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Comics Studies Events (2019)April 12-13 "Batman and Popular Culture" in Bowling Green, Ohio; visit https://www.comicgesellschaft.de/en/2018/04/13/cfp-batman-in-popular-culture/ (December 30)
April 19-20 "The Black Panther Conference" at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio; contact BlackPantherConference2019@gmail.com (January 1)
June 24-28 "Storyworlds and Transmedia Universes" at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; contact TheIGNCC@gmail.com (February 1)
June 26-28 "International MEDIABD Conference: Bedephilia since the 1960s: Sub-culture and Shared Culture" at the Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l’Image, Angoulême, France; contact jpg@u-bourdeaux-montaigne.fr (November 4)
July 18-21 "Comics Arts Conference" at Comic-Con International, San Diego, CA; visit http://comicsartsconference.wp.txstate.edu (February 1) -
Comics Studies Events (2018)February 22-23 Graphic Realities: Comics as Documentary, History, and Journalism in Giessen, Germany; visit https://www.uni-giessen.de/faculties/gcsc/newsboard/cfp-graphic-realities-comics-as-documentary-history-and-journalism
(November 3, 2017)
February 23-24 Michigan State University Comics Forum in East Lansing, MI; visit http://www.comicsforum.msu.edu
(December 10, 2017)
March 10 Comics and Visual Culture 2018: A Conference for Student Research at California State University, Northridge; visit http://www.csun.edu/humanities/comics/news/announcingCVC2018 (January 5, 2018)
April 6-8 ImageTech: Comics and Materiality at the University of Florida; contact gco@english.ufl.edu(December 15)
April 12-15 Northeast Modern Language Association in Pittsburgh, PA; contact Derek McGrath at support@nemla.org (September 30, 2017)
May 11-12 Canadian Society for the Study of Comics Annual Conference in Toronto; visit http://comics-scholars.com/wp/ (January 6)
June 4 "The Edifice Is in the Panel: Monumental Architecture in Comics" at Université de Picardie Jules Verne / Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Amiens, France; contact nicolas.labarre@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr (March 31)
June 27-29 Retro! Memory, Nostalgia: The Ninth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference at Bournemouth University, UK; contact TheIGNCC@gmail.com (February 1)
July 29 Perth Comics Art Festival at the Edith Cowan University; contact s.medley@ecu.edu.au (February 5)
August 22-24 International Brazilian Conference on Comics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil; visit http://www2.eca.usp.br/jornadas/ (April 5)
September 17-19 "Spaces Between – Gender, Diversity and Identity in Comics" at University of Cologne, Germany; visit http://www.comicgesellschaft.de/en/category/comicgesellschaft/jahrestagungen/ (April 1)
September 20-21 "Comics Forum 2018. Progress: A Decade of Comics Scholarship" at Leeds Central Library, Leeds, UK; visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/10F65Bnlo8oE0BdwKvb4kMmlLNOagTF-4/view (July 30)
September 26-28 "In the Gutter: The Public Work of Comics" at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus; contact cxcsymposium@gmail.com (March 18)
October 20 Law, Comics, Justice at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY; visit https://www.sfc.edu/calendar-event/~occur-id/468538 (October 20)
November 8-9 Twenty-Five Years of Vertigo Comics at the Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France; contact Isabelle Licari-Guillaume at isabel.guillaume@gmail.com (April 8, 2018)
November 30-December 2 "Superheroes Beyond" at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne, Australia; contact wburke@swin.edu.au (May 25) -
Festivals (2018)March 1-4 Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC), Seattle, WA: http://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com
March 23-25 WonderCon Anaheim, CA: https://www.comic-con.org/wca
April 7-8 MoCCA Arts Festival, New York, NY: https://www.societyillustrators.org/mocca-arts-festival
April 14-15 Denver Independent Comics & Art Expo (DINK), Denver, CO: https://dinkdenver.com
April 28-29 Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE), Columbus, OH: http://www.backporchcomics.com/space.htm
May 12-13 Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Toronto, ON: http://www.torontocomics.com
May 18-19 Chicago Zine Fest (CZF), Chicago, IL: http://chicagozinefest.org
May 19-20 Vancouver Comic Arts Festival (VANCAF), Vancouver, BC: http://www.vancaf.com
May 25-27 Montreal Comic Arts Festival (MCAF – FBDM), Montreal, QC: http://www.fbdm-montreal.ca/en/
June 2-3 Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE), Chicago, IL: http://www.cakechicago.com
July 19-22 San Diego Comic-Con International, San Diego, CA: https://www.comic-con.org/cci
August 18-19 FlameCon, New York, NY: https://www.flamecon.org
September 7-9 Rose City Comic Con, Portland, Oregon: https://rosecitycomiccon.com
September 15-16 Small Press Expo (SPX), Bethesda, MD: http://www.smallpressexpo.com
