Biography
Originally from Denmark, Frederik joined Napier after many years in England, Canada, and the US. His current research focuses on issues of representation in visual and literary culture, with an emphasis on comics and graphic novels.
He is the author of several articles about comics on topics including trauma, anarchism, and聽the representation of racial whiteness. His book聽Serial Selves: Identity and Representation in Autobiographical Comics聽was published by Rutgers University Press in 2019.聽With a focus on the comics form鈥檚 ability to produce alternative and challenging autobiographical narratives, the book investigates the work of artists writing from perspectives of marginality including gender, sexuality, disability, and race, as well as trauma.
His most recent books include a critical biography about influential Canadian comics artist Chester Brown and an edited book of short comics narratives based on academic research, titled Crossing Lines: Comics about Human Migration.
In addition, he is the editor of聽Chicago: A Literary History from Cambridge University Press and the author of聽The Chicago Literary Experience: Writing the City, 1893-1953.聽
Frederik also edits the two companion book series Routledge Focus on Gender, Sexuality, and Comics Studies聽and Routledge Research in Gender, Sexuality, and Comics Studies, both of聽which are currently accepting proposals.
His various research activities has been supported by the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE),聽the聽Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, the聽Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥 Soci茅t茅 et culture (FRQSC), the聽Danish Council for Independent Research | Humanities, and the US Fulbright Program, among many others.
Besides comics, graphic novels, and the cultural history of Chicago, Frederik's teaching and research interests include visual culture, film studies, genre fiction, autobiography, and various pop culture-related topics. He welcomes postgraduate students in all of these areas.