Joy Dixon, University of British Columbia

Research

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Modern Britain History of gender, sexuality, and the body History of religion History of the social and human sciences History of empire

Latest funding

Evangelicalism and Sexuality in Britain since 1945
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$48,888
Evangelicalism and Sexuality in Britain since 1945
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,750
Sexual heresies: religion, science, and sexuality in Modern Britain
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$47,861

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Evangelicalism and Sexuality in Britain since 1945

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dixon, Joy

Keywords: religion; sexuality; Britain; contemporary; modern; Evangelical

$48,888

Evangelicalism and Sexuality in Britain since 1945

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dixon, Joy

Keywords: religion; sexuality; Britain; contemporary; modern; Evangelical

$12,750

Sexual heresies: religion, science, and sexuality in Modern Britain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dixon, Joy

Keywords: history; religion; sexuality; gender; body; Modern Britain; culture

$47,861

The evolution of religion and morality

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: religion; morality; evolution of religion; cognitive science of religion; prosociality; cultural evolution; gene-culture coevolution

$2,999,280

Religion and sexuality in Britain, 1870-1930

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Dixon, Joy

Keywords: history; literature; religion; sexuality; cultural studies; modern Britain; Christianity; Judaism; empire

$20,300

Sex, science and the sacred: new sexual theologies in Britain, 1880-1930

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Dixon, Joy

Keywords: Sexuality; history religion; feminism; homosexuality; sexology; spirituality; reform modern Britain

$32,000

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: Modern Britain Dear Professor Dixon, 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 modern britain 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 "Evangelicalism and Sexuality in Britain since 1945" (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]