This Working Group aims to examine the development of comic art – including animation, comic books and strips, political and gag cartoons - world-wide in terms of its political sophistication, role in educational and conscientization initiatives, within and outside the mainstream and in terms of the implications of the corporatisation of the media.
Chair: Laura Nallely Hernández Nieto (Institute for Bibliographic Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM) [contact]
Vice-chair: Citlaly Aguilar Campos (Mexico) [contact]
Vice-chair: Iván Facundo Rubinstein (National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM) [contact]
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IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for IAMCR 2024, which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 30 June to 4 July 2024. The deadline for submission is 7 February 2024, at 23.59 UTC.
IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group invites proposals for IAMCR 2023, to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23) with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2023, at 23.59 UTC.
IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group invites the submission of proposals for papers and panels for IAMCR 2022, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July 2022. The conference will also have a national hub at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
The Comic Art Working Group (COA) will be holding online elections for one Chair and two Vice-Chair positions, for the term 2021 - 2025. The deadline to submit candidacies is 16 May.
IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group invites the submission of proposals for single papers and multi-paper sessions (the online conference equivalent of a panel in a face to face conference) for IAMCR 2021, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July, with a regional hub in Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
This message from the head of the Comic Art Working Group was distributed to all the working group members on 11 June 2020.
IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group invites the submission of abstracts of papers and proposals for panels for the 2020 conference of the Association, which will be held from 12 to 16 July, 2020 at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 20-24 June 2018 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group invites proposals that reflect the section's interest.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 16-20 July, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia. IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group invites proposals that reflect the the section's interest.
The Comic Art Working Group is looking for candidates to co-chair its future activities. Elections will be held during the working group's business meeting in the upcoming IAMCR conference in Leicester.
It is our pleasure to inform you that the Comic Art Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the 2016 IAMCR conference to be held from 27 -31 Ju
The Comic Art Working Group invites submissions of abstracts for papers for the 2015 IAMCR conference to be held from 12-16 July, 2015 at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada.
Comic Art Working Group - Call for Proposals IAMCR 2014 - 15th. - 19th. July, Hyderabad, IndiaPaper and panels are now being accepted for the Comic Art Working Group for the IAMCR conference that will take place in Hyderabad from 15th to 19th July 2014. The theme of the conference is "Region as Frame: Politics, Presence, Practice"
Conference Website: <http://iamcr2014.org/>
The Comic Art Working Group invites proposals for research papers and panels for the 2013 conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland from 25-29 June, 2013. The overall conference theme is "Crises, 'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and Communication Orders".
The Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The overall conference theme is 'South-North Conversations.'
The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below)
The Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR 2011 Conference to be held at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 13 to 17, 2011. The general conference theme is ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’.
The Comic Art Working Group is accepting paper proposals for 2010 IAMCR in Portugal.
Please send 100-word proposals on any aspect of comic art (Graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, caricature, political cartoons, gag and humorous drawings, animation) including presenter's name, postal and email addresses, telephone number. Each abstract/submission should be accompanied by the name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of (all) author(s).
Paper proposals are being accepted for the Comic Art Working Group until February 16, 2009.
Abstract of 100 words, as well as postal and email address, should be sent to John A. Lent.
Email: jlent[AT]temple.edu