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Margaret Galvan

@margaretgalvan.bsky.social

Asst Prof in visual rhetoric. Eisner-nominated In Visible Archives out with U Minnesota Press! 2021-22 Stanford Humanities Center faculty fellow researching LGBTQ cartoonists.
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If you missed the comics and LGBTQ+ history virtual events I did last month, fear not, for they are now available to watch online! Links and quick recaps below!
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Realized I never shared these updates: 1. I started a newsletter for the Queer Digital History Project as a way to keep folks abreast of new entries, happenings, etc. You can read the first issue and subscribe here: buttondown.email/qdhp/archive...
June Updatebuttondown.email Welcome to the very first issue of the Queer Digital History Project newsletter, right in time for Pride! In this newsletter, we’ll share updates on current...
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I’m participating in a conversation later today about teaching students how to use Wikipedia to help preserve LGBTQ+ history! Register here: tinyurl.com/WikiLGBTQ
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Join us tmrw, 6/6, online at noon (EST) for a convo on comics & censorship, centering around Fredric Wertham's infamous Seduction of the Innocent (1954). Thrilled to be chatting w/ @anuncivilphd.bsky.social, @qianawhitted.bsky.social, & Library of Congress folx! Register here: tinyurl.com/wertham70
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Hey friends, my book has been hyped about its Eisner nomination for Best Scholarly/Academic Work & wants to remind you that the deadline to register to vote if you haven’t voted before is tomorrow, May 30, via this form: cci.tiny.us/2p8r8e6c. @uminnpress.bsky.social
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Some MAJOR news! My book, In Visible Archives, has been nominated for an EISNER for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (The Eisners are the top awards in the comics industry & getting nominated is the equivalent to being nominated for an Oscar.) I’m over the moon! @uminnpress.bsky.social
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The Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature is out! My chapter, “Comics as Trans Literature,” discusses the history of trans cartoonists in 20th century America. This is a rich volume you’re definitely going to want to check out!
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Can’t wait!!!
On Saturday, May 18th, 2024, we are beyond thrilled to be collaborating with our friends at Lion’s Tooth here in Milwaukee to bring Margaret Galvan, a 2017 QZAP scholar-in-resident, back to Milwaukee to talk about her new book In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s.
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Traveling this am to UNT to give a talk from my book In Visible Archives and do a teach-in about LGBTQ comics and archival research! Hyped for this doubleheader!!! @uminnpress.bsky.social #comics #archives #invisiblearchives
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Issue 14.3 of ImageTexT is out, which features interviews w/ queer cartoonists from the 80s-90s crafted by my brilliant undergrad students! So thrilled that you can now learn about the vital work of Hope Barrett, N. Leigh Dunlap, Rebecca Gordon, & Sina Shamsavari imagetextjournal.com/burtch-inter...
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As scholar Margaret Galvan notes: “Fighting against expectations, Pryde extends the field of what powerful superheroines look and act like.” That she did so from a position of prominence, and that it worked so well, serves as testament to the character’s legacy. 10/10
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Thx to every1 who came to my book event at Third House Books. My ❤️’s so full—not only did we pack the house, but we sold out all the books on hand! It means a lot to share my work w/ my Gainesville community. If u still want a copy of the book, u can order thru Third House. @uminnpress.bsky.social
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The Graduate Comics Organization at the University of Florida invites proposals to our annual conference: "Ink & Imagination: Exploring Children's Comics," to be held Apr. 5-7, 2024. Andre Frattino & Alison Halsall will be the keynote speakers. Submit by Jan. 8; CFP: tinyurl.com/gco24
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For the GLBT Historical Society's recent newsletter, I shared about the archival research into trans and queer zines and comics that I did there in 2021-2022. Link: www.glbthistory.org/newsletter-a...
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It’s a bit unreal seeing my book at ASA and on the University of Minnesota Press banner, as well! For the conference, University of Minnesota Press is offering a 40% off discount code (MNAMST23) that you can use through their website: z.umn.edu/amst23 @uminnpress.bsky.social #ASA2023
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In a behind-the-scenes tour of the Internet Archive (@archive.org) I attended this month, founder @brewster.kahle.org explained how the IA preserves both digital and physical media. Here's my writeup, including photos from the evening. thenewstack.io/a-visit-to-t...
A Visit to the Physical Internet Archivethenewstack.io In a behind-the-scenes tour of the Internet Archive, founder Brewster Kahle explained how it preserves both digital and physical media.
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Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be sharing about my new book, In Visible Archives, at FAU as part of their LGBTQ History Month events! So thrilled to share about this important work at another public institution in Florida!
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"One of the things that visibility does is when we have the space for queer visibility is that people don’t have to feel so alone." I had a blast talking visibility on the High Theory Podcast; I shared ex.s from my new bk, In Visible Archives! hightheory.net/2023/10/07/v... @uminnpress.bsky.social
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Tomorrow night, 10/7 at 7:30pm I'll be talking about my book In Visible Archives with Julie Kubala at Charis, the South's oldest independent feminist bookstore! I'll be live in Atlanta and also livestreamed online. More details here: www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/visibl... @uminnpress.bsky.social
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Every week this Oct., you can catch me talking about In Visible Archives, my first book! I've written a round-up on Substack of where I'll be, including this Saturday at Charis Books & More in Atlanta! Link: margaretgalvan.substack.com
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Today’s the day!!! In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s is OUT and available for purchase from your fave book retailers and also free to read online! Hope you enjoy!!! @uminnpress.bsky.social
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Happy belated Bi Visibility Day from this bisexual author and her bisexual book,* which is officially hitting the shelves tomorrow! *Two of the five chapters feature bisexual women artists, and the cover is rendered in gorgeous bisexual colors! @uminnpress.bsky.social
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A week full of wonderful workshop at Swarthmore Libraries! Featuring the fabulous @margaretgalvan.bsky.social whose book comes out this Tuesday 📚
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We're one week out from the official book release date, and I have some fun things to share where you can hear me talking about my book, In Visible Archives! 1/3
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It is beyond surreal to hold your first book in your hands. I’m so thrilled to finally be able to flip through In Visible Archives—it’s emotional to see your words on the printed page and how beautifully all the visuals were rendered. 1/3 @uminnpress.bsky.social
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In an hour, book talk season begins w/ a virtual talk for the NY Comics Picture-story Symposium! Hyped to share portions of chapter 2 & celebrate Roberta Gregory's & Lee Marrs' important comics activism in feminist & gay/lesbian publications in the 70s-80s. Be there or be square.
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Friends, join me next Tues, 9/5, as I talk virtually about Lee Marrs' & Roberta Gregory's feminist/gay comics from the 70s-80s as part of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium. This talk previews a book chapter from In Visible Archives, which is out late Sept with @uminnpress.bsky.social