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[ecrea] call for papers - Transitions 3 – New directions in comics studies

Fri Jul 27 16:18:41 GMT 2012


Transitions 3 – New directions in comics studies

Saturday 3rd November 2012 at the School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London

Transitions is a one-day symposium promoting new research and multi-disciplinary academic study of comics/ comix/ manga/ bande dessinée and other forms of sequential art.

Keynote: Dr. Julia Round (Bournemouth University) and Dr. Chris Murray (University of Dundee), editors of Studies in Comics (Intellect).

Respondent: Dr. Roger Sabin (Central St. Martins)

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.

Rather than restricting itself to a specific theme, Transitions 3 aims to bring together different perspectives and methodologies, whether cultural, historical, or formal. By thinking about comics across different disciplines, the intention is to spark debate and address a wide spectrum of questions, and to provide space for dialogue and further collaborations to emerge.

The first Transitions symposium was the successful opening event of Comica 2010. In November 2011 Birkbeck hosted the second Transitions symposium, testifying to a thriving UK comics scholarship emerging from a diverse range of disciplinary settings.



We welcome abstracts of 250-300 words for twenty minute papers on topics as diverse as, but not limited to:



International iterations: manga, bande dessinée ,fumetti etc. – children’s comics – superheroes–non-fiction comics – the (im)materiality of comics – formalist approaches – cultural histories –adaptation/ remediation – autographics – early comics – comic strips – small press –alternative comics/ underground commix – comics narratologies – political comics –comics and cultural theory – audiences –comics and the archive – subjectivity in comics – graphic medicine –fan subcultures – comics as historiography – key creators...



Please submit your abstracts to (transitions.symposium /at/ gmail.com)



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