Dr. R. (Rik) Spanjers
Faculty of Humanities
Departement Mediastudies
Visiting address
- Turfdraagsterpad 9
Postal address
- Postbus 94550
1090 GN Amsterdam
Contact details
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Publications
- refereed (6)
- academic (5)
- professional (3)
- popular scientific (4)
- conference contributions (1)
- recognitions (29)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2022
- La Cour, E., Grennan, S., & Spanjers, R. (Eds.) (2022). Key Terms in Comics Studies. (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74974-3 [details]
- Spanjers, R. (2022). Een geschiedenis in getekende woorden: Het gebruik van handschrift en de compositie van tekst in Peter Pontiacs Kraut. Spiegel der Letteren, 64(1), 25-50. https://doi.org/10.2143/SDL.64.1.3290869 [details]
2021
- Spanjers, R. (2021). Text-Image Relations. In Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives (pp. 81-98). Walter de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110446968
- Spanjers, R., de Jongh, A., & Ribbens, K. (2021). "I Am Always Amazed About What I Find Out When I Get on the Ground": Joe Sacco On, Before, and After the Page. INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, 5(2), 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.2021.0020 [details]
2016
La Cour, E., & Spanjers, R. (2016). Ingratiation, Appropriation, Rebellion: Comics' Sociability in the Milieux of Art and Literature. Image & Narrative, 17(4), 1-4. http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/1312 [details]- Spanjers, R. (2016). Wartime Weddings: Realism and War Representation in Shigeru Mizuki’s Onwards Towards Our Noble Deaths. Image & Narrative, 17(4), 57-78. http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/1333 [details]
2014
- Spanjers, R. (2014). Barefoot Gen. In M. K. Booker (Ed.), Comics through time: a history of icons, idols, and ideas. - Vol. 2: 1960-1980 (pp. 468-470). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. [details]
- Spanjers, R. (2014). Barefoot Gen. In M. K. Booker (Ed.), Comics through time: a history of icons, idols, and ideas. - Vol. 3: 1980-1995 (pp. 904-905). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. [details]
- Spanjers, R. (2014). History. In M. K. Booker (Ed.), Comics through time: a history of icons, idols, and ideas. - Vol. 2: 1960-1980 (pp. 620-622). Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood. [details]
- Spanjers, R. (2014). History. In M. K. Booker (Ed.), Comics through time: a history of icons, idols, and ideas. - Vol. 3: 1980-1995 (pp. 1068-1071). Santa Barabara, California: Greenwood. [details]
- Spanjers, R. (2014). History. In M. K. Booker (Ed.), Comics through time: a history of icons, idols, and ideas. -Vol. 4: 1995-present (pp. 1539-1544). Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood. [details]
2020
- Spanjers, R. (2020). De Tweede Wereldoorlog verstript: Strips en de dynamiek van de herinnering. Impact Magazine, 4(2), 14-17. https://docplayer.nl/208124233-Oorlog-en-literatuur-magazine-schrijven-is-overwonnen-kwetsbaarheid-een-interview-met-arnon-grunberg.html [details]
- Spanjers, R. (2020). Oorlog zonder einde: Strips en de dynamiek van de herinnering. In E. de Graaf (Ed.), Bevrijd! De Tweede Wereldoorlog in Strips: De Tweede Wereldoorlog in Strips (pp. 28-31). Stichting Beeldverhaal Nederland.
2015
- Spanjers, R. (2015). [Review of: E. van Alphen (2014) Staging the Archive: Art and Photography in the Age of New Media]. Arcadia, 50(1), 241-244. https://doi.org/10.1515/arcadia-2015-0018 [details]
2022
- Spanjers, R. (Author). (2022). Indocomics zit vast in koloniale blik en doet daarmee auteurs te kort. Web publication or website, 9e Kunst.
2021
- Spanjers, R., & La Cour, E. L. (2021). Vluchtlijnen. Een herpositionering van de Nederlandse strip in (inter)nationaal perspectief. Dietsche Warande en Belfort, 68-74.
2015
- Spanjers, R. (2015). De vergeten favoriet: Genre-armoede. Absint, 19.
- Spanjers, R. (2015). Scott McCloud toont artistieke superkracht. Stripschrift, 444, 28-31.
