In the winter semester starting next week, Daniel Stein is organizing a lecture series in Siegen together with Jens Aspelmeier and Jana Mikota on the topic of “Learning about the Shoah through Narrative Art and Visual Storytelling – Transnational Remembrance in Graphic Literature”. It will focus on comics and graphic literature, but also on children’s books. Other ComFor members such as Ole Frahm and Ralf Palandt will also be giving talks. All sessions take place on Tuesdays from 6-8 pm. If you are interested in attending individual sessions or the entire lecture series digitally, you are highly welcome to do so by registering through e-mail at mikota (ät) germanistik.uni-siegen.de.
Readings & Discussions
Online-reading with Jason Reynolds
Coming Wednesday, ComFor-member Daniel Stein is organizing and chairing an online reading with U.S. children’s and young adult fiction author Jason Reynolds.
Announcement:
“Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author as well as the recipient of numerous honors and awards. He was also a “National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature” from 2020 to 2022. He has written a number of books for children and young adults. With “Stuntboy Saves the World” (illustrated by Raúl the Third, translated by Anja Hansen-Schmidt; Karibu Verlag 2023), his first graphic novel – according to the publisher’s website a comic novel with color illustrations about superheroes, courage and friendship for children aged 10 and up (see cover attached) – has just been published. Jason lives in Washington, DC. Reynolds will read in English; moderation and discussion will take place in English and German.”
Registration and access data for the WebEx room from Dr. Jana Mikota at mikota@germanistik.uni-siegen.