Comica Fesital / Transitions Symposium 2013

Those of you interested in comics studies generally may find this free one-day event at Birkbeck very exciting. It's the fourth 'Transisions' comics symposium, which promotes new research and multi-disciplinary academic study of comics/comix/manga/bande dessinée and other forms of sequential art. Book your place and come along on 26 October and be inspired and challenged!

Poster
Schedule

And here's some more details for y'all: 

Keynote: Dr. Ann Miller (University of Leicester, joint editor of European Comic Art)
Respondent: Dr. Roger Sabin (Central St. Martins, University of the Arts London)
Booking: Attendance is free but registration is essential. To book a place email the Transitions team at transitions.symposium@gmail.com.
Transitions is part of Comica, the London International Comics Festival
Event description: "Transitions is currently the only regular academic comics event based in London. The symposium provides a platform where different perspectives and methodologies can be brought together and shared. As an event devoted to promoting new research into comics in all their forms the symposium provides a forum for research from postgraduate students and early career lecturers. 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, sociology, geography and more. By thinking about comics across different disciplines, we hope to stimulate and provoke debate, to address a wide spectrum of questions, to map new trends, and to provide a space for dialogue and further collaboration to emerge."

Race and Gender in Comics: Ian Rakoff Lunchtime Lecture at the V&A

Ian Rakoff, one of the participants in next week's one-day symposium, is doing an extended version of his talk as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum's Lunchtime Lectures.

He will be discussing representations of race and gender in comics. Feel free to pop along!

The talk will take place on 2 October, from 1300-1345.

Details can be found here, and also here.

In Interview with Paul Gravett

Renowned comics writer Paul Gravett has been very supportive of the Graphic Justice project. Those keener-eyed amongst you may have noticed that he is chairing one of the panels at the one-day symposium on 11th September. He has also interviewed me, and if you follow the link below you can read the interview on his website.

Read the interview here.

Symposium Fully Booked! (+ paper abstracts)

The Graphic Justice One-day Symposium, taking place on 11 September 2013, is now FULLY BOOKED! I have had an excellent level of interest, and I'm very excited to see everyone on the day.

In advance of the event, I have compiled a nice handy collection of the abstracts for all the papers being presented. So, you can get a flavour of the various panels and papers from the comfort of your own home/office well in advance of the Symposium.

The document can be found here.

Although there will be programmes in hard-copy on the day, this more detailed collection will not be available. So, you may want to print your own copy to bring with you if you don't have any portable means of accessing it electronically.

GikII: Law, Technology and Popular Culture... and Comics?

Hello!

This post is not to do with the upcoming Graphic Justice One-Day Symposium, but is about a related project that some of you may be familiar with: GikII. It has been kindly pointed out to me that GikII focuses its interest on the intersections of law, technology, and popular culture, so there may be some fruitful overlap between the two projects. It certainly looks like a thoroughly exciting and engaging project! Check out the CFP for their upcoming September conference taking place in Bournemouth: http://www.gikii.org/?p=129