Dr Hillary Chute is a renowned scholar of the graphic novel. Her book, Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics argues that the medium of comics has opened up new spaces for nonfiction narrative—particularly for expressing certain kinds of stories typically relegated to the realm of the private. Her next book will look at the post-World War II environment in which Art Spiegelman in America and Keiji Nakazawa in Japan concurrently developed comics as a form for addressing the fallout of war, as well as exploring current graphic reportage by figures such as Joe Sacco on the Balkans and the Middle East. Dr Chute is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, in the Department of English at the University of Chicago. She teaches in the areas of graphic literature, American literature, and life writing.

For more workshop information contact Dr Rosanne Kennedy, School of Cultural Enquiry on 6125 5090 or Elen Turner by email.

» Dr Chute's biography at Chicago.