David Hobbs, University of Lethbridge

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Red Prairie: Dorothy Livesay and the Occluded Literary Culture of the 1930s
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$18,292

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Red Prairie: Dorothy Livesay and the Occluded Literary Culture of the 1930s

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hobbs, David

Keywords: Poetry; Modernism; Experimental; Transnational; Prairie; Western; Marxist; Communist; Socialist; Canadian

$18,292

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 Dear Professor Hobbs, 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 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 "Red Prairie: Dorothy Livesay and the Occluded Literary Culture of the 1930s" (2024), 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]