Do you think the conference Q&A is too short? I sure do! I can’t get enough of the coffee break chats, so it’s been such a pleasure to get to speak to scholars at length about their work, and a […]
Podcast: Americké křižovatky
This series of public debates were organized by Mgr. Katerina Brezinova, Ph.D. (Head of the Iberoamerican Studies Center, Department of International Relations & European Studies at the Metropolitan University Prague), and now are being released in podcast form for a […]
“Writers’ secrets and secrets of writing” at Czech European Researchers’ Night (Noc vědců) 2023
I had a few tables set up at Noc Vědců, a good amount of visitors (some returned from last year!), and saw new poetry, spooky stories, and comics about youthful misadventures. Following the evidence and suggestions in Bec Evans, Chris […]
Olomouc Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop at Palacky University A continuation of the History in Comics project brought 21 participants for an intensive week in Olomouc to work on their academic writing, creative writing and comics composition. This was the pitch: Come start or […]
Comics-based research and research-based comics
Hot off the presses: Interviews with scholars on New Books Network Comics Studies channel and processing books and conversations through comics. scholarshipinshort.com
American Crossroads Debate
I participated in a public debate this month at the American Center in Olomouc regarding immigration and diversity in the United States. Summary by organizer Katerina Brezinova: “Před nabitým sálem Americké Centrum Olomouc při Univerzita Palackého Olomouc se včera […]
Multimodal reading at Czech European Researchers’ Night (Noc vědců) 2022
I’m running a live commented demonstration and workshop in Olomouc for the Czech European Researchers’ Night – my booth is bilingual, wheelchair accessible, kid friendly and RIGHT NEXT TO THE SNACK AND COFFEE VENDING MACHINES! I repeat – BY THE […]
History for the public – TV appearance
ČT24 Studio 6 was kind enough to invite me to speak a second time about Queen Elizabeth II and related history in a light weekend program. If anyone is checking: yes, I make language mistakes, and the representation of British […]
Conference: History in Comics
The History in Comics conference hosted at Palacký University was a success! You can see the program and project information a HistoryinComics.org Looking forward to continuing to work on these topics in future conferences and projects.