<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"> Forwarded From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Vladimir Pavlov</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vpavlov@ucalgary.ca">vpavlov@ucalgary.ca</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:15 PM<br><br> LDLP 2016 conference announcement<br><br><br><br><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-CA"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"></span><span style="color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br><br><span> We are happy to invite you to take part in an exciting one-day conference to be held at the University of Calgary:</span></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">COMICS AND CONTEMPORARY LITERACY</span></b></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> May 2, 2016; 8:30am - 4:30pm</span></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary</span></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br><br><span> This is a one day conference featuring presentations and a workshop by leading authors, scholars, and illustrators from the world of comics and graphic novels. This conference is the 5th in the annual <b>'Linguistic Diversity and Language Policy'</b> series sponsored by the Chair, English as an Additional Language, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Tom Ricento is the current Chair-holder.</span><br><br><br><span> Our four presenters for the day are:</span><br><br><span> - </span></span><span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Jillian Tamaki</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">, illustrator for <i>This One Summer</i>, and winner of the Governor General's Award for children's illustration</span></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br><span> - </span></span><span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Richard van Camp</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">, best-selling author of <i>The Lesser Blessed</i> and <i>Three Feathers</i>, and member of the Dogrib Nation</span></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br><span> - </span></span><span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Dr. Nick Sousanis</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">, post-doctoral scholar, teacher and creator of the philosophical comic <i>Unflattening</i></span></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br><span> - </span></span><span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Dr. Bart Beaty</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">, University of Calgary professor, acclaimed comics scholar and author of <i>Comics vs. Art</i></span></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br><br><span> The conference is <b>free</b> and <b>lunch is provided</b>. Seating is limited, so <u>register early</u> by clicking on the following link <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z23CYNK" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z23CYNK</a></span></span><span><br></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br><span> We look forward to seeing you on May 2!</span><br><span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black"></span></span><span style="color:black"></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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