[Comicsstudiessociety] CSS 4th Annual Conference CFP

[Charles Hatfield]

This is so exciting to see: an excellent adaptation to circumstance, and a
great union of theme and practical means!

It's good to see CSS engaging the challenge of maintaining community
despite the hardships of these times. :)

CH

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 10:18 AM Langsdale, Samantha via
ComicsStudiesSociety <comicsstudiessociety at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Good morning/afternoon CSS!
>
> The conference committee is delighted to share the CFP for our 4th Annual
> Conference "Re/Building Community" https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://comicssociety.org/conference/__;!!KGKeukY!ixmX1Fk8dJMxcETIZ7dPAZeO2y1MzbEs-oytJXWbAcBVymBa4G4KH2bqjgG1o5f-o99JOqLttf21$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://comicssociety.org/conference/__;!!KGKeukY!jkf6MN_Z1RJpFMP7_7hXPt8_xWo6O3gI5LbzkRTcI_HyNolvzJtxHRk-thFkKlTZdwV9QHbpjJ9u$>
>
> The fourth annual CSS conference seeks to bring together scholars,
> artists, and other members of the international Comics Studies Society to
> examine, explore, and work to re/build the various communities of which we
> form a part. Following in the wake of an exceptionally tumultuous year that
> necessitated distance and isolation like few of us have ever had to
> experience, the 2021 conference hopes to spark thoughtful conversations
> about the intersections surrounding comics and communities of all sorts,
> from comics shops to web comics, cons to cosplay, creative collaborations
> to comics collectives, and the graphic narrative communities we study to
> those that we ourselves inhabit.
>
> In keeping with the theme of re/building communities, we hope to bring to
> the forefront of this conference connections between communities big and
> small, global and local. Above all, we want to bring our own community back
> together in a way that is safe and inclusive, and that also celebrates and
> invigorates the local communities of our members. In short, we will be
> working in 2021 to help share what the many diverse communities that
> compose our membership are doing with our larger CSS community.
>
> To these ends, we are currently inviting proposals for two different
> modalities for this conference: virtual presentations, panels, and
> roundtables; and small, local pop-up panels or symposiums to be created
> with contacts in your local or regional comics community. It is our hope
> that this offering of two distinct modalities will allow for the utmost
> degree of flexibility in accommodating individual concerns, safety, and
> comfort, while also maximizing our points of contact with each other and
> our communities – what we’ve all been missing in the increased distance and
> isolation of 2020.
>
> As per our custom, presentations may take the form of traditional
> 20-minute research papers (either proposed alone or as part of a planned
> panel) or shorter contributions in roundtables organized around a specific
> theme. This year we will simply be organizing those virtually rather than
> in-person. In the spirit of the conference theme, we also welcome
> innovative collaborations that enact as well as address communal forms of
> comics studies.
>
> The pop-up panels are an opportunity for you to host your own panel and
> invite members from your own local community to take part in the excellent
> work being done in CSS. This can be done in-person, if social distancing
> needs in your area allow for it at the time of the conference, or via
> videoconferencing, if an in-person event is not advisable. Whether
> in-person or online, we hope that this presents an opportunity to encourage
> your local colleagues and contacts to join us at CSS, albeit virtually, and
> to enjoy some of the benefits of a small, in-person symposium without the
> travel associated with the larger in-person conference. More details are
> available on the pop-up panel template.
>
> Topics may include, but are not limited to:
>
> Comics communities IRL, from academic societies to cosplay communities
> The virtual communities surrounding comics
> Graphic narrative depictions of communities in comics
> Character “travel” from one graphic narrative community to another
> Considerations of various subject positions in comics communities
> Comics and re/building communities in time of social distancing
> Historical and contemporary comics fandom as community
> Communal comics production (the underground “jam,” creative teams, comics
> collectives, the anthology as community, etc.)
> Community activism, organizing and comics
> The local comic book shop as community space
> Comics and marginalized/underrepresented communities
> The comics of specific localities
> Scholarship as community
> Community and CSS
> Curating comics collections for local or academic libraries
>
> Guidelines for Submission
>
> We are accepting submissions for the following (templates are hyperlinked
> on the website):
>
> Pop-up panels
> Individual papers (20 min., presented virtually)
> Panels of three papers (presented virtually)
> Virtual roundtables of short (5 min.) presentations by 4-5 presenters
> followed by discussion
>
> All proposals should be sent as Word files by email by January 30, 2021 to:
> conference at comicssociety.org
>
> The conference organizers will send out notifications of acceptance by the
> end of February. Please add our conference email to your trusted senders to
> ensure email delivery.
>
> A presenter's name may appear twice in the program.
>
> In lieu of our usual set conference registration fees, this year we invite
> our conference participants to name their own registration fee. In keeping
> with the spirit of our conference theme, rebuilding community, all fees
> collected from conference registration proceedings this year will go to
> special funds to 1) support future graduate student and contingent faculty
> travel awards and to 2) support future annual CSS awards prizes, as well.
> When you complete your registration via EventBrite, you will have the
> option to either “purchase” a free ticket or to make a donation (which also
> comes with a free ticket to the conference). If you make a donation you
> will be able to choose which initiatives your dollars will support.
>
> All presenters must be members of the Comics Studies Society at the time
> of registration.
>
> Conference Chair: Brittany Tullis (St. Ambrose University)
>
> Please share widely and use #CSS2021 on social media
>
>
> Dr. Samantha Langsdale
>
> Senior Lecturer
>
> Department of Philosophy & Religion
>
> philosophy.unt.edu
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