Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies
This special issue of聽Seminar聽seeks to demonstrate the diverse themes of German comics studies with a particular interest in social justice and human rights issues.
How do German-language comics and graphic novels engage ethnicity, class, religion and ability through form and content? How are German-language comics and graphic novels in dialog with comics outside of German-speaking Europe through their social justice and human rights concerns? And what work do German-language comics and graphic novels still have to do?
We welcome submissions with a variety of focal points in聽German, Austrian and Swiss comics and graphic literature, including but not limited to the following:
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅燾omics and the experience of migration and displacement
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅燾omics and the representation of ethnicity and racialized identities
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅燾omics and the representation of marginalized or persecuted communities
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅爂raphic medicine and the representation of disability in comics
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅燾omics and LGBTQ rights and representation
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅燾omics and social justice work/activism
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅爌olitical cartoons and caricature
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅爐eaching social justice and human rights issues with comics and graphic narratives in the post-secondary German Studies curriculum
聽Please send a 500-word abstract and short bio to Biz Nijdam (biz.nijdam@ubc.ca) and Charlotte Schalli茅 (schallie@uvic.ca) by June 15, 2019. The editors will notify contributors by June 30, 2019 and final submissions (5000- 9000 words; MLA 8th聽ed.) will be due no later than December 1, 2019 (preferably earlier).聽Submissions are welcome in English, French or German.聽