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Ian Hague
Dr Ian Hague is a Senior Lecturer at London College of Communication (UAL). His research looks at comics and graphic novels, and how they engage with questions of materiality and experience. Ian is the author of Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels (Routledge 2014) and the co-editor of books on multiculturalism and violence in comics, as well as numerous shorter pieces.
Biography
Dr Ian Hague is a Contextual and Theoretical Studies Coordinator at London College of Communication (UAL), where he is based in the Interaction Design and Visual Communication Programme. His research looks at comics and graphic novels, and how they engage with questions of materiality and experience. Ian is the author of Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels (Routledge 2014) and the co-editor of Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels (Routledge 2015), as well as numerous shorter pieces.In 2009, Ian founded Comics Forum, an annual conference on comics that runs as part of the Thought Bubble sequential art festival in Leeds. In 2011, he launched the Comics Forum website, which publishes scholarship from a wide range of academics and thinkers on comics from around the world.
Ian is also an experienced designer, having worked as a PowerPoint Designer at OgilvyOne Business from 2014-2017, and as a freelance designer and illustrator in various contexts. Previous clients include Adobe, Dow Corning, MasterCard, Oracle, Philips, SITA and Vodafone.
Education
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BA (Hons) English, University of Hull, UK, 2004
MA Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, UK, 2008
PhD History, University of Chichester, UK, 2012
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Material culture, technology, the theory and philosophy of the senses. Literature, theory and history of art. Comics and graphic novels, sequential art forms. Design and visual culture.
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