September 27-30 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC), Columbus, OH: http://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com
October 4-7 New York ComiCon, New York, NY: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com
October 12-14 Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal, UK: https://www.comicartfestival.com
November 3 Short Run Comix & Arts Festival, Seattle, WA: http://shortrun.org -
Comics Studies Events (2017)February 7-9 “The Empirical Study of Comics” at Teerhof, Bremen; visit http://www.comicgesellschaft.de/2016/10/27/programm-der-konferenz-the-empirical-study-of-comics-in-bremen/ (deadline passed)
February 20-26 “Michigan State University Comics Forum” at East Lansing, MI; visit http://comicsforum.msu.edu (deadline passed)
March 10-11 "Comics and/as Rhetoric: (Anti)Static Narratives: 2016/17 Pennsylvania College English Association Conference” at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, visit http://www.pcea.online/2016-conference (deadline passed)
March 31-April 2 “Comics Arts Conference: WonderCon” at Anaheim, California; contact comicsartsconference@gmail.com (deadline passed)
April 7-9 “Comics Remixed: Adaptation and Graphic Narrative” at University of Florida; contact schalifour@ufl.edu (deadline passed)
April 14-15, 2017 "Queers & Comics 2017" at California College of the Arts; visit http://www.queersandcomics.cca.edu/ (deadline passed)
April 22, 2017 "5th Annual “Cripping” the Comic Con" at Syracuse University; visit http://crippingthecon.com
April 27-30 “The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo Academic Track” at Calgary, Alberta, Canada; visit https://tickets.emilyexpoevents.com/schedules/submission/calgaryexpo_2017 or contact academic@calgaryexpo.com or o.berenstein@ucalgary.ca by February 21
May 11-12 “The Canadian Society for the Study of Comics” in Toronto; visit www.comics-scholars.com (deadline passed)
May 18-21 “The 7th Annual Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference” at the University of Texas at Dallas; visit http://www.utdallas.edu/c4v/2017-cfp/ (deadline passed)
June 7 “Eccentrics and Eccentricities in Graphic Novels and Comics: Amiens University Workshop” at Amiens, France; contact cmansanti@gmail.com by March 31
June 15-17 “The 8th Annual Comics and Medicine Conference” at Seattle Public Library; visit http://www.graphicmedicine.org/2017-seattle-conference/ by January 30
June 26-30 "Borders: The Joint International Conference of Graphic Novels, Comics and Bande Dessinee"’; contact borders2017@gmail.com (deadline passed)
July 4-5 “Graphic Justice Research Alliance Conference” at St Mary's University, Twickenham; visit http://graphicjustice.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/graphic-justice-discussions-2017.html (deadline passed)
July 13-14 “Comics and Nation” in Bangor, Wales UK; visit http://comicsandnation.bangor.ac.uk/call.php.en or contact comicsandnation@bangor.ac.uk (deadline passed)
July 16-20 “Comic Art Working Group: IAMCR 2017” in Cartagena, Colombia; visit https://cartagena2017.iamcr.org/cfp/ (deadline passed)
July 20-23 “The 25th Annual Comics Arts Conference” at San Diego’s Comic-Con International; contact comicsartsconference@gmail.com (deadline passed)
July 31 - August 5 Summer School Transnational Graphic Narratives in Siegen; visit: http://www.uni-siegen.de/phil/transnationalgraphicnarratives/ (applications due: 31 March 2017).
August 19-20 "Flame Con 2017" visit: http://www.flamecon.org
September 1-4 “The Comics and Popular Arts Conference” in Atlanta, Georgia; visit http://www.comicgesellschaft.de/en/2017/02/01/cfp-comics-and-popular-arts/ (deadline passed)
September 21-22 "Comics Forum 2017: Comics and Space" in Leeds, UK; visit http://bit.ly/2p2Vt1M (deadline July 1)
September 22-24 “Edmonton Expo Academic Track” at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; contact o.berenstein@ucalgary.ca by February 21
September 28-October 1 “CXC Scholarly Symposium” in Columbus, Ohio; visit http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/ (deadline not posted)
October 5-8 “German Studies Association-Seminar: Ansichtssache. Deutschsprachige Graphic Novels an der Schnittstelle von Visual Culture Studies und Gendertheorien“ in Atlanta, Georgia; contact jludewig@allegheny.edu (deadline passed)
October 19-21 “Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival and Symposium” at the University of Vermont, Burlington VT; visit http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/pulp-culture/ (no deadline information)
November 2-4 “International Comics Art Forum” at the University of Washington, Seattle; visit http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/ (deadline not posted)
December 1-3 ComFor conference “Der Comic und das Populäre / Comics and their Popularity” at the University of Bonn (Germany); contact comicforschung@uni-bonn.de (deadline passed)
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