Katherine Binhammer, University of Alberta

Research

women's writing pre-1800 British literature feminist literary history

Latest funding

A feminist literary history of women's writing in the British Isles: Orlando volume one
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$94,302
A feminist literary history of women's writing in the British Isles: Orlando volume one
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$120,627
Downward mobility in the sentimental novel
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$48,087

All 6 grants and awards

A feminist literary history of women's writing in the British Isles: Orlando volume one

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Binhammer, Katherine J.

Keywords: women's writing; pre-1800 British literature; feminist literary history

$94,302

A feminist literary history of women's writing in the British Isles: Orlando volume one

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Binhammer, Katherine J.

Keywords: women's writing; pre-1800 British literature; feminist literary history

$120,627

Downward mobility in the sentimental novel

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Binhammer, Katherine J.

Keywords: eighteenth-century studies; novel studies; narrative theory; cultural history of capitalism

$48,087

Digital Diversity 2015: writing, feminism, culture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Holland, Kathryn

Keywords: digital humanities; literary history; cultural studies; cultural heritage; media studies; diversity; interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies; open access scholarship; collaborative research and teaching; training in technology

$25,000

Crossings: the cultures of global exchange in the eighteenth century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Binhammer, Katherine J.

Keywords: eighteenth-century studies; globalization; cross-cultural history

$38,400

Carnal knowledge: women, desire and seduction narratives in Britain, 1740-1800

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Binhammer, Katherine J.

Keywords: 18th century British feminist cultural history; history of sexuality; gender studies; narrative; the novel

$62,566

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: women's writing Dear Professor Binhammer, 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 women's writing 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 "A feminist literary history of women's writing in the British Isles: Orlando volume one" (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]