Gaby Pailer, University of British Columbia

Research

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Women’s drama and theatre in German cultural history Literary history: Decolonizing German literature Changing Climates: Catastrophe and gender, cultural sustainment Women’s Call of the Wild: Female adventure between old and new worlds.

Latest funding

Women's Drama and Theatre in German-speaking Europe, 1600-2025
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$71,638
Women's Drama and Theatre in German-speaking Europe, 1600-2025
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$37,324
Con/Figurations of Female Adventure: Dynamics, Spaces, and Alliances
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$10,400

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Women's Drama and Theatre in German-speaking Europe, 1600-2025

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pailer, Gaby

Keywords: women's drama and theatre; European cultural history; feminist; gender; queer approach

$71,638

Women's Drama and Theatre in German-speaking Europe, 1600-2025

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pailer, Gaby

Keywords: women's drama and theatre; European cultural history; feminist; gender; queer approach

$37,324

Con/Figurations of Female Adventure: Dynamics, Spaces, and Alliances

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Pailer, Gaby

Keywords: adventure narratives; women's activities and contributions; gender; race; intersectionality studies

$10,400

Epistolary culture circa 1800: the letters of Charlotte Schiller (1766-1826)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pailer, Gaby

Keywords: epistolary communication; cultural; political and intellectual history; class; gender; and family education; women's authorship and social networking

$200,000

Gender, nation and education - reconsidering the media legacy of Christa Winsloe's Girls in Uniform, 1930 - 2013 an international research workshop

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Iurascu, Ilinca

Keywords: drama of gendered education; equity and diversity; queer studies; post-national perspective

$36,400

Subversions of gender identities throughl laughter and the comic in literature, theatre, and modern media: chances and limits

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Pailer, Gaby

Keywords: gender identities; performative theory and body politics; forms of the comic such as comedy; satire; parody; humour; laughter; irony; different media such as literature; theatre; film; TV; comparison of German and Canadian media and research practices

$76,231

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 drama and theatre in German cultural history Dear Professor Pailer, 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 drama and theatre in german cultural history 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 "Women's Drama and Theatre in German-speaking Europe, 1600-2025" (2022), 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]