[Comicsstudiessociety] INVITATION - "Ricerca a fumetti: generi, forme, declinazioni" (Universiteit Gent, 12-15 July 2021)

[Giorgio Busi Rizzi]

Dear colleagues,

It is with the utmost enthusiasm that we announce the opening of the call
for participation in the AIPI Summer School "Ricerca a fumetti: generi,
forme, declinazioni" ("Comics research: genres, forms, declinations"),
which will be held at the Universiteit Gent (Belgium) from 12 to 15 July
2021.

The School was created with the idea of embracing an international and
interdisciplinary perspective that brings together different theoretical
and critical approaches with the aim of applying them to an extremely
lively object of research that is still partially neglected by academic
criticism on Italian comics. The intention is to create a dense network of
researchers on Italian comics. Participants will come from different
geographical contexts and different methodological assumptions, so that we
can finally consolidate the academic study of comics as an independent
(inter)discipline in the context of Italian-language scholarship (see the
complete description of the project - in Italian - attached to this mail).

During the four days of the School, participants will be able to take part
in lectures that cover three different methodological approaches and will
be organised in plenary sessions in the morning. The lectures will be by
Prof. Sergio Brancato, Emiliano Chirchiano, Maheen Ahmed, Ivan Pintor
Iranzo, Inge Lanslots and Natalie Dupré. Participants will also be able to
participate in one of the five thematic workshops. These will be held on
the first two afternoons (for a total of five hours). The last day is
dedicated to a practical workshop on using comics to display one’s research
and to the presentation by the participants of their research topic on
comics. The programme is completed by a roundtable on diversity in Italian
comics, a visit to the CBBB (Brussels Comics Museum) and the BD parcours (a
walk through the streets of Brussels decorated with comics-themed murals).

The working language is Italian (only one of the lectures will be held in
English). You can apply now by filling in the application form
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ricercaafumetti.ugent.be/modulo-di-iscrizione/__;!!KGKeukY!kO4LKovHa3ZbAIsBAcU6fF3Lb9zge86iVKmNIRD1OD_KkakCDAwpMw1wG22ISgHpR_duhtuMP4t-$ > on the School's
website <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ricercaafumetti.ugent.be/__;!!KGKeukY!kO4LKovHa3ZbAIsBAcU6fF3Lb9zge86iVKmNIRD1OD_KkakCDAwpMw1wG22ISgHpR_duhrQvoq3A$ >; the deadline is 1 May 2021.

The organizers are constantly monitoring the evolution of the situation
related to the Covid-19 pandemic and, although we are cautiously and
carefully aiming at keeping the School on campus, by June 10th the
participants will be informed if the event will have to be postponed to
July 2022.

Looking forward to reading your proposals, we remain at your disposal for
any doubts or questions.

Kind regards,

The organising committee

Dr. Alessia Mangiavillano (Coventry University)

Dr. Dario Boemia (Università IULM)

Dr. Eva Van de Wiele (Universiteit Gent)

Dr. Giorgio Busi Rizzi (Universiteit Gent)

Dr. Nicoletta Mandolini (Universidade do Minho)
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