Drawing Lives, Writing Worlds A Graphic Narratives Symposium sponsored by German Studies Michigan State University
Friday, April 14, 2017 (B-342 Wells Hall) 2:00 pm Welcome & Introductions: Comics Studies and Comics Collections Liz Mittman & Lynn Wolff (co-organizers) Ryan Claytor (MSU Comics Forum; Art, Art History, and Design; Residential College in the Arts and Humanities) Karl Gude (MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences; Media Sandbox Director) Biz Nijdam (University of Michigan, Transnational Comic Workshop) Randy Scott (MSU Libraries, Special Collections)
2:45 pm Reinhard Kleist, “Graphic Storytelling” Keynote Presentation and Live Drawing Moderator: Christian Klein, Max Kade Visiting Professor at MSU (University of Wuppertal, Germany)
4:15 pm Break
4:30 pm Teaching and Exhibiting German History through Comics Lightning Talks & Poster Session Moderator: Gary Hoppenstand (English, MSU)
“Learning German through Comics (Reinhard Kleist)” Christian Klein & students from GRM 325
“Atze and Mosaik. History and Politics in East German Comics 1914-1989” Sonja Fritzsche (German Studies, MSU) & Thomas Kramer (Berlin)
“A Feminist Revolution out of the GDR: Anke Feuchtenberger” Jenny Gohlke and Carly Lesoski (German Studies, MSU)
6:00 pm Dinner for Speakers
Saturday, April 15, 2017 (303 International Center) 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:30 Philosophy and Politics in Graphic Narratives Moderator: Katie McEwen (German Studies, MSU)
“Sade is Back: Feminist Comic Adaptations of Sadean Philosophy” Valentina Denzel (Romance and Classical Studies, MSU)
“(Un)becoming a Refugee: From Invisible Journeys to Visual Constructions of Possible Worlds” Safoi Babana-Hampton (Romance and Classical Studies, MSU) Drawing Lives, Writing Worlds – A Graphic Narratives Symposium
“Dancing with Schnitzler: Biopolitics and Discipline in Birgit Weyhe’s Graphic Novel Adaptation, Reigen” David Kraus (German Studies, Wayne State University)
11:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 am Comics In—and Beyond—the Classroom Lightning Talks & Poster Session Moderator: Catherine Ryu (Japanese Studies, MSU)
“Working with Difficult Comics” Krsna Santos (German Studies, MSU)
“Comic Stories: Teaching Digital Humanities with MSU’s Comic Art Collection” Matt Handelman & students (German Studies and Digital Humanities, MSU)
12:00 pm Catered Lunch
1:00 pm Line Hoven, “Scratching Lives/Scratching Autobiography” Keynote Presentation and Scraperboard Demonstration Moderator: Biz Nidjam (Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan)
2:30 pm Coffee/Tea Break
2:45 pm Physicality and Materiality in Graphic Novels Talks & Poster Session Moderator: Johanna Schuster-Craig (German Studies, MSU)
“Materiality of Text and Image: Line Hoven’s Liebe schaut weg” Ariana Orozco & students (German, Kalamazoo College)
“Autobiographical Comics in the Classroom: An Art Project on Scratchboard inspired by Line Hoven’s Liebe schaut weg” Biz Nijdam & students (Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan)
“Body and Place in David Small’s Stitches” Ann Larabee (English, MSU)
4:00 pm Wrap-up Discussion and Concluding Remarks
This conference was made possible with the generous support of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages; Romance and Classical Studies; English; Art, Art History, and Design; Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Residential College in the Arts and Humanities; Communication Arts Media Sandbox.