm University's Department of Culture and Aesthetics, specializing in children's and young adult literature. Her research focuses on the intersection of children's literature with modernism and the avant-garde, with particular emphasis on relationships between different media forms.

Her research interests span multiple dimensions of children's literature:

• Historical development of children's literature across 700+ years
• Modernist and avant-garde influences on children's books
• Visual narrative techniques in picture books
• Cross-media analysis of children's literature
• Multicultural perspectives in young adult fiction
• Photographic representation in children's books

Professor Druker's scholarly work demonstrates significant trends across several fields of literary studies. Her publications reveal a consistent focus on boundary-pushing approaches to children's literature, examining how avant-garde movements have influenced children's books and how visual elements interact with textual narratives. She has made substantial contributions to understanding the historical trajectory of children's literature while simultaneously exploring contemporary developments in multicultural representation and photographic integration.

Among her notable scientific achievements:

• IRSCL Edited Book Award (2017) for "Children's Literature and the Avant-Garde"
• ChLA Edited Book Award (2017) for "Children's Literature and the Avant-Garde"

Professor Druker has been actively involved in the academic community, serving as a member of the jury for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from 2011-2023. She is the editor of the book series "Children's Literature, Culture and Cognition" published by John Benjamins. In 2019, she co-organized the IRSCL conference in Stockholm, the world's largest children's literature research conference, with the theme "Silence and Silencing." Her work extends to building research environments at her institution focused on children's and young adult literature.