[Comicsstudiessociety] CFP - Toronto Comic Arts Festival Academic Symposium

[Anna Peppard]

Hello Comics Scholars-

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is excited to announce our
first academic
symposium, to be held in-person on Friday, June 17th, 2022, one day before
the start of the regular TCAF festival. The theme is "TCAF at Twenty:
Histories and Futures of Comics Communities."

We are accepting abstracts for the following types of presentations (which
should be academic in tone, but accessible to a wider audience, as the
event will be open to the public): Panel Proposals, Lightning Talks, Single
Panelist Proposals, and Poster Presentations. The full CFP is pasted below. It
can also be found here.
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I realize the prospect of in-person events causes many of us anxiety right
now. None of us can predict the future of the ongoing pandemic, but I can
promise this event will rigorously adhere to health and safety precautions,
and that those precautions will be communicated clearly to all participants
and attendees as they continue to evolve. It is extremely important to
myself and fellow organizers to create a welcoming environment that keeps
everyone safe.

Any questions can be sent to me directly (anna at torontocomics.com), or to
the official contact email for the symposium (academics at comicsscholars.com).

Best to all,
-Anna
--
Anna F. Peppard, PhD (she/her/hers)
Organizer, TCAF Academic Symposium
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TCAF 2022 Academic Symposium Call for Papers

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is pleased to invite abstract submissions
for our inaugural 1-day in-person academic symposium titled TCAF at Twenty:
Histories and Futures of Comics Communities. The symposium will take place
in person at the Courtyard Downtown Toronto Marriott on Friday, June 17th,
2022. For twenty years, TCAF has offered a vibrant meeting place for
creators, scholars, educators, and readers to come together and celebrate
their shared love of comics–a uniquely participatory medium that is adept
at communicating both complex realities and transformative fantasies.
Comics are communities, and communities are comics; the strength of one is
the strength of the other. This symposium will consider the histories and
futures of comics as vehicles and representations of community and
communication. How and what do comics communicate, and how and where can
they communicate better, to make comics communities more inclusive,
accessible, and dynamic?

The symposium is open to all subjects and theoretical disciplines
considering all aspects of comics, including cultural histories and formal
concerns as well as politics of representation (including representations
of gender, race, sexuality, etc.). We hope to explore and identify the
strides comics and comics studies have made in the past two decades to
enlarge their scope and scale as well as the boundaries they have yet to
examine, push, or eliminate while providing a new platform to connect
TCAF’s existing audience with communities of comics scholars. We welcome
papers that engage with all forms of comic art (commercial, literary,
alternative, zines, webcomics, etc.) and all comics genres (fiction,
non-fiction, adventure, science-fiction, mystery, horror, superhero,
children’s, etc.). Presentations should be academic in tone but accessible
to non-academics.

The TCAF 2022 Academic Symposium is accepting abstracts for the following
types of presentations:


   1.

   Panel Proposal: A submission by 1 member of a panel as to the topic and
   discussion of that panel, in coordination with the other members of the
   proposed panel. All panelists listed must be confirmed participants at the
   time of submission. Maximum of 4 people including the moderator of the
   panel. Panelists will speak for 10 minutes each or provide a round table
   discussion on the topic from their respective experiences. Fifteen minutes
   will be reserved for the audience to engage the panelists in questions at
   the end.



   1.

   Lightning Talk: A 5-7 minute quick presentation on one refined topic of
   analysis. We will gather approximately 5-7 individuals together to present
   their lightning talks leaving fifteen minutes for an audience question and
   answer period.



   1.

   Single Panelist Proposal: A paper of 15 minutes in length to be included
   on a panel of similar content arranged by the organizers. Three panelists
   will present during a session leaving fifteen minutes for an audience
   question and answer period.



   1.

   Poster Presentation: A casual gallery session to engage in multiple
   topics in a more exploratory discursive manner with the researcher present.


Please submit an abstract of 250-300 words along with a brief
biography (approx.
150 words) for each participating panelist on your proposal by Thursday,
March 31, 2022, to academics at torontocomics.com. Please include the
following information at the top of your proposal:

Name:

Title/Affiliation (if applicable):

Email Contact:

Type of Presentation proposed (Lightning talk, panel, poster, etc.):

The abstracts and bios of accepted participants will be compiled into a
symposium program and published (then later archived) on the TCAF website.

There will be a registration fee of $20 CAD for accepted applicants to help
defray the costs of the symposium. To make the symposium as accessible as
possible to all presenters, TCAF offers registration sponsorships for
individuals wishing to present. If you wish to be sponsored by TCAF to
present at the TCAF 2022 Symposium, please add “TCAF Sponsored
Presentation” to your proposal with no other information necessary about
the sponsorship. TCAF will sponsor your registration.


Offers of acceptance will be returned by the end of April 2022. Individuals
will be notified by email. If you have any questions or concerns, please
email symposium organizer Dr. Anna Peppard at anna at torontocomics.com


Like the general festival, this symposium will be held in-person and will
be accessible to the public. TCAF is committed to following all Covid-19
regulations set out by the local, provincial, and federal governments at
the time of the festival. TCAF will also be following site-specific
regulations set out by its participating venues – The Toronto Public
Library and the Courtyard Marriott – to ensure the safety of all guests and
participants. We will actively update all presenters and attendees of any
and all evolving safety protocols.
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