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BUILDING BRIDGES

Founded in 2026, Graphic Medicine Europe is an independent research organization dedicated to the study and practice of Graphic Medicine. While operationally autonomous, we work in close collaboration with the Graphic Medicine International Collective as its European branch, and maintain strong connections with our Italian and Spanish counterparts, Graphic Medicine Italia and Sociedad Española de Medicina Gráfica. Working alongside these organizations, we aim to broaden the reach of Graphic Medicine locally, regionally, and internationally.

AN INCLUSIVE PERSPECTIVE

AN EXPANSIVE VIEW OF EUROPE

We define Graphic Medicine pluralistically as comics that explore healthcare issues, the theoretical discourse these comics engender, and the study of comics as expressive communicative tools. We equally value the work being conducted in the field by scholars from different disciplines, healthcare workers and advocates, and comics artists.

By offering an inclusive community for different perspectives on scholarship and practice, we seek to foster interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research that interweaves and entangles the various knowledge systems, skills, and methodologies being developed by researchers and practitioners. Graphic Medicine Europe thus aims to challenge power dynamics and hierarchies between disciplines and practices—which we view as a much-needed step in the development of Graphic Medicine.

We focus on Europe's specific comics cultures, languages, histories, and markets, with careful attention paid to the inclusion of individuals and groups working within European countries and their (former) colonies. We conceptualize Europe as far broader than the European Union, encompassing the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, and Russia.

We welcome the participation of scholars and practitioners from all these countries, as well as from those outside of Europe, in recognition of Europe’s continued links with other countries due to (post)colonialism, migration, shared cultural history, and language.

INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE COLLABORATION

We welcome collaborations with individuals and groups working in Graphic Medicine. Should you wish to collaborate with us, please contact us!