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Biography
Professor Christopher Murray is Chair of Comics Studies and Associate Dean for Knowledge Exchange and Partnerships at the School of Humanities, University of Dundee. He is Director of the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies and Dundee Comics Creative Space.
Murray co-edits Studies in Comics, a peer-reviewed academic journal and is co-organiser of the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference. He researches British Comics, superhero comics, horror comics, and is particularly interested in the work of writers Grant Morrison and Alan Moore.
Murray also works on Public Information Comics and has authored several comics for research projects and public engagement purposes.
Research
Comics and Graphic Novels
Teaching
- Comics Studies
- Film Studies
- English
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Queer Time and Chronotopia in Comics (with University of Edinburgh)
Murray, C. (Investigator) & Nabizadeh, G. (Investigator)
Project: Research
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Visual Research in Creative Collections and Economies
Colvin, C. (Investigator), Lockhart, A. (Investigator) & Murray, C. (Investigator)
1/12/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Big Noise Douglas Initial Evaluation
Asi, D. (Investigator), Barrable, A. (Investigator), Jindal-Snape, D. (Investigator), Murray, C. (Investigator) & Robb, A. (Investigator)
1/10/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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InGAME - Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise (Joint with Abertay University and St Andrews University)
Ballie, J. (Investigator), Beech, N. (Investigator), Harris, P. (Investigator), Head, A. (Investigator), Linsley, J. (Investigator), Livesey, J. (Investigator), Murray, C. (Investigator), Rowan, J. (Investigator), Sellbach, U. (Investigator), Smith, D. (Investigator), Taylor, A. (Investigator), Valentine, L. (Investigator), Vaughan, P. (Investigator), Ward, M. (Investigator) & Yeung, H. (Investigator)
1/10/18 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Exhibiting Comics: Displaying Sequential Narrative Art (Joint with Abertay University)
Murray, C. (Investigator)
Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities
1/10/17 → 30/09/20
Project: Research
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Robert Duncan Milne's Tales from The Argonaut
Murray, C. (Lead / Corresponding author), Millar, N. (Artist), Nero, M. (Artist), O'Brien, A. (Artist) & Williams, K. (Editor), 2025, UniVerse. 64 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Adapting Darkness: Responses to Lord Byron’s Apocalyptic Poem
Murray, C., Dominiak, Z. (Artist), McLaughlin, G. (Artist), Dow, E. (Artist), Welsh, G. (Artist), Ding, C. (Artist), Strachan, A. (Artist), Stone, K. (Artist) & Vaughan, P. (Artist), 2024, Dundee: UniVerse. 64 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Comics Studies Creative Research Hub Report
Murray, C., Balson, E. (Artist), Brown, M. (Artist), Charlton, D. (Artist), Cittadino, V. (Artist), Ding, C. (Artist), Dominiak, Z. (Artist), Emslie, B. (Artist), Gibbons, D. (Artist), Herd, D. (Artist), Horner, R. (Artist), Johnson, N. (Artist), Kennedy, C. (Artist), Laird, C. (Artist), Larkin, A. (Artist), McDaid, D. (Artist), Millar, N. (Artist), Morozova, A. (Artist), O'Brien, A. (Artist) & Robinson, N. (Artist) & 6 others, , 2024, Dundee: UniVerse. 68 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Darkness
Murray, C. & Stone, K. (Artist), 2024, Dundee: UniVerse. 24 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Darkness Scriptbook
Murray, C., Dominiak, Z. (Artist), McLaughlin, G. (Artist), Dow, E. (Artist), Welsh, G. (Artist), Ding, C. (Artist), Strachan, A. (Artist), Stone, K. (Artist) & Vaughan, P. (Artist), 2024, Dundee: UniVerse. 56 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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2020 Stephen Fry Award: Public Engagement Project of the Year Commendation
Nabizadeh, G. (Recipient), Murray, C. (Recipient), Jindal-Snape, D. (Recipient), Herd, D. (Recipient), Vaughan, P. (Recipient), Sinclair, M. (Recipient), Crowe, M. (Recipient) & King, G. (Recipient), 10 Jan 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 Stephen Fry Award: Public Engagement Project of the Year
Murray, C. (Recipient), Nabizadeh, G. (Recipient), Jindal-Snape, D. (Recipient), Crowe, M. (Recipient) & Herd, D. (Recipient), 28 Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Do not give up on us' - a knowledge exchange educational training resource to promote health / oral health and to engage with people experiencing homelessness. Award £25,000.
Rodriguez, A. (Recipient), van Blerk, L. (Recipient) & Murray, C. (Recipient), 1 Feb 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dundee Difference Award
Islam, M. (Recipient), Guo, K. (Recipient) & Murray, C. (Recipient), 31 Jan 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Experiencing Microaggressions Comic launch
Islam, M. (Presenter), Guo, K. (Presenter), Herd, D. (Presenter), Murray, C. (Organiser) & Urch, J. (Organiser)
7 Feb 2024Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Abundant Word: Writing and Gesture in Interactive Media
Linsley, J. (Organiser), Murray, C. (Organiser), Robson, M. (Organiser), Sellbach, U. (Organiser) & Smith, D. (Organiser)
17 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Telling Tales - the annual University of Dundee Culture Day
Jarron, M. (Organiser), Brown, C. (Organiser), Murray, C. (Contributor), Floyd, A. (Contributor), Mackintosh, A. (Contributor), Gardiner, L. (Contributor), Colquhoun, N. (Contributor), Williams, K. (Contributor), Morton, G. (Contributor) & Alkhatib, D. (Contributor)
13 Oct 2022Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Co-design/co-production workshops to engage migrant and BME groups in health and oral health promotion research - Innovation and Impact Development Fund (IIDF)
Yuan, S. (Recipient), Rodriguez, A. (Member), McFadden, A. (Member) & Murray, C. (Member)
1 Mar 2022 → 31 Jul 2022Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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Engaging migrant and BAME groups in health and oral health promotion research: co-design/co-production workshops
Yuan, S. (Member), Rodriguez, A. (Member), McFadden, A. (Member) & Murray, C. (Member)
1 May 2022 → 31 Dec 2022Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Project puts drug link to oral health in the picture
Murray, C., Freeman, R., Mc Goldrick, N. & Herd, D.
28/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Learning to see invisible illnesses, using comics
Jindal-Snape, D., Keiller, A., Kelly, L., Langlands-Scott, J., Murray, C., Snape, A., Snape, J. B., Snape, N., Warden , F., Whittingham, B., Herd, D., Balson, E., Dominiak, Z., Horner, R., Larkin, A., Millar, N., Robinson, H., Wilson, L., Baldacchino, J., Mintoff , M., Camilleri, R., Debono, R., Gauci, M., Affleck, S., Elise, R. & Santiago, T. L.
25/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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'Fibromyalgia and Us' Comic Explains What Life Is Like for Patients and Their Families
5/12/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other