[ecrea] Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comics Studies at the University of Calgary

*Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comics Studies under the supervision of Dr. 
Bart Beaty *
*The University of Calgary - $50,000 (Canadian dollars)*

I am currently recruiting a candidate for an Eyes High Post-Doctoral 
Fellowship at the University of Calgary. The ideal candidate will have a 
completed PhD in any discipline with a focus on on the study of comics 
and will be interested in pursuing an ongoing research project in this 
field under my supervision. The position must commence between October 1 
2014 to March 1 2015. Remuneration will be $50,000 Canadian per year for 
up to two years (total $100,000). As this is a research position, there 
is no teaching expectation attached to the Fellowship, although the 
Fellow may be able to secure adjunct teaching at the University. Any 
teaching would be a paid position in addition to the Fellowship.

The successful candidate will join a research intensive faculty in one 
of the most dynamic and fast-growing cities in North America. The 
University of Calgary is committed to becoming one of the five most 
research intensive universities in Canada by its fiftieth anniversary in 
2016. The University of Calgary is the top-ranked university under the 
age of 50 in Canada, and second-ranked in North America. Presently, 
seven graduate students are pursuing comics-related projects in the 
Department of English with a number of others engaged in comics-related 
research in other departments.

Dr. Bart Beaty is Professor of English at the University of Calgary and 
Convenor of The Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social 
Sciences’ Annual Congress in 2016. He is the author of several books 
including /Fredric Wertham and Critique of Mass Culture/ (2005), 
/Canadian Television Today/ (2006), /Unpopular Culture: Transforming the 
European Comic Book in the 1990s/ (2007), /David Cronenberg's A History 
of Violence/ (2008) and /Comics Versus Art /(2013). He has translated 
books by Thierry Groensteen (/The System of Comics/ (2007)), Jean-Paul 
Gabilliet (/Of Comics and Men/ (2010)), and Thierry Smolderen (/The 
Origins of Comics/ (2014)). He is the editor of the eight volumes of 
/The Salem Critical Survey of Graphic Novels/ (2012-2013) and the 
co-editor of /The French Comics Theory Reader/ (2014). His forthcoming 
books include /Twelve-Cent Archie/ (Rutgers University Press), /The 
Cambridge Companion to Comics/ (Cambridge University Press), and /The 
Cambridge History of Comics/ (Cambridge University Press). He is 
currently at work on a project, funded by a grant from the Social 
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, examining 
intermediality in the artistic practice of comics artists. He is a 
columnist for /The Comics Journal/ and his writing appears regularly on 
ComicsReporter.com <http://comicsreporter.com/>

Applications, including a complete CV and a two-page research proposal, 
should be forwarded directly to Dr. Bart Beaty ((beaty /at/ ucalgary.ca) 
<mailto:(beaty /at/ ucalgary.ca)>) by September 1, 2014.