Larissa Lai, University of Calgary

Research

Creative Writing Literature Canadian Literature Utopias Justice Aesthetics Emergent Insurgent

Latest funding

Creative Writing
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$23,013
Creative Writing
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$350,000
CRC in Creative Writing
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$530,000

Creative Writing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lai, Larissa

Keywords: Creative Writing; Literature; Canadian Literature; Utopias; Justice; Aesthetics; Emergent; Insurgent; Po-ethics; Speculative Fiction; Poetry; Cultural Organizing; Race and Racialization; Gender; Sexuality; Asian Canadian; BIPOC; GBLTQ2SA+; Creative Writing House

$23,013

Creative Writing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lai, Larissa

Keywords: Creative Writing; Literature; Canadian Literature; Utopias; Justice; Aesthetics; Emergent; Insurgent; Po-ethics; Speculative Fiction; Poetry; Cultural Organizing; Race and Racialization; Gender; Sexuality; Asian Canadian; BIPOC; GBLTQ2SA+; Creative Writing House

$350,000

CRC in Creative Writing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lai, Larissa

Keywords: creative writing, aesthetic innovation, social and ecological justice, utopia, human, nonhuman, canadian writing, collaboration, interdisciplinarity, insurgent architect, contingency, mutation, speculative fiction, contemporary poetics, science and technology, indigeneity, eco-poetics, animal studies, justice, elemental relations, balance, diaspora

$530,000

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: Creative Writing Dear Professor Lai, 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 creative 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 "Creative Writing" (2019), 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]