Dear all,
the call for papers for Transitions 8 - new directions in comics studies symposium is up and running. With less than two weeks until the deadline (Friday 24th of August) this seems like a good time for a reminder. We'd also appreciate if you can circulate among your networks!
The full CFP is available at http://www.ccl.bbk.ac.uk/call-for-papers-transitions-8/
but this is a brief summary:
The symposium will take place at Birkbeck College, London on Saturday 10th of November 2018, and attendance is free. We welcome abstracts for 20 minute papers, or pre-constituted panels of three, on topics including (but not limited to):
Comics, comix, comic strips, graphic novels, manga, manhwa, bande dessinée
superheroes, adventure, war, horror, fantasy, crime, romance, humour & other genres; documentary/historical/journalistic comics, autobiographical/biographical modes, graphic medicine
politics of representation in comics, formal approaches, transgressive comics, educational and didactic comics, comics for young adults & children
readers and fandoms, creators, comics & the law, publishing histories, web-comics & comics exhibitions, transnational circulation, political economy of comics
Please apply by email to [log in to unmask]
Please attach your abstract of 250-300 words plus a short biographical note (preferably as a Word document), indicating ‘abstract’ in the email subject line and your name in the file’s title.
Many thanks,
the Transitions team
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