Invitation to Guest Lecture of Prof. Dr. José Alaniz (University of Washington, Seattle, USA):

 Monday, June 17, 2024 - 4.15 p.m. - Room AH-A 217/18

Dear all,

The English Department cordially welcomes everybody to the following guest lecture:

Prof. Dr. José Alaniz (University of Washington, Seattle, USA):

“Comics of the Anthropocene: Graphic Narrative at the End of Nature”


Monday, June 17, 2024
4.15 p.m.
Room AH-A 217/18

How have comics artists depicted the human-caused destruction of the natural world? How do these works resonate with the ethical and environmental issues? How have comics mourned the loss of nature over the last five decades?

José Alaniz’s lecture explores the representation of animals, mass extinctions and climate change in the era popularly known as the Anthropocene in (mostly) US comics, primarily since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Key words: Critical Animal, Studies, Environmental Humanities, Affect Studies, Comics Studies

Organizers: Prof. Dr. Daniel Stein, Svitlana Stupak