[ecrea] CFA: Comics Crossroads 2 – Postgraduate workshop and symposium (7-8 October 2016 @Courtauld)

We are pleased to advertise this day-and-a-half CHASE-funded event to 
offer specific training for a select group of emerging scholars working 
with ‘the comic’ in an interdisciplinary manner. The aim of this event 
is to allow postgraduate researchers to become familiar with a range of 
media related to comics, and to stimulate an overall understanding of 
the contemporary and past significance of drawn art within popular 
culture and beyond.

On the first day, starting in the afternoon, Dr Nicholas Hiley (Head of 
Special Collections and The British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent) 
will lead a workshop on doing research through an archive. Working with 
original material from the BCA, the aim of this workshop is for 
participants to explore how working with an archive can enrich their 
research. This workshop will also allow researchers to familiarize 
themselves with some of the holdings of the Courtauld Institute of Art. 
Issues about working with the archive and its materials will be 
discussed in small groups first, after which findings will be compared 
in plenum. We will close the day with a keynote by Dr Kasia 
Murawska-Muthesius (University of Birkbeck) on comics, cartoons and 
gender. On the second day, participants will present a 20-minute paper 
(with ten minutes for Q/A) about their own research on comics. 
Presentations about working with and re-exploring archives are 
particularly welcome. We will close the event with a keynote by Dr Gavin 
Parkinson (Courtauld Institute of Art), whose presentation will include 
a focus on Robert Benayoun and Roy Lichtenstein in relation to the comic.

If you would like to participate in the workshop and present a paper, 
please send an abstract of 200 words to (comicscrossroads /at/ gmail.com) 
covering your research area and intended presentation. The deadline for 
submissions is Friday, 26th August 2016. Application open to all, though 
numbers are restricted. Priority is given to CHASE-funded students. 
Conference fees for speakers will be waved (including catering on the 
day). Budget permitting, we might be able to reimburse some other costs. 
Conference attendance on the Saturday is free and open to all.

Julia Sechlehner, Fred Francis and Dieter Declercq


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