The concluding seminar of the project Diversity in Finnish Comics History: Minorities and Self-Representation consists of presentations that approach comics history and the writing of comics history from various perspectives. How can we complement existing comics histories?
In addition to the project members, invited guests discuss issues such as comics historiography, minorities, queer and feminist comics, humour and stereotypes in comics.
Keynote speaker: Margaret Galvan, Associate Professor of visual rhetoric, University of Florida
Margaret Galvan (she/her) is Associate Professor of visual rhetoric in the Department of English at the University of Florida. In her research, she examines how visual culture operates within the print media of feminist and queer social movements of the 1970s-1990s, recovering artists and their networks. Professor Galvan’s Website.
Work group:
Ralf Kauranen, PI, DSocSci, researcher, University of Turku
Leena Romu, PhD, researcher, University of Turku
Anna Vuorinne, PhD, researcher, University of Turku
Other speakers:
Ainur Elmgren, PhD, University lecturer, University of Oulu, docent, Åbo Akademi University
Ville Hänninen, culture journalist
Mia Österlund, Professor, Åbo Akademi University
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The event is free of charge and open to anyone interested. The seminar language is English.
The seminar venue is the Event hall at Riddaregatan 5 in Helsinki. Accessible front door, lift and toilets. You can participate in the seminar either on-site in Helsinki or join online on Teams.
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Programme
10.15 Opening Words
Ruth Illman, Head of Research, Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
10.20 Welcoming Words
Ralf Kauranen
10.30 Keynote: What Recovering Marginalized Histories Teaches Us About Comics
Margaret Galvan
11.45 Lunch break (at one’s own expense)
13.00 My List: Where Has More than Half a Century of Finnish Comics History Writing Led Us – And Where Not?
Ville Hänninen
13.30 Emancipation and Entertainment: Feminist Critique in Finnish Women’s Magazine Comics in the 1980s
Leena Romu
14.00 From Baron Mannerheim to Katternö: Trends in the History of Swedish-language Comics in Finland
Ralf Kauranen
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Ethnic and Religious Stereotypes in the Golden Age of Cartooning
Ainur Elmgren
15.30 Funny and Queer: Exploring the History of Finnish Queer Comics through the Lens of Humour
Anna Vuorinne
16.00 Concluding Remarks
Mia Österlund
16.15 Finish
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Contact:
Andrea Aalto-Granberg, Event producer SLS
+358 40 168 4908
andrea.aalto-granberg@sls.fi / info@sls.fi