Let’s Get Medical
UND Libraries presents our inaugural Graphic Medicine Read Along! Join us as we discuss graphic medicine and read Menopause: a comic treatment.
Graphic medicine sits at “the intersection between the medium of comics and the practice of healthcare,” which includes graphic memoirs of illness, educational comics about medical [practice], along with infographics, and visual texts that engage with discourses of healthcare, illness, and therapy, among others (William, Graphic Medicine Manifesto).
The UND libraries are excited to dive into the field of graphic medicine by launching a two-month book club read along of Menopause: a comic treatment, an anthology of comics about menopause.
The read along kicked off on February 20th with “Graphic Medicine 101”, a roundtable of UND faculty, librarians, and specialists discussing graphic medicine. Programming will conclude on April 22nd with a keynote and book talk from Lisa Diedrich (Stony Brook University) and Briana Martino (Simmons University), editors of the forthcoming book titled Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine.
In between, join our read along facilitators in online meet-ups to discuss the book! We are breaking the book down into four sections to read and discuss throughout the next few months. Two discussions per section are scheduled to offer attendees greater flexibility.
Register now to join the graphic medicine festivities!
Sponsored by the School of Medicine & Health Sciences Library Resources, the University of North Dakota Department of English, and the Chester Fritz Library.
