[Discussion] UPDATE: Comics and Fotonovelas (6/25/05; 10/26/05-10/29/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: jwilliams@arnet.com.ar

Call for Papers-Comics And Fotonovelas
Second International Vernacular Colloquium
Department of International Relations
University of the Americas-Puebla, Mexico
- October 26-29 2005 -  ( http://www.ipsonet.org/vernacular/2005/ )

The extended deadline for submitting papers and panels is June 25, 2005.

The Comics and Fotonovela area will accept submissions for panels and paper
proposals related to the study and analysis of comics and fotonovelas. 
The theme
for this year�s conference is: _Affirming Human Values in a Time of
Terror_.

This year�s comics section of the conference will have presentors 
from
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the UK, the US, and the West Indies. In addition,
Sanyú, editor of Perfil will present a paper and Irene Herner, noted comics
scholar from Mexico will present a paper.

Papers and/or panels can focus on such aspects as the war on terrorism,
historical development, globalization, post-colonialism, gender issues,
censorship, publication and distribution, fans and popularity, and differing
attitudes towards comics. Additional topics include educational comics,
approaches to using/discussing comics in an educational setting and varying
theoretical approaches to analyzing comics.

Papers in English and Spanish will be accepted.

Please redistribute this CFP to interested parties and/or lists.

Send a brief CV.
For paper submissions, send a 300 word abstract.
For panel submissions, send a 150 word abstract describing the panel 
plus a 200
word abstract for each paper (keep panels to three or four participants).

Include requests for any audio-visual equipment needed or desired.

Send abstracts and proposals to:

Jeff Williams,
Area Chair for Comics and Fotonovelas
Second International Vernacular Colloquium
Achával Rodríguez 1146
5000 Cordoba, Argentina

email submissions preferred: jwilliams@unlar.edu.ar (make sure you put 
\"Puebla
Conf Submission\" in the subject line).



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