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Full message available at: <a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;aa983aa9.2403">Reminder CfP: From Writing to AI</a>2024-03-19T00:04:14+00:00Vassilis Vagioshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;aa983aa9.2403Reminder CfP 'In Search of Lost Futures' Conference
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Dear all,<br><br>This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for the CfP for the conference ‘In Search of Lost Futures’ is in five days.<br><br>‘In Search of Lost Futures: Visual Media Narratives of Economic Migration in the Mediterranean’<br><br>19-20 September 2024<br>The University of Warwick<br><br>Keynote Speakers<br>Dr. Kay Dickinson (University of Glasgow)<br>Dr. Barbara Spadaro (University of Liverpool) [...]
2024-03-18T08:53:21+00:00VARI, SILVIA (PGR)https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;30d5c212.2403Contact request - David Huxley
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Hello all!<br><br>I'm trying to get in touch with David Huxley - is anyone able to help as I can't find an email address?<br><br>Or, if he's here - hello! Please could you email me at H.Earle@shu.ac.uk.<br><br>Thanks!<br>Hattie
2024-03-14T12:37:31+00:00Harriet Earlehttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;3b57cf51.2403C4P "Drawing Conclusions: The Rise of Research Comics," Special Issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
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Dear colleagues,<br><br>With apologies for cross posting, and for not previously sharing this on this forum, there is still a couple of weeks to submit initial proposals for the special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics on Research Comics I'll be co-editing with Ian Horton and Elizabeth Allyn Woock: [...]
2024-03-13T14:46:12+00:00John Miershttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;1f3976b2.2403Comics Grid Call for Book Reviews Spring 2024
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Dear all,<br><br>The Comics Grid has a new call for Comics Studies book reviews up at<br>https://www.comicsgrid.com/news/691/.<br><br>Please click on the link above to see the list of available titles as well<br>as info on how to express an interest.<br><br>All the best,<br><br>Ernesto<br>Editor<br>The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship http://www.comicsgrid.com/<br><br>@ernestopriego<br>https://ernestopriego.com/<br>The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship http://www.comicsgrid.com/<br>Parables of Care: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/parablesofcare/<br>Symbola Comics: https://figshare.com/collections/Symbola_Comics/4090025<br>Subscribe to the Comics Grid Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/iOYAj [...]
2024-03-11T13:24:29+00:00Ernesto Priegohttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;76313bf0.2403Comics Training School Newcastle University 7-8 May
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Dear colleagues:<br><br>Please find attached the details for a Comics Training School to take place at Newcastle University 7-8 May.<br><br>Best wishes,<br>Jorge<br><br> <br>Dr. Jorge L. Catalá Carrasco<br> <br>Head of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies<br>Address: Office 5.33<br>School of Modern Languages<br>Old Library Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne<br>NE1 7RU, United Kingdom<br>Tel +44 191 2227455<br><br>Check out my latest book! Catalá J; Mitaine B; Quaianni Manuzzato LM; Trabado JM, eds. Multimodalidad e intermedialidad. Mestizajes en la narración gráfica contemporánea ibérica y latinoamericana | Servicio de Publicaciones ULE (unileon.es) (2022)
2024-03-05T12:03:36+00:00Jorge Catala-Carrascohttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;601a5dbd.2403CfP: Auto / Bio / Fictional Graphic Narratives: A Symposium
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Call for Presentations<br> <br>Auto / Bio / Fictional Graphic Narratives: A Symposium<br> <br>Thursday 27 June 2024<br> <br><br>Life-writing in its many forms, including autofiction and biofiction, has grown exponentially in recent decades. Comics and graphic narratives have similarly become widespread and respected literary genres that feature many biographical, autobiographical, autofictional or biofictional texts.<br> <br>Completing the 2023-24 Auto / Bio / Fiction series at the Goldsmiths’ Centre for Comparative Literature, this online symposium will reflect on the combination of these two forms in order to explore how auto / bio / fictional graphic narratives and comics mobilise – and [...]
2024-03-02T12:22:48+00:00Lucia Boldrinihttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;5f3a8691.2403EVENT Comics Productions: Stitching, Inking, Photocopying
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Posting on behalf of the COMICS project (Ghent University)<https://www.comics.ugent.be/><br><br>Comics Productions: Stitching, Inking, Photocopying<br><br>13 March 2024, 10:00 am-1:00 pm, Library Lab Magnel, Ghent University, Faculty Library of Arts and Philosophy<br><br>We're delighted to organize a symposium on comics productions with Gareth Brookes (University of the Arts London), Paul Williams (University of Exeter) and Sylvain Lesage (Université de Lille). For more information, please visit this link: https://www.comics.ugent.be/comics-productions-stitching-inking-photocopying-13-march-2024/ [...]
2024-03-01T18:56:42+00:00Manuela Di Francohttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;7bb91ed7.2403The Auto / Bio / Fiction Series, with Maaheen Ahmed and Elisabetta Varalda, on auto/bio/fictions in graphic narratives
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Please join us for the next seminar in the Auto / Bio / Fiction Series, with Maaheen Ahmed (Ghent) and Elisabetta Varalda (Rome), focusing on auto / bio / fictions in graphic narratives:<br><br>7 March 2024, 5.30pm UTC (online)<br><br>Attendance is free but booking is required to receive a link to attend: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-auto-bio-fiction-series-maaheen-ahmed-and-elisabetta-varalda-tickets-728901182057 [...]
