For the list of our past activities, see here.
Webinars on comics and graphic novels in language education (6/25/2025)- Comics and Graphic Novels in the Language Class in Secondary Education - Ghent Uni Societal Value Fund From January 2025 until December 2025 Eva Van de Wiele is working on a side project, inspiring teachers to use comics in language education. Since 2017… Read more
Talk by Amadeo Gandolfo on the Argentine cartoonist, Oski! (25 March, 10:30-12:00) (3/13/2025)- Dr. Amadeo Gandolfo will give a talk on the Works and Life of Oski next week! All are welcome! Read moreChris Reyns-Chikuma talk, 11 March 2025, 12:15-13:45, Faculteitsraadzaal (3/3/2025)- Chris Reyns-Chikuma, Professor of French and Francophone Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta will give a talk entitled "The World of Canadian Comics". All are welcome! poster Read more
Strips in de taalles en rondleiding in de Van Passen collectie (1/15/2025)- Ben je taaldocent in het secundair onderwijs? Dan ben je misschien geïnteresseerd in onze volgende activiteiten op 30 april en 23 oktober 2025: Deze studievoormiddag combineert een workshop over strips in de taalles met een rondleiding in de uitgebreide… Read more
PatrimoniaLitté séminaire: Périodiques de jeunesse (21 février, 14h-16h) (1/24/2024)- La deuxième séance du séminaire PatrimoniaLitté sur la patrimonialisation des cultures populaires et médiatiques aura lieu à la bibliothèque de la Faculté des Arts de l'Université de Gand (Library Lab Loveling), 21 février du 14h à 16h. Périodiques de jeunesse Maaheen… Read more
Comics Productions: Stitching, Inking, Photocopying (13 March 2024) (1/22/2024)- We're delighted to organize a symposium on comics productions with Gareth Brookes (University of the Arts London), Paul Williams (University of Exeter) and Sylvain Lesage (Université de Lille)! Everyone's welcome! Abstracts of the talks are available here. Read more
ACME/COMICS lecture by Ivan Lima Gomes, 4 January 2024 (12/19/2023)- Ivan Lima Gomes, Politics and criticism in the Latin American comics world during the 1960s and 1970s 4 January 2024, 2:00-3:30 PM, Camelot room, third floor, Blandijn We are delighted to welcome Ivan Lima Gomes who will give… Read more
Reading Session with Barbara Postema (10/13/2023)- You are invited to attend our Reading Session with Dr. Barbara Postema (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) Tuesday 7 November 2023, 13h30-15h45 pm Ghent University, campus Blandijn, room Camelot The two texts we will be discussing are: Barbara Postema, 'Establishing Relations, Photography… Read more
ACME Speaker Series June @ULB (5/31/2023)- Two lectures by two visiting PhD students at Ghent University Tuesday 13 June 2023, 10h00-12h00 am ULB, Brussels, campus Solbosch, room AY2.107 Illustration © Dupuis 2023 Goscinny/Morris The Imaginary Wild West: Transnational Tropes and the Franco-Belgian Cowboys as a Tool… Read more
ACME Speaker Series Event 12 May: Clara Vilaboa Saenz and Eva Van de Wiele (5/2/2023)- 12 May 2023 - 3 - 5 pm - KULeuven, Mgr. Sencie Instituut MSI, room 02.15 Comics in the reading ecosystem: Discussing children’s comics as part of literary education in the Spanish Elementary School The lecture by Clara Vilaboa… Read more