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Political Cartoons and Visual Satire: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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13 March 2025 - 13 March 2025

1:00PM - 3:00PM

Confluence building, Lower Mountjoy Centre, Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE

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Join us for a roundtable discussion of cartoons and graphic arts across political regimes, times and cultures, with Lord Crewe Fellow Dr Deepali Yadav (Banaras Hindu University) in conversation with Durham colleagues Dilshaad Hossain (Anthropology), Prof. Nayanika Mookherjee (Anthropology), Prof. Christina Riggs (History) and Rhodri Sheldrake Davies (MLAC Spanish). Hosted by the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC).

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Paolo Garretto, 'Gandhi the Tail-Salter'. Published in The Graphic, vol. 128, 24 May 1930

Political Cartoons and Visual Satire:  Interdisciplinary Perspectives

  • Date: Thursday, 13th March 2025
  • Time: 1 to 3 pm
  • Location: Confluence Building (Lower Mountjoy) CB0027

Tea, coffee, and cake provided!

Please join CVAC for this Roundtable discussion of cartoons and other graphic arts in political contexts, across times and cultures. How does the visual intersect with histories of resistance, rights, and social critique? What role does humour play in advancing anti-colonial and other political movements? And what methodologies have researchers found helpful when approaching cartoons, graphic novels, or visual satire?

In conversation: 

  • Lord Crewe Fellow Dr Deepali Yadav (Banaras Hindu University)
  • Dilshaad Hossain (Anthropology)
  • Prof. Nayanika Mookherjee (Anthropology)
  • Prof. Christina Riggs (History)
  • Rhodri Sheldrake Davies (MLAC Spanish)

All welcome.  We look forward to you joining us on 13th March!

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Free to attend