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Call for Papers COMICS UP CLOSE - New Perspectives in Comic Art Lakes International Comic Art Festival 11th October 2019 Deadline for submission of extracts: 5pm, Friday 16 August 'Comics Up Close', the opening event of Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019, welcomes the submission of abstracts for short papers that explore any aspect of comic art or graphic novels. This is an opportunity to share your current project with other researchers, illustrators, writers and teachers in the field, as well as members of the general public passionate about comics. These papers will be part of sessions inspired by the 'PechaKucha' presentation method: participants are asked to speak for 8 minutes with 8 slides. Areas of interest include but are not restricted to: - Comic histories - Comics and the Reinterpretation of Literature - The politics of comic art - International comics - Graphic narratives and memoir - Comics and horror - Comics and cinema - Comics and Science Fiction Abstracts: please submit a title and an abstract of up to 150 words. Email address: a.tate@lancaster or [log in to unmask] ? Dr Julia Round Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Media and Communication Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB Tel: 01202 965931 (email preferred) Room W322. Office hours this term: Mondays or Wednesdays 12-1pm (variable by week, please email to arrange an appointment) ________________________________ BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble 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. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the UKCOMICSCHOLARS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=UKCOMICSCHOLARS&A=1