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AMESALL 2022 COMICON: South Asia

  • A comic-style image showing a group of people riding camels across a desert with speech bubbles saying “RIGHT THIS WAY TO THE AMESALL COMICON!” and “I HEARD YOU GET TO MEET THE ARTISTS!” followed by “NO WAY…”.
  • Event Date: 2022-11-17
  • Event Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • Event End Time: 2:00 PM
  • Event Website
  • Event Type: Public Events
  • Event Location: Rutgers Academic Building West, Room 6051, CAC

The Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures is proud to present the Inaugural AMESALL ComiCon. Over three one-day symposiums spread out over the fall semester, participants will engage with artists and academics on questions related to the pedagogy, aesthetics, and politics of comics from our three regions. Free and open to all. Refreshments and snacks provided In-person attendance is limited.

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Scholars Panel: 10:30AM-11:30AM

  • E. Dawson Varughese, Senior Fellow, Manipal Center for the Humanities India
  • Ira Sarma, Senior Lecturer/University of Leipzig
  • Varsha Singh, Assistant Professor/ITT Jammu

Artists Panel: 12PM-2PM

  • Amruta Patil, Author and Artist, India
  • Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Author, Artists and Co-founder PAO Collective, India
  • Ina Mehrotra, Visual Artist, Arts Researched, and Educator, India

SPONSORS: Center for Cultural Analysis, AMESALL, Department of French, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for African Studies, South Asian Studies Program, Global Asias Initiative

To attend via Zoom, for the South Asia event, click here.