CALL FOR PAPERS
Inaugural Graphic Medicine Europe Conference X Cross Comix
9-12 September 2026
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & De Doelen Rotterdam
We are pleased to announce the inaugural conference of Graphic Medicine Europe, an independent research organization dedicated to the study and practice of Graphic Medicine. For our inaugural conference we are happy to be partnering with Cross Comix, a pioneering Rotterdam-based comics organization that builds bridges between comics, other art disciplines, and social issues locally, nationally, and internationally. Together we are organizing an exciting program of keynote lectures, workshops, artist talks, and other events at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and at the 10th annual Cross Comix festival at De Doelen in Rotterdam, including:
• Ian Williams, keynote lecture
• Ana Patrícia Hilario, keynote lecture
• Eszter Szép, comics brewery
• John Miers and Erin La Cour, Why Graphic Medicine? book launch
• Sabba Khan, artist talk
• Octavia Roodt, artist talk
• Graphic Medicine Exhibition
• Makers Market
• …and much more!
For the more academically focused part of the conference, from 9-10 September at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, we welcome paper and panel proposals that deal with our themes of IMAGINATION, MEDIATION, & MANIFESTATION, whether within, in-between, or across disciplines, practices, and professions.
Read more about our call for papers, panels, workshops, and also about the makers market and zine kiosk at our website. Link in the first comment.
Apply by 30 April 2026.
