Displacement In Comics 19

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Displacement In Comics 19

The MU'TAZ AND RADA SAWWAF ARAB COMICS INITIATIVE at
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT //PRESENTS

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/AN ARAB COMICS SYMPOSIUM /

Displacement and Seeking Refuge As Seen Through Comics

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Saturday MARCH 9th 2019 // 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Maamari Auditorium , Olayan School of Business // AUB

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Note: Click on the title of the talk in red to listen to the lecture.

Welcome Note & Introduction - by the Initiative Director Lina Ghaibeh

// PANEL 1 // The Landscape and Impact of Graphic Narratives of Displacement and Exile

Displaced Region: Graphic Narratives of Untold Stories
George Khoury | Comics Artist and Critic
Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees
Olivier Kugler | Reportage Illustrator
Graphically Narrating Displacement
Malu Halasa | Writer, Editor and Visual Critic
The Drama of Exile
Jonathan Guyer | Independent Journalist
Questions and Answers Session

// Round Table 2 // Severe Circumstances and Violent Encounters: Reasons for Leaving and the Perils of the Journey

Eternal Refuge
Migo | Art Director and Comics Artist
Migration
Abir Gasmi | Script Writer and Coordinator
The Last Journey
Kamal Zakour | Comics artist and Illustrator
The Hoopoe
Twins Cartoon | Comic Artists and Cultural Managers

// PANEL 3 // Comics of Displacement as a Critical Tool in Teaching , Research Dissemination and Challenging Gender Norms

Histories of Migration Through Comics In the Classroom
Beeta Baghoolizadeh | Assistant professor of history and African Studies at Bucknell University
A drop in the Ocean 
Diala Brisly | Visual Artist

Somoud: Using Comics To Disseminate Evidence-Based Research on Coping To Children and Adolescents Affected by War and Conflict
Tania Bosqui | Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at AUB
Tracing Gendered Migrations Though Comics
Myra ElMir | Visual Artist and Researcher in Gender and Sexuality
Questions and Answers Session

// Round Table 4 // The Host Country: Discrimination, Legal Issues and Opportunities

Visitor of The Exile
Nour Hifaoui | Comics Artist
An Ingo Worker Walks into Refugee Camp
Yazan Saadi | Writer, Researcher, Analyst and Commentator

Being Illegal is Unbearable
Rawand Issa | Comics Artist and Writer
Home is Where One Starts From
Diala Brisli | Visual Artist

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The annual symposium serves as a gathering point for the comics and scholarly community at large, with the goal of promoting the study and analysis of comics from the region, expanding the debate surrounding the language of this medium distinct to this area and to encourage the publication of artistic and scholarly works on comics. The symposium gathers international and regional academics and researchers from various disciplines, as well as acclaimed comics and graphic artists and practitioners in the field, in addition to faculty, students and comics enthusiasts.

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