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SUMMARY:Banned Book Network Münster: Banned Books in Conversation (Dr. Ni
 cholas Johnson on "MAUS")
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CONTACT:bannedbooksnetwork@uni-muenster.de
DESCRIPTION:In response to the steep increase in book banning and attempte
 d book challenges in the USA and beyond\, the University of Münster’s C
 hairs for Book Studies and American Studies have co-founded “Banned Book
 s Network Münster” (BBNM). Our purpose is to raise awareness of the inc
 rease in book banning\, to create spaces for engagement with banned books\
 , and to discuss the wider repercussions of these bans. Our events are inc
 lusive in nature\, and we hope to engage students\, teachers\, colleagues\
 , and the wider reading public with our initiative.\nIn early 2022\, a Ten
 nessee school district removed Art Spieglman's graphic novel MAUS from its
  curriculum\, ostensibly because of nudity and profanity. Its 2022 ban pro
 voked a wave of international condemnation in the press\, which rightly sa
 w this move as part of the wider book banning movement within the United S
 tates. Although widely-loved and critically acclaimed\, MAUS has garnered 
 controversy since its publication and the 2022 controversy was only the la
 test battle over Spiegelman's work.\nNicholas Johnson's talk will not just
  focus on the ban in 2022\, but also on the longer international controver
 sies about MAUS since its publication in the 1991\, whether debates about 
 the appropriateness of depicting the Holocaust in comics seen in Germany\,
  Israel\, and the United States\, or calls for its ban in Poland. Johnson 
 will also touch on the difficulties encountered with its translations\, wh
 ich in some instances led to the censorship of certain panels. MAUS' statu
 s as both a classic of the comics medium and as a lightning rod of controv
 ersy illustrate that debates about difficult history are integral to book 
 bans today.\n\nhttps://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/4131/
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URL:https://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/4131/
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