Spaces Between – Gender, Diversity and Identity in Comics
13th Annual Conference of the German Society for Comics Studies (ComFor), University of Cologne, 17/09/2018 – 19/09/2018
To Call for Papers (due 01/04/2018)
Arrival by Train:
From Cologne Central Station: Take the subway/tram line 18 (destination Klettenberg/Bonn Hbf) to Eifelwall.
From Cologne Messe/Deutz: Take subway/tram line 9 (destination Sülz) to Universität.
From Cologne South (Köln Süd): 4-minute-walk on Luxemburger Str.
You can buy tickets on the platform or inside the train.
Accomodation:
Due to several parallel events at Cologne, we highly recommend that you book your hotel rooms as early as possible!
We can offer special conditions at MOTEL ONE Cologne-Waidmarkt for our conference guests. The number of rooms is limited; rooms are available on a first come, first served basis.
The rooms can be booked for any period between 16th and 19th September 2018 (2 nights) at € 88,50 per night and person.
To book a room, send an e-mail with the subject line “Room ComFor 2018” to comfortagung2018@gmail.com. Please state your date of arrival as well as the number of nights you would like to stay.
Please note that rooms need to be booked until June 15th 2018 at the latest!
Once you receive confirmation of your booking, please pay the full price to the following bank account no later than July 1st.
Nina Eckhoff-Heindl
IBAN: DE76 5001 0517 5425 2931 20
BIC: INGDDEFFXXX
Reference: Hotel and name of conference participant
Please find here a list of further hotel recommendations: Unterkunftsliste_ComFor 2018
The conference will commence roughly at 1pm on Monday, 17th September; and end roughly at 6pm on Wednesday, 19th September 2018.
Conference venue:
University of Cologne
COPT-Building (Building No. 315)
Rooms H230, S231-S233
Luxemburger Str. 90 | 50939 Cologne
This interactive map offers an overview over the buildings and facilities of the University of Cologne: https://lageplan.uni-koeln.de/#!315
Contact:
Conception
Christine Gundermann (University of Cologne | Department of History)
Nina Heindl (University of Cologne | a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne)
Véronique Sina (University of Cologne | Department of Media Culture and Theatre)
Conference organisation
Nina Heindl (University of Cologne | a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne)
Véronique Sina (University of Cologne | Department of Media Culture and Theatre)
The conference organisers are supported by
Bettina Begner, Stephan Böhm, Jan Harms, Yasmin Neuhaus, Anja Pflugfelder, Michaele Pollich, Jacqueline Rehse, Lukas Respondek, Alina Valjent, Elsa Weiland and Philin Zwirner
Exhibition organisation
Organisation of the exhibition “Comics and Disability Studies”:
Véronique Sina (University of Cologne | Department of Media Culture and Theatre)
Organisation of the exhibition “SuperQueeroes. Unsere LGBTI*-Comic-Held_innen”:
Christine Gundermann (University of Cologne | Department of History)