Friday, November 22 / 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM • Burnham 1 (Floor 7)

Session 72
Seeing Childhood History through Graphic Memoirs

Chair: Mateusz Swietlicki , University of Wroclaw (Institute of English Studies)
Discussant: Mateusz Swietlicki , University of Wroclaw (Institute of English Studies)

1. “Why Can’t I Just Disappear?”: Creating a Space of Your Own in Weaver’s Graphic Memoir “Darkroom” • Sophie Bürgi , University of Basel.

2. "Drawing the Self into History: Character Formation in Historical Graphic Memoir for Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371" • MK Czerwiec , Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.

3. Color in LGBTQ+ Graphic Memoirs and Novels • Dominique Grisard, University of Basel.

4. “Representing and Documenting the Spaces of Childhood in Graphic Memoirs” • Mary Jo Maynes, University of Minnesota.

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