2024-02-26T12:43:05+00:00Lucia Boldrinihttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;ebcc8143.2402The Comics Grid: Latest Articles
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Dear all,<br><br>We hope you are all well.<br><br>Recently we announced <https://www.comicsgrid.com/news/680/> there's new<br>content in *The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship<br><https://www.comicsgrid.com/>*, corresponding to our 13th and 14th volumes.<br><br>Both volumes include a variety of work by 13 international scholars with<br>affiliations in academic institutions based in nine different countries.<br><br>Founded in 2010,* The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship* is an<br>open-access, researcher-led, peer-reviewed academic journal published by<br>the Open Library of Humanities <https://www.openlibhums.org/> (OLH). The<br>journal aims to publish original and specialised contributions to the field<br>of comics scholarship from multidisciplinary and media-specific<br>perspectives. The journal [...]
2024-02-23T11:13:48+00:00Ernesto Priegohttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;33bd4d87.2402CfP 'In Search of Lost Futures' Conference
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Dear all,<br><br>We are pleased to share the call for papers for the following conference:<br><br>‘In Search of Lost Futures: Visual Media Narratives of Economic Migration in the Mediterranean’<br><br>19-20 September 2024<br>The University of Warwick<br><br>Keynote Speakers<br>Dr. Kay Dickinson (University of Glasgow)<br>Dr. Barbara Spadaro (University of Liverpool)<br><br>The phenomenon of economic migration has millennia-old roots. However, in recent decades, especially since the advent of decolonisation movements and the globalisation of the economic sphere, migration has increasingly been viewed as a predominantly socio-economic occurrence (Mezzadra and Neilson, 2013). Lack of primary resources (water, minerals, land), pollution, political instability, [...]
2024-02-23T09:20:19+00:00VARI, SILVIA (PGR)https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;958c9ca5.24022nd CfP: From Writing to AI
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Full message available at: <a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;f18becfd.2402">2nd CfP: From Writing to AI</a>2024-02-18T17:48:47+00:00Vassilis Vagioshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;f18becfd.2402Book Announcement | A Cultural History of The Punisher: Marvel Comics and the Politics of Vengeance
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*Apologies for crossposting*<br>[image: 9781789388459.jpg]<br><br>Intellect is pleased to share that *A Cultural History of The Punisher:<br>Marvel Comics and the Politics of Vengeance<br><https://www.intellectbooks.com/a-cultural-history-of-the-punisher>*,<br>by Kent Worcester, is out in paperback, hardback and ebook.<br><br>*A Cultural History of The Punisher* is a close reading of one of the most<br>murderous characters in popular culture. First introduced in 1974, the<br>Punisher has inspired three movies, a Netflix series, and more than one<br>thousand comics and graphic novels. His stories have celebrated,<br>interrogated, and satirized the politics of vengeance. In this path<br>breaking study, Kent Worcester explores the sometimes ridiculous and [...]
2024-02-15T14:00:00+00:00Georgia Glasspolehttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;bdec5478.2402Participante in an empirical study on comics!
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Dear UK comics scholars,<br><br>My name is Nicole Ruta, and together with my colleagues Boris Quétard and Zoé Ballanger, we are conducting a study on temporal and aesthetic aspects of sequential images. We would greatly appreciate your participation in this study (details below):<br><br>Topic: Interpretation of Sequential Images in Comics<br>Estimated Time: max 30 min<br>Participant Criteria: Anyone with an interest in comics<br>The survey can be accessed via this link: https://kuleuven.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d6bVHjP9iOjQ8wC [...]
2024-02-14T09:38:19+00:00Nicole Rutahttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;62e71887.2402Funded PhD studentships at Bournemouth University
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Hi folks – this was announced at my Uni today. Please share widely if you know of anyone with an excellent idea for a comics-based PhD and a wish to study with me by the seaside!<br><br>Deadline is 29 Feb so need to move quickly, but I’m happy to support however I can. More information can be found here<https://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/2024/02/08/fully-funded-phd-studentship-competition/>, including an application form. [...]
2024-02-09T09:32:03+00:00Julia Roundhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;910e028b.2402Data and Doctor Doom
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Hello all,<br><br>I'm very (very) happy to say that my book "Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach To Transmedia Characters" has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan. As the title suggests, it put forwards an empirical methodology for tracking transmedia characters as they change over time and different media. Full details are here:<br>https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45173-7 [...]
2024-02-07T10:34:33+00:00Mark Hibbetthttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;9c51fd25.2402Re: FREE ONLINE special collection on Pandemic Comics @ The Comics Grid
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On a related note to Julia's interesting collection below.<br><br>Some of our researchers at the University of Leicester ran this project: Covid in Cartoons: Empowering a thick narrative of the crisis by promoting cultural literacy and diversity skills amongst vulnerable young people<https://figshare.le.ac.uk/collections/Covid_in_Cartoons/6079419><br><br>Some of the outputs are open access via the link above, but some are still under embargo. [...]
