PhD studentship-Understanding UK digital comics information and publishing practices: From creation to consumption

The advert for the UK Digital Comics information and publishing practices: from creation to consumption PhD studentship opportunity is now available.

Digital Comics AHRC Collaborative PhD Opportunities with the British Library

The British Library and City, University of London will offer a fully-funded PhD studentship on ‘Understanding UK digital comics information and publishing practices: From creation to consumption.’  

HCID Open Day 2019: Design for Good: Call for Expressions of Interest #HCID2019

Into comics and animation and UX? UX and education, open access, social justice or international development? Submit an idea for presentation at HCID Open Day 2019: Design for Good.

Parabeln der Pflege: new translation of Parables of Care makes comic about dementia care available to German-speaking audiences

A new translation of Parables of Care (2017) makes comic about creative responses to dementia care available to German speaking audiences

HCID Research Seminar: The Question Concerning Comics as Technology: Gestell and Grid. Implications for HCID

Today I will give a talk as part of the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design's HCID Research Seminar series: The Question Concerning Comics as Technology: Gestell and Grid. Implications for HCID.

Convegno di studi: Ricerca scientifica, monopoli della conoscenza e Digital Humanities – Rome

I will be doing an express trip to Rome on Wednesday 24th October 2018 to participate in this event discussing oligopolies of knowledge production.

New Publication: The Question Concerning Comics as Technology: Gestell and Grid

This week saw the publication of a new journal article coauthored by Peter Wilkins and yours truly: Priego, E. & Wilkins, P., (2018). The Question Concerning Comics as Technology: Gestell and Grid. The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. 8, p.16. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/cg.133

Documentary Film Screening: Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (2018)

We invite you to a free and public screening of the documentary film Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (dir. and prod. Jason Schmitt, 2018) at City, University of London, on Wednesday 17 October 2018 from 17:30.

Story of Books: Five Minutes With… Me!

I am grateful to Salina Christmas for having interviewed me for Story of Books. I talked about Parables of Care, about the power of storytelling and superheroes, my comic and real-world heroes, etc.

Presenting at Open Access in the Humanities, University of Ljubljana

I will be presenting at the event Open Access in the Humanities event that will take place at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana on 22 May 2018.