Chris Reyns, University of Alberta

Research

bande dessinée comics Canada transferts culturels Becker art worlds Bourdieu capital culturel

Latest funding

Au-delà des deux solitudes dans le monde canadien des bandes dessinées : vers des mondes transmédiatiques (avec le numérique, l'animation, et le jeu vidéo)/Beyond the two solitudes in the Canadian world of comics
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$66,144
Au-delà des 2 solitudes dans le monde canadien des BD/Beyond the 2 Solitudes in the Canadian World of Comics
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$19,945
Au-delà des 2 solitudes dans le monde canadien des BD/Beyond the 2 Solitudes in the Canadian World of Comics
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$48,823

Au-delà des deux solitudes dans le monde canadien des bandes dessinées : vers des mondes transmédiatiques (avec le numérique, l'animation, et le jeu vidéo)/Beyond the two solitudes in the Canadian world of comics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Reyns, Chris

Keywords: bande dessinée; comics; Canada; transferts culturels; sociologie; art worlds; Becker; Bourdieu; capital culturel; transmédia; numérique; dessin animé; jeux vidéo

$66,144

Au-delà des 2 solitudes dans le monde canadien des BD/Beyond the 2 Solitudes in the Canadian World of Comics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Reyns, Chris

Keywords: bande dessinée; comics; Canada; transferts culturels; Becker; art worlds; Bourdieu; capital culturel; sociologie

$19,945

Au-delà des 2 solitudes dans le monde canadien des BD/Beyond the 2 Solitudes in the Canadian World of Comics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Reyns, Chris

Keywords: bande dessinée; comics; Canada; transferts culturels; Becker; art worlds; Bourdieu; capital culturel; sociologie

$48,823

The interactive project: historical continuities and transcultural intersections from oral storytelling to videogames

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Reyns, Chris

Keywords: interactivity; interdisciplinarity; collaboration; research-creation; new and old media; education; democracy

$23,717

Canada 150 : présence belge, française et suisse dans l'ouest canadien

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Rao, Sathya

Keywords: belge; français; suisse; immigration; ouest canadien; francophonie

$24,949

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: bande dessinée Dear Professor Reyns, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on bande dessinée connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Au-delà des deux solitudes dans le monde canadien des bandes dessinées : vers des mondes transmédiatiques (avec le numérique, l'animation, et le jeu vidéo)/Beyond the two solitudes in the Canadian world of comics" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]