2024-02-05T12:23:39+00:00Lock, Selina T.https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;ccf62579.2402Teaching with comics
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The spanish academical Publishing House Dykinson has released two free<br>monographic volumes dedicated to the use of comics in education. The two<br>volumes feature works that may be in English, Spanish, or Catalan.<br><br>The first, coordinated by Álvaro Pons and Noelia Ibarra, is "Enseñar con el<br>cómic: dinámicas transversales y específicas del aula" ('Teaching with<br>Comics: Transversal and Specific Classroom Dynamics')<br>https://dykinson.com/libros/ensenar-con-el-comic-dinamicas-transversales-y-especificas-del-aula/9788411708876/ [...]
2024-02-05T12:55:25+01:00Alvaro Ponshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;7c20094e.2402FREE ONLINE special collection on Pandemic Comics @ The Comics Grid
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Hi everyone<br><br>In case it’s of interest, I’m happy to announce that The Comics Grid has published the special collection ‘Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes<https://www.comicsgrid.com/collections/917/>’, guest edited by Dr Alexandra Alberda and me. Featuring some excellent articles exploring online comics groups (Donald Unger), post-apocalyptic cities (Anna Marta Marini and Michael Fuchs) and depictions of pandemic behaviours like doomscrolling (Stephanie M. Garcia). All free and open access and available at: https://www.comicsgrid.com/collections/917/<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comicsgrid.com%2Fcollections%2F917%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cjround%40bournemouth.ac.uk%7Cdac0f26198db411fb3fd08dc23eb6b42%7Cede29655d09742e4bbb5f38d427fbfb8%7C0%7C0%7C638424741233182080%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lpX7M%2BdtnlYbB%2FeQCEDQpNhaSUjJKG%2Bnc5a%2BW1vchLU%3D&reserved=0> [...]
2024-02-02T13:38:11+00:00Julia Roundhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;52ca61bc.2402Research assistant post for small pilot project on British comics editors (10 hours total)
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EDITORS OF BRITISH COMICS PILOT PROJECT<br>RESEARCH ASSISTANT PART TIME (2.5 hours per week, over 4 weeks)<br><br>A research assistant is needed to conduct a short pilot project gathering names of British comics editors and information on editorial practices.<br><br>The post is part-time at 2.5hours per week and pays £14.42ph (Grade 4). It is intended to run for 4 weeks in April 2024 (10 hours total). [...]
2024-01-26T15:36:12+00:00Julia Roundhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;2d958b06.2401Literatures and Laws Symposium BU 2024: Call for Papers
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Apologies for cross-posting, but details below for an online symposium to be held this April which might be of interest to those working on the intersections or representations of comics and law – would be great to have some comics studies there!<br><br>All the best<br>Julia<br><br>Literatures and Laws Symposium – Call for Papers [...]
2024-01-26T12:49:15+00:00Julia Roundhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;66d2a216.2401Reviews wanted for Studies in Comics
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Dear all<br><br>We are interested in reviewing the following books in Studies in Comics journal.<br><br>* The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel, ed. by Jan Baetens, Hugo Frey and Fabrice Leroy (Cambridge UP 2023).<br><br>* Superevil: Villains in Silver Age Superhero Comics, Dr. Anke Marie Bock (Logos Verlag Berlin, 2023)<br><br>* Show Me Where It Hurts: Manifesting Illness and Impairment in Graphic Pathography, Monica Chiu (Penn State UP, 2024) [...]
2024-01-19T14:28:49+00:00Julia Roundhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;5ecd54d.2401CFP: Comprehending Comics - Exploring Methodologies and Approaches to Comic Studies in History and the Social Sciences
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CALL FOR PAPERS<br><br>Comprehending Comics: Exploring Methodologies and Approaches to Comic Studies in History and the Social Sciences<br><br>Please submit your proposal by May 1, 2024<br>The conference will take place September 8-9, 2024<br><br>Interest in comic studies have generated wide and varied interests from an exploration of visual language and narrative in sequential art to the use of technologies in comics, to considerations current questions in both contemporary society and history. These have led to fruitful research which cross disciplines and produced diverse and complex scholarship. Richard Scully have written extensively on political cartoons and their relationship with imperialism [...]
2024-01-17T12:31:30+00:00Harriet Earlehttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;1e20d9fa.2401Fw: Graphic Medicine International Conference 2024 — Athlone, Eire.
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We invite the submission of abstracts for in-person presentations focusing on health, illness, caregiving, and disability as they intersect with comics in any form (e.g., graphic novels and memoir, comic strips, manga, mini comics, web comics, etc.).<br><br>The conference will feature in-person presentations, workshops, and a variety of innovative digital outputs. For those unable to attend in person, we will live stream all keynote addresses. Remote presentations will be solicited for a virtual conference to be held at a later date in 2024. Details on this special online event will come after the July conference [...]
2024-01-14T12:44:07+00:00Mel Gibsonhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=UKCOMICSCHOLARS;fe1e937d.2401