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Comica Symposium 2011 - Transitions 2: New Directions in Comics Studies
A one-day symposium promoting new research on comics/comix/manga/bande dessinée and other forms of sequential art
When? November 5, 2011
Where? Rooms B36/B04, Main Building, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1E 7HX
Register: The symposium is free to attend, for further information and to register contact Tony at [log in to unmask]
Keynote address - Professor Kent Worcester (Professor of Political Science, Marymount Manhattan College) editor of A Comics Studies Reader.
Respondents - Dr. Roger Sabin (University of the Arts, London); Dr. Julia Round (Bournemouth University)
Comics studies occupy a unique multi-disciplinary middle-space, one that encourages cross-disciplinary pollination and a convergence of distinct knowledges: literary and cultural studies, visual arts and media, modern languages, geography and more. Transitions 2 is a one day symposium devoted to promoting new research into comics in all their forms. Rather than restricting itself to a specific theme the symposium will highlight research from postgraduate students and early career lecturers bringing together different perspectives and methodologies, mapping new trends and providing a space for dialogue and further collaboration to emerge. By thinking about comics across different disciplines, the intention is to spark debate and address a wide spectrum of questions.
To download the schedule and abstracts visit the conference webpage at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/arts/news/comica-symposium-2011.
The first Transitions symposium was the successful opening event of Comica 2010. Transitions 2 is part of Comica 2011, the London International Comics Festival and is organised in association with Birkbeck, University of London, Studies in Comics, European Comic Art, the Contemporary Fiction Seminar and The Comics Grid.
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