Vom 30.05. bis zum 01.06. findet die diesjährige Jahrestagung der International Society for the Study of Narrative (ISSN) unter der Leitung von Prof. Rocío G. Davis, Prof. Rosalía Baena und Prof. Anabel Martínez an der Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona (Spanien) statt.

Insgesamt wartet die Tagung dieses Jahr mit 14 Sessions mit jeweils mehreren Panels zur Erzählforschung auf – darunter auch ganze fünf Panels zum Thema Comic und Graphisches Erzählen:

• Die Panels Narrative Strategies of Uncertainty in Comics, Narrative and Image: Comics and Graffiti und Lists in Comics and Graphic Narratives finden am am 30.05. statt.
• Das Panel Telling Images: Figuring Out Graphic Narratives ist für den 31.05 angesetzt.
• Am 01.06. findet dann zuletzt das Panel Clutter in the Glutter: Visual “Disorder” in Comic Book Narratives der AG Comicforschung statt, bei dem auch mehrere ComFor-Mitglieder vertreten sind:

Clutter in the Glutter: Visual “Disorder” in Comic Book Narratives (15.30-17:00)

Chair: Vanessa Ossa, University of Tübingen

Lukas R. A. Wilde (Tübingen): Graphic Mediation and Material Re-Enactment: Sebastian Lörscher’s Making Friends in Bangalore.

Vanessa Ossa (Tübingen): The Fragmented and Layered Narrative in Matt Kindt’s Comic Series Mind MGMT.

Marina Rauchenbacher & Katharina Serles (Wien): Queering Comics: ‘Fatties’ and ‘Whores’, Gender Gaps and Body Signs.

Das vollständige Programm findet sich auf der Veranstaltungsseite.

Allgemeine Informationen zur ISSN aus dem Veranstaltungstext:

„The International Society for the Study of Narrative (ISSN) is a nonprofit association of scholars dedicated to the investigation of narrative, its elements, techniques, and forms; its relations to other modes of discourse; and its power and influence in cultures past and present.
“Narrative” for us is a category that may include the novel, epic poetry, history, biography, autobiography, film, the graphic arts, music, performance, legal writing, medical case histories, and more.
The Society sponsors the International Conference on Narrative each year. The first conference was held at Ohio State University in 1986, and in subsequent years, the meeting has been held at sites across the United States, Canada, and Europe. At each conference, approximately 350 speakers address issues of narrative from a variety of positions and perspectives.“