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Name: Peter Kessler
University of Oxford
Events this person is hosting:
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: Chris Ware: Art, Empathy and Connection
Date: 20 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Martha Kuhlman (Bryant University, Rhode Island)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: How Comics Travel: Translation, Publication, Radical Literacies
Date: 5 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Kate Kelp-Stebbins (University of Oregon)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: James Parker: Navigating Pop Culture Retail: A Discussion of Comics and Trends
Date: 7 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
James Parker
Venue Details: Online talk. To book, please visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-comics-network
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: Dr Carol Adlam: author, artist and academic.
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Carol Adlam (Nottingham School of Art and Design)
Venue Details: Online talk. To book, please visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-comics-network
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: Emmy Waldman: 'Filial Lines: Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, and Comics Form'
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Emmy Waldman (Virginia Tech)
Venue Details: Online talk. To book, please visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-comics-network
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Thursday 20 February 2025
Dr Neil Archer: Cinema and Brexit
Date: 20 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 March 2025
Dr Benedict Morrison: Eco-queer theory and vulnerable bodies in the films of Lindsay Anderson
Date: 6 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Dr William Kuskin: The Grid - Prefiguration In Ultimate Spider Man
Date: 22 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr William Kuskin (University of Colorado Boulder)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Matthew Noe: An Introduction to Graphic Medicine
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Matthew Noe (Harvard)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Ed Hillyer: The Wild West Days of Comic Narrative
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Ed Hillyer
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 6 February 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: "Graphic Depictions of New Motherhood"
Date: 6 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dorothee Marx MA (University of Kiel)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: Chris Ware: Art, Empathy and Connection
Date: 20 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Martha Kuhlman (Bryant University, Rhode Island)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: How Comics Travel: Translation, Publication, Radical Literacies
Date: 5 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Kate Kelp-Stebbins (University of Oregon)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: Dr Carol Adlam: author, artist and academic.
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Carol Adlam (Nottingham School of Art and Design)
Venue Details: Online talk. To book, please visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-comics-network
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Oxford Comics Network presents: Emmy Waldman: 'Filial Lines: Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, and Comics Form'
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Emmy Waldman (Virginia Tech)
Venue Details: Online talk. To book, please visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-comics-network
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 March 2025
Dr Benedict Morrison: Eco-queer theory and vulnerable bodies in the films of Lindsay Anderson
Date: 6 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Dr William Kuskin: The Grid - Prefiguration In Ultimate Spider Man
Date: 22 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr William Kuskin (University of Colorado Boulder)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Matthew Noe: An Introduction to Graphic Medicine
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Matthew Noe (Harvard)
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Ed Hillyer: The Wild West Days of Comic Narrative
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Ed Hillyer
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
