Josh Toth, MacEwan University

Research

American literature American film and television literary theory continental philosophy metafiction ethics conference humanities

Latest funding

Biennial Meeting of Association of Philosophy and Literature
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Plasticity, ethics, and American literature
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$74,572

All 2 grants and awards

Biennial Meeting of Association of Philosophy and Literature

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Toth, Josh

Keywords: conference; humanities; philosophy; literature; aesthetics; nature; animal; morality; technology; ecocriticism; new materialism; posthumanism; affect theory; transhumanism; speciesism; sublimity

$25,000

Plasticity, ethics, and American literature

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Toth, Josh

Keywords: American literature; American film and television; literary theory; continental philosophy; metafiction; ethics

$74,572

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: American literature Dear Professor Toth, 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 american literature 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 "Biennial Meeting of Association of Philosophy and Literature" (2021), 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]