Teaching Migration Through Comics: Exploring Hakim’s Odyssey
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time
4-5 p.m.
Location
Description
Join IRIS NRC for a special International Book Club featuring Hakim’s Odyssey by Fabien Toulmé — a powerful graphic narrative tracing one man’s flight from war-torn Syria to safety in Europe.
The event will explore the use of the bande dessinée (Franco-Belgian comic tradition) to tell complex human stories of migration, displacement, and resilience.
The event will explore the use of the bande dessinée (Franco-Belgian comic tradition) to tell complex human stories of migration, displacement, and resilience.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-2631 (voice only) or email outreach@iris.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.