2023
- Spanjers, R. (2023). War in Comics: Im Westen nichts Neues as a Graphic Novel. Paper presented at Watching War: A Symposium on Edward Berger's All Quiet on the Western Front, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
Prize / grant
- Spanjers, R. (2021). Dutch Research School for Media Studies PhD Workshop Grant.
- Spanjers, R. (2017). International Society for the Study of Narrative Travel Grant.
- Spanjers, R. (2017). Sir William Stirling Maxwell Fellowship.
- Spanjers, R. (2016). Reading the Present Through the Past: Best Presentation.
Media appearance
- Spanjers, R. (30-10-2019). ‘Strips verscherpen inzicht in wat geschiedschrijving is’ [Web] Folia. ‘Strips verscherpen inzicht in wat geschiedschrijving is’. https://www.folia.nl/wetenschap/133391/strips-verscherpen-inzicht-in-wat-geschiedschrijving-is
Journal editor
- Spanjers, R. (editor in chief) & La Cour, E. L. (editor in chief) (2016). Image & Narrative (Journal).
Talk / presentation
- Spanjers, R. (speaker) (23-1-2017). Stirling Maxwell Lecture: The Historical Comic and the Maus Event, Stirling Maxwell Centre.
- Spanjers, R. (speaker) (24-11-2016). Introduction: book presentation "De stripprofessor" by Joost Pollmann, Book Presentation: "De stripprofessor" van Joost Pollmann, Amsterdam.
- Spanjers, R. (speaker) (11-11-2016). Maus and the Representation of the Holocaust in Comics, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden.
- Spanjers, R. (speaker) (21-10-2016). Analyzing Comics, VU, Amsterdam.
- Spanjers, R. (speaker) (21-3-2016). The Dialectics of Engagement: Remembering and Politicizing the Past in Magneto: Testament, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (KUN), Nijmegen.
- Spanjers, R. (speaker) (22-2-2016). Onwards Towards Our Noble Deaths and World War II Representation in Manga, University College Utrecht.
Others
- Spanjers, R. (other) (1-5-2023 - 1-9-2023). Jury Member of the Comics Studies Society Charles Hatfield Book Prize (other).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) (14-4-2023). Making a Queer Graphic History: With Added Lesbians!, Amsterdam. Making a Queer Graphic History: With Added Lesbians! (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) (6-10-2022 - 8-10-2022). Amsterdam Comics Conference 3#: Isolation, Arts, Engagement, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) (10-7-2022). New Trajectories in Comics Studies, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) & La Cour, E. (organiser) (15-11-2018). Amsterdam Comics Conference, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...). http://amsterdamcomics.com/conferences/fall2018/
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) (14-11-2018). Amsterdam Comics Lecture Series #4: Visual Story Telling, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (host) (2-6-2017). Neil Cohn (hosting a visitor).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser), La Cour, E. L. (organiser), Cohn, N. (participant) & Forceville, C. J. (participant) (2-6-2017). Amsterdam Comics Lecture Series #3: The Languages of Comics, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (visiting researcher) (1-2017 - 2-2017). University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom (visiting an external institution).
- Spanjers, R. (host) & La Cour, E. L. (host) (21-10-2016). Laurence Grove (hosting a visitor).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) & la Cour, E. L. (organiser) (21-10-2016). Amsterdam Comics Lecture Series #2: Exposing Comics, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (host) & La Cour, E. L. (host) (21-10-2016). Ian Horton (hosting a visitor).
- Spanjers, R. (host) & la Cour, E. L. (host) (14-4-2016). Roger Sabin (hosting a visitor).
- Spanjers, R. (host) & la Cour, E. L. (host) (14-4-2016). Laurence Grove (hosting a visitor).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) & la Cour, E. L. (organiser) (14-4-2016). Amsterdam Comics Lecture Series #1: How to Analyze Image-Texts, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (participant) (4-3-2016). Reading the Present Through the Past, Amsterdam (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Spanjers, R. (organiser) & la Cour, E. L. (organiser) (1-1-2016 - 2021). Amsterdam Comics Reading Group, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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Ancillary activities
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La Cour, E., & Spanjers, R. (2016). Ingratiation, Appropriation, Rebellion: Comics' Sociability in the Milieux of Art and Literature. Image & Narrative, 17(4), 1-4.