Rachel Schmidt, University of Calgary

Research

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Pilgrimage Cervantes Visual culture Celestina

Latest funding

Archiving and interpreting five centuries of Celestina's visual culture
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$88,934
Early modern Spanish non-literary discourses in Cervantes's prose
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$56,340
Time frames and space frames in literature and the visual arts
SSHRC · 1997 · Co-investigator
$35,000

All 3 grants and awards

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Archiving and interpreting five centuries of Celestina's visual culture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fernandez, Enrique J.

Keywords: Spanish literature; celestina; illustrations; images; paintings; film adaptations; mixed media; iconography; iconology; art history; visual culture; reception; early modernity; city life; prostitution; violence; violence against women

$88,934

Early modern Spanish non-literary discourses in Cervantes's prose

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Schmidt, Rachel L.

Keywords: Cervantes; early modern Spain; history of the book; discourse analysis

$56,340

Time frames and space frames in literature and the visual arts

Co-investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wall, Anthony

Keywords: Literary semiotics; semiotics of images; spatio-temporal frame configurations

$35,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Pilgrimage Dear Professor Schmidt, 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 pilgrimage 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]