Presentations | Scholar | University of Waterloo

“Prototypes in a German Hippie Paradise: Peter-Torsten Schulz and Michael Ryba’s Schindel-Schwinger”, at Canadian Society for the Study of Comics Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, May 11, 2017

Between 1975 and 1977, the small West German Illu Press published five volumes of Schindel-Schwinger. With clear influences from American underground comics (particularly the work of Vaughn Bodē), the series tells the story of Flohheim, a commune populated by Proben: escaped “prototypes” of living creatures accidentally imbued with life by God in a drunken stupor. To maintain his reputation, God has charged his sons, Petrus and Luzifer, to compete to capture...

Embrace Complexity: The realities of shared decision making & information sharing. , at TUTOR-PHC Symposium, Friday, May 5, 2017

Authors: Mercer K, Boresema J, Waked K, Burns C, Grindrod K. Read more about Embrace Complexity: The realities of shared decision making & information sharing.

Knot invariants via quantizations of Hecke modifications, at Knots in Washington, George Washington University, Saturday, April 29, 2017:

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“Time Gamers: The Failure of ‘the New German Astérix’”, at Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, San Diego, California, Friday, April 14, 2017

In June 1991, German comics publisher Ehapa announced its plans to conquer Europe. In a bid to overtake its main rival Carlsen, Ehapa sought to free itself from dependence upon licensed imports such as the Disney comics and Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées that had made its fortune, and develop its own exportable properties. This seemed feasible, in the hope of an expanded German market due to the reunification of West and East Germany, and with an eye to the coming European Single Market...

“Germanga: German Comics go Japanese to Stay in Business”, at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tuesday, April 11, 2017

A Season for Change: Imagining Transformative Writing Centre Labour, at Pace University, Westchester NY, USA, Saturday, April 1, 2017:

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Keynote Address: Northeast Writing Centers Association Conference

Knot invariants via quantizations of Hecke modifications, at Workshop on “Gauge theory and categorification,” IPAM, UCLA, Thursday, March 9, 2017:

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“Reinhard Kleist: Face of the German Graphic Novel.”, at University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, March 1, 2017

“From Manga to the Graphic Novel…and Back Again?: The Comics Scene in Germany”, at University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Three-dimensional mirror symmetry: a mathematical perspective, at Perimeter Institute, Wednesday, March 1, 2017:

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