2nd Pop@UBarcelona Symposium:
Gender and the Graphic Novel
8 March 2019, Aula Magna, Universitat de Barcelona
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Department of Modern Languages and
Literatures and English Studies at the Universitat de Barcelona invites proposals for panels
and papers on any aspect of gender and the graphic novel or comics. This one-day
symposium is both an academic and a outreach event, intended for researchers, secondary
school students, and the general public. Papers should be lively and accessible to non-
specialists. The official languages of the symposium are English, Spanish, and Catalan:
English-studies specialists are encouraged to submit abstracts, and deliver their papers, in
English.
Possible topics included:
• Women creators in comics and graphic novels
• Superheroines (and superheroes) and bodies
• Gender and re-worked graphic characters
• Gender and graphic novel readerships/fandom
• Gender and graphic genres
• Gender and comic/graphic novel publishing houses
• Gender-swapping characters (e.g. in cases of retroactivity continuity)
• Comics and intersectionality (cue Ms Marvel)
• Gender and mutants/aliens
Abstracts of 150-250 words should be sent, in English, Spanish, or Catalan, to
john.stone.bcn@gmail by 15 December 2018. A selection will be made by 20 December
2018. Abstracts should include the author’s or authors’ name(s) and affiliation, title, and 3-5
keywords, as well as the abstract proper.