Save the Date- Final Event GENTEEL- Graphic Novels Against Gender Violence

The GENTEEL project – Graphic Novels Against Gender Violence – is organising a closing event on 13 July, which will run all day (starting at 9.30 am and ending at 6.30 pm) in the ELACH Auditorium (Building 5) on the Gualtar Campus of the University of Minho.

The programme for this event is as follows:

9.30 am – 10.30 am – Opening
Luís Santos, Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Communication and Society
João Rosas, Vice-Reitor para a Cultura e Inclusão da UMinho
Nicoletta Mandolini, Principal Investigator of the GENTEEL Project

10.30 am – 12.30 pm – Panel: Gender-Based Violence, Reading and Institutional Challenges
Natália Ricardo, National Reading Plan
Marta Calejo, UMAR – Alternative Women’s Union and Response, Braga

Moderator: Alice Balbé (CECS/UM)

12.30 pm – 2.00 pm – Lunch break

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm – Roundtable: School Experiences
Ana Amaro, Aurélia de Sousa Secondary School
Rosa Rodrigues Faria, Vila Verde Secondary School

Moderator: Cristina Álvares (CEHUM/UM)

15:30 – 16:30 – Round-table discussion: Comics and Gender-Based Violence
Dani Marino, Specialist in gender and comics
Amanda Miranda, Author, illustrator, comic artist and art director
Bebel Abreu, Publisher, Bebel Books

Moderator: Nicoletta Mandolini (CECS/UM)

16:30 – 16:45 – Coffee break

16:45 – 17:30 – Round-table discussion: Presentation of the results of the GENTEEL project
Ece Canli (CECS/UM)
Cristina Álvares (CEHUM/UM)
Nicoletta Mandolini (CECS/UM)
Daniel Cardoso (CICANT, Lusófona University)
Alice Balbé (CECS/UM)

Moderator: Silvana Mota-Ribeiro (CECS/UM)

5.30 pm – 6.30 pm – Presentation of the Graphic Handbook with the authors
Marco D’Alessandro & Antonio Mirizzi

Moderator: Ece Canli (CECS/UM)

6.30 pm – Closing session with a creative activity

This is a free, hybrid event.

Registration required: https://forms.gle/7Vrsk3oeza67r9Bn7

For further information, please contact the GENTEEL team via email

[Posted: 15-06-2026 | Updated: 30-06-2026]