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<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Please see the CFP below. For more information, see the website <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.gu.se/litteratur-idehistoria-religion/caf-comics-activism-feminisms__;!!KGKeukY!im1sH7DvohQjkq0xWZOd8FQJlmjyum4D5Rfh0VclytgROynjYECOpHJVmj3lUfRij_HxWUsTu2fX$">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div>Biz</div><div><br><h2 id="gmail-Call-for-proposals" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.125;color:rgb(36,39,58);margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:0px;font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4" style=""><u>Call for Proposals</u></font></h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">The deadline to submit proposals is April 22, 2022.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">Decisions of acceptance will be sent by 9 May, 2022.<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:0px">We invite scholars, students, artists, and other professionals working with comic art to an international conference on comics, activism and feminisms (CAF), as these are practiced around the world. Feminist comic art and graphic narratives emerged with the second-wave feminist movements; today there are comics connected to social activist movements working for change in a variety of areas.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">The CAF conference aims to explore, on the one hand, how comic art, activism and feminisms are intertwined from both historic and contemporary perspectives, and on the other hand, how comic art in itself can be a form of activism. In addition to paper presentations, the conference will feature a panel discussion with a selection of Swedish comic artists and an exhibition of Swedish feminist comic art at Gothenburg University Library.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">Theoretical, conceptual, or empirical papers from a wide range of disciplines or interdisciplinary approaches are invited, and may relate to the overall theme of comic art, activism and feminisms by addressing such questions as the following, but other approaches are welcome:</p><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 2rem;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;display:inline-flex;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">How can the comics medium be used to express</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">feminist politics thematically, visually and linguistically?</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">How can the form and content of comics be activist in themselves?</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">How can comics participate in activist and/or social justice movements such as</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">women’s liberation, #metoo, LGBTQIA+, anti-racism, decolonial, climate,</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">or disability movements?</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">How can comics activism be connected to comic networks and other fora?</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2rem;line-height:1.375">Where and how are activist comics dispersed?</li></ul><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:0.3125rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</font></h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dr. Nicola Streeten (Director LDComics CIC)<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Professor Rebecca Scherr (Oslo University)<br style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:0px">Professor Mia Liinason (Lund University)</p><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:0.3125rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">HOW TO PARTICIPATE</font></h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">Generally, conference sessions will consist of participants’ individual 20-minute presentations plus 10 minutes of discussion. However, alternative forms of participation, such as panels or roundtables, are possible.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">We welcome contributions from academics, artists, and other professionals interested in comics and comic art. Please submit your proposal (max 300 words) and a short bio (max 100 words) to the organizers at <a href="mailto:caf@lir.gu.se" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.0625rem solid rgb(12,86,150);color:rgb(12,86,150)">caf@lir.gu.se</a>. If you would like to attend the symposium without presenting, please email a short bio and some information about your interest in participating.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:1.25rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">The deadline to submit proposals is April 22, 2022. Decisions of acceptance will be sent by 9 May, 2022.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:0.3125rem;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Organizing committee</font></h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro,Helvetica,sans-serif">University of Gothenburg<br style="box-sizing:inherit">The research project “Feminist Swedish Comics as Medium for Political Activism and Critique”<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Anna Nordenstam (<a href="mailto:anna.nordenstam@lir.gu.se" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:0.0625rem solid rgb(12,86,150);color:rgb(12,86,150)">anna.nordenstam@lir.gu.se</a>)<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Kristy Beers Fägersten (<a href="mailto:kristy.beers.fagersten@sh.se" 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