War And Conflict In Comics 17

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War And Conflict In Comics 17

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The MU'TAZ AND RADA SAWWAF ARAB COMICS INITIATIVE at

The AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT //PRESENTS

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/AN ARAB COMICS SYMPOSIUM /

FRAMING WAR and CONFLICT in COMICS

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28th 2017 // 6:00Pm - 9:30 pm

Bathish Auditorium, WEST HALL // AUB

//PANEL 1// HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF WAR AND CONFLICT IN COMICS

TALES FROM THE TRENCHES //
JUSTIN WADLOW / Writer, Curator at Les Rendez-vous de la Bande Dessinée d'Amiens, member of the
Centre de Recherche en Arts et Esthétique (CRAE) | FRANCE
TOUTES LES MERS //
MICHELE STANDJOFSKY / Comics artist, lecturer at ALBA (Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts) | LEBANON
ARABIC COMICS AND CONFLICTS: IDEOLOGICAL INDOCTRINATION VS INDIVIDUAL NEED FOR CHANGE //
GEORGE KHOURY (JAD) / Comics & animation artist & critic, lecturer | LEBANON

//PANEL 2// REVOLUTIONS & GENERATIONAL CONFLICT

TELLING GRAPHIC STORIES OF THE REGION: ARAB COMICS AFTER THE REVOLUTION //
Lina Ghaibeh / Associate Professor, Director of the Arabic Comics initiative at AUB, animation artist | LEBANON

COMICS AND THE CHALLENGE TO PATRIARCHAL AUTHORITARIANISM //
Jacob Hoigilt / Senior researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo | NORWAY
NATIONALISM FOR KIDS: HOW EGYPTIAN COMICS TEACH CONFLICT //
Jonathan Guyer / Fellow, Institute of Current World Affairs / Blogger, Oum Cartoon | EGYPT

//PANEL 3// COMICS JOURNALISM: ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT AND PEOPLE IN CRISIS

THE CARTOONIST AS CORRESPONDENT: COMICS JOURNALISM AND CONFLICT //
Andy Warner / Comics artist & University lecturer | SAN FRANCISCO
THREADS FROM THE REFUGEE CRISIS //
Kate Evans / Comics artist, writer, activist & public speaker | UK
“MEANTIME" A GRAPHIC NOVEL PRESENTING AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF THE SYRIAN REFUGEES //
Lena Merhej / Comics artist, researcher, co-founder of Samandal comics | LEBANON
Kamal El Hakim / Comics author & artist | LEBANON

Watch the Symposium !

Framing War and Conflict in Comics Part 1

Framing War and Conflict in Comics Part 2

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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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