Markus Spiske. Comic Lucky Luke. Leica R
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Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam is an Assistant Professo r of Teaching in the Department of Central\, Eastern\, and Northern Europea n Studies. Since Art Spiegelman’s Maus\, comics and the representa tion of German history have been irrevocably linked. But while global comic s have continued to engage with histories of the Holocaust and WWII\, Germa n-language comics have focused on a different era of German history: the Ge rman Democratic Republic (GDR). Among these fiction and nonfiction comics o n East German history\, there is a subgroup of graphic novels that explicit ly seeks to engage with more traditional forms of narrating history\, such as documentary photography\, archival collections\, and museum exhibition. These graphic historiographies not only adopt some of the strategies of the se institutional forms of memory culture\, but they also comment on the way in which history and memory is shaped through them. This presentation look s at three comics on East German history as case studies to demonstrate how graphic historiography reveals the essential processes of the writing of h istory while intervening in debates about historical truth and authenticity .
Where: MOA’s Community Loun ge (Near the administration reception and opposite the MOA Library and Arch ives).
When: November 9th\, 4 – 5 pm
N ote: The Museum will be closed to the public due to seismic upgrad es\, but the administration area remains open. Please enter through the adm inistration entrance\, which is past the courtyard on your right\, facing t he Museum’s main entrance.
This interdisciplinary seminar series is f or anyone with interests in visual and material culture across different de partments at UBC and beyond. The seminar provides an opportunity to share r esearch and exchange ideas\, usually followed by conversations over a drink at Koerner’s Pub. Open to students\, staff\, faculty and community members in and around UBC. The seminars will be held in-person at MOA.