[ecrea] Comics symposium (26 June) and exhibition (2 May - 1 July)

*COMICS CROSSROADS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM*

Sunday 26 June
University of Kent
10.30 – 18.00


Registration is now open for *Comics Crossroads.* At this one-day 
symposium, participants will discover some of the best and most 
cutting-edge research into comics, cartooning and drawn images. Eight 
invited speakers will present a 30-minute paper on their recent 
research, followed by a prepared critical response from an invited 
respondent and questions from the audience. The event is designed to 
bring together ideas from around the field of Comics Studies, provoke 
critical and forward-thinking discussion between researchers and 
research disciplines, offer input for new and current researchers, and 
engage with the potential for interdisciplinary work.

The burgeoning field of Comics Studies is necessarily interdisciplinary, 
yet it risks fragmentation as scholars entrenched in one tradition may 
be unaware of the important contributions being made in others. We seek 
to counter such divisive trends, providing a space for both receptive 
and productive engagement and new avenues of scholarly interaction.

Confirmed invited speakers:

*Catharine Abell*
/Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, The University of Manchester/
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*Elisabeth El Refaie*
/Senior Lecturer in English, Communication & Philosophy, Cardiff University/
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*Hugo Frey*
/Professor of Cultural and Visual History, University of Chichester/
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*Ian Horton*
/Coordinator for Contextual & Theoretical Studies, London College of 
Communication/
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*Anne Magnussen*
/Associate Professor of History, University of Southern Denmark/
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*Aaron Meskin*
/Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Leeds/
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*Roger Sabin*
/Professor of Popular Culture, Central Saint Martins/
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*Paul Williams*
/Senior Lecturer in English, University of Exeter/
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Registration fees are £10 waged and £6 unwaged/student, and include 
lunch and refreshments.

To register, please follow the link. For enquiries, please contact 
(F.Francis /at/ kent.ac.uk):

http://store.kent.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=219&prodvarid=208

The symposium follows "Just A Game? The Aesthetics and Ethics of Video 
Games" conference also organized at The University of Kent, 24-25 June. 
For further info, please refer to http://justagameukc.wix.com/conference.

Comics Crossroads is the last in a series of events attached to the 
exhibition /There is an Alternative!: Critical Comics and Cartoons/. The 
exhibition is open to the public at the University’s Templeman Gallery 
until July 2^nd (08.00-21.00, Monday to Sunday). For further 
information, please refer to 
https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/templeman-exhibitions/ and 
http://tinyurl.com/TIAAKENT.

Comics Crossroads is organised by Dr Antonio Lazaro-Reboll, Dieter 
Declercq, Fred Francis and Julia Secklehner. It has been made possible 
with the financial support of two research consortiums:

/CHASE /

/Eastern ARC /

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and the following bodies at the University of Kent:

/The Faculty of Humanities Research Fund/

/The Aesthetics Research Centre/

/The Centre for Comic and Popular Performance/

/The Centre for Film and Media Research/

/The School of Arts Graduate Studies Committee/

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