Michael Ullyot, University of Calgary

Research

Shakespeare filmed theatre digital adaptation liveness mediatization spectatorship phenomenology theatrical space

Latest funding

Extended Shakespeare
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$41,078
Computational rhetoric workshop
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$10,400
Encoding Shakespeare
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$68,920

Extended Shakespeare

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ullyot, Michael

Keywords: Shakespeare; filmed theatre; digital adaptation; liveness; mediatization; spectatorship; phenomenology; theatrical space; cinematic space; extended reality; Royal Shakespeare Company; National Theatre; Globe Theatre; streaming

$41,078

Computational rhetoric workshop

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Harris, Randy A.

Keywords: rhetoric; computation; cognition; figure detection; argument mining; text summarization

$10,400

Encoding Shakespeare

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Ullyot, Michael

Keywords: text encoding; Shakespeare; text analysis; natural language processing; human computing

$68,920

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: Shakespeare Dear Professor Ullyot, 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 shakespeare 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 "Extended Shakespeare" (2025), 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]