Anne Bissonnette, University of Alberta

Research

dress and textile history material culture and fashion studies eighteenth-century fashions neoclassical fashions 1790s dress French revolution federalist era fashions in the United States of America

Latest funding

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
A revolutionary decade: fashion and material culture in the 1790s
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$81,381

All 2 grants and awards

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Mushahwar, Vivian

$4,000,000

A revolutionary decade: fashion and material culture in the 1790s

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bissonnette, Anne M.E.

Keywords: dress and textile history; material culture and fashion studies; eighteenth-century fashions; neoclassical fashions; 1790s dress; French revolution; federalist era fashions in the United States of America

$81,381

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: dress and textile history Dear Professor Bissonnette, 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 dress and textile history connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]