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Dear Colleagues, Due to the recent events in Paris and their relevance to the study of comic art/bande dessinée, the organisers of "Voyages", the 2015 Graphic Novel and Bande Dessinée Conference, to be held at University of London Institute in Paris on 22nd-27th June, invite the additional submission of abstracts for papers concerning Charlie Hebdo. Please send abstracts and/or questions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 31st January. Please also note that due to the large number of abstracts already received for this conference, we will unfortunately be unable to accept new abstracts on other topics. To view the original Call for Papers, see below: Sixth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference / Ninth International Bande Dessinée Society Conference Venue: Paris @ University of London Institute in Paris Monday 22nd - Saturday 27th June 2015 Voyages Call for Papers From their earliest manifestations, comic art characters have travelled the globe and beyond. Whether realist or fantastical, drawn to educate or to amuse, comics have used their considerable and unique expressive power to depict journeys, both physically and mentally, to "elsewhere". As the medium has evolved worldwide into one attracting both an adult and a juvenile audience, this relationship to the voyage has diversified, as recently-developed trends such as "graphic journalism" attest. This conference will focus on the relationship of the sequential art form to the voyage and study representations of travel across the history of the medium up to the present day. The conference intends to consider the notion of "voyage" in a broad sense, to include related notions concerned both with geographical movement - such as migration, exile or deployment - and with the psychic and temporal journey. With this inclusive framework in mind the organising committee for the joint International Graphic Novel and Comics conference and International Bande Dessinée Society (IBDS) conference welcome abstracts on all areas of scholarship relating to comics, the graphic novel, and bande dessinée. Abstracts of 150-200 words in advance of a 20-minute paper, as well as questions and expressions of interest, should be sent to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask] Deadline: 31st December 2014 Dr Julia Round Principal Lecturer in Communication (Literature and Linguistics) Framework Leader, MA Literary Media Academic Tutor, BA English Level I/Year 2 Convenor, Narrative Research Group (NRG) Editor, Studies in Comics Co-Investigator, AHRC Digital Reading Network The Media School Bournemouth University Fern Barrow Poole BH12 5BB Tel: 01202 965931 Office: W332 (third floor, Weymouth House) Office hours this term: Monday 9-10am and Thursday 2-3pm Email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.juliaround.com Studies in Comics website: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-journal,id=168/ Digital Reading Network: www.digitalreadingnetwork.com NRG website: http://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/cjcr/narrative-research-group/ BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.