The Comics Studies Creative Research Hub (previously the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies), based at the University of Dundee, brings together researchers, teachers, students, archivists, and comics creators, and many other partners and collaborators, to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the medium of comics and its history.

The city of Dundee has a long association with comics and is one of the world’s great powerhouses of comics production. The publisher DC Thomson is at the heart of the city, with its long history of comics production, and there are many more comics creators and publishers who have a close association with Dundee. Fittingly, the University of Dundee is a pioneer in the teaching of Comics Studies, with modules on comics at Undergraduate level in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, and in Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. The UK’s first MLitt in Comics Studies was launched in September 2011, and the MDes in Comics and Graphic Novels in September 2016. The Scottish Centre for Comics Studies was launched in 2014, and rebranded as the Comics Studies Creative Research Hub (CSCRH) in 2024. This hub has a commitment to building the resources required to expand the provision of this field and hosts conferences, workshops, lectures and exhibitions intended to raise the profile of comics in Scotland, and more widely. These pages highlight the various activities and research projects run by CSCRH, and provide access to many of the outputs from this impactful research, several of which take the form of comics published by the University’s comics publishing imprint, UniVerse.

On these pages you will find information about CSCRH related news and events, reports on the research projects supported by the centre, and links to resources and materials produced by CSCRH.

For more information or queries, please contact Professor Christopher Murray (Director, CSCRH)

Email: c.murray@dundee.ac.uk