The Digital Project is Children in Comics: An Intercultural History (1865-) aim is building “a cultural history of European comics. Our current focus is on comics from Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy.”
The goals is to
Brings together young and established researchers with the aim of piecing together a cultural history of European comics. Our current focus is on comics from Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy.
The project talks about the transformation of kids in comics, also examines the modern anxieties through pop culture.
the project charts the transformation of the child figure in European comics. It examines key themes that are not only theoretical concerns for the humanities but also continue to shape our daily lives. These themes include the channeling of modern anxieties through popular culture, figurations of the child and childishness, adult-child power relations, the tension between freedom and liberty, the involvement of children in commercial endeavors, as well as representations of the body, family, school and public life and the prominence of affects such as nostalgia, happiness and shame.
The people involved in this project where the Principal Investigator, Professor Maaheen Ahmed who was in charge of the project, Postdoctoral researchers, Doctoral researchers, Affiliated Members (at Ghent University), Affiliated Members (external), Visiting Scholars, and Interns.
They started this project on October 1st, 2018, and finished it on March 31, 2024.
Ghent University is in Flanders, Belgium and the comics are from Europe.