Laurike in ‘t Veld

Laurike in ‘t Veld

University of Chichester, Department of History & Politics, Department of Film & Media

Member of Editorial Advisory Panel or other role with:

Former articles editor (2014-2015) Comics Forum, Peer reviewer Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

Contact Details

Email: l.intveld@chi.ac.uk, laurikeveld@gmail.com

Postal Address: University of Chichester, Department of History & Politics, College Lane, PO19 6PE, Chichester

Website: https://chi.academia.edu/LaurikeintVeld

Biography and Research Interests

Laurike in ‘t Veld is currently completing her PhD at the University of Chichester, on graphic narratives that deal with the Holocaust and the genocides in Armenia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. Her research interests include non-fictional comics, the representation of mass violence and genocide in popular culture, and discourses around (Holo)kitsch. She teaches on topics like the graphic novel, cinema and nationalism, American television drama, and war films. Recent publications include ‘Introducing the Rwandan Genocide from a Distance: American Noir and the Animal Metaphor in 99 Days’ in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.

Research Interests: Non-fictional comics, the representation of mass violence and genocide in popular culture, (Holo)kitsch

Publications

“Introducing the Rwandan Genocide from a Distance: American Noir and the Animal Metaphor in 99 Days” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 6.2: 138–153, (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2015.1027941

Book review of Mark McKinney’s Redrawing French Empire in Comics in French Contemporary Civilization 39.3, pages 415-417 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/cfc.2014.27

“Genocide in Comics.” Comics Forum. (2013) https://comicsforum.org/2012/02/17/genocide-in-comics-by-laurike-in-t-veld/

“Art Spiegelman, Maus” Humanistische Canon. http://www.humanistischecanon.nl/auschwitz/art_spiegelman__maus__strip_

Conference Papers and Talks

“Negotiating Truth Claims: Paratext in Holocaust Comics”, Amsterdam Comics Conference, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, July 2015.

“Evil or Ordinary? Exploring Constructions of Perpetrators of Genocide in Comics”, Complicity Conference, University of Brighton, Brighton, March 2015.

“The Depiction of Sexual Violence in Genocide Comics”, Comics Forum, Leeds, July 2014.

“Visualizing Violence: Atrocity Panels in Jaxon’s ‘Nits Make Lice’”, International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference, British Library, London, July 2014.

“’Brotha’s’ and Trauma: Juxtapositions of Violence in 99 Days”, European Association for American Studies Conference, The Hague, April 2014.

“From Maus to Medz Yeghern: Exploring a New Genre”, International Comics/IBDS Conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow & Dundee, June 2013.

“Representing the Rwandan Genocide in Comics”, International Bande Dessinée Society, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, July 2011.