María Fernández Utrera, University of British Columbia

Research

avant-garde surrealism Salvador Dalí literature politics essays theater performance

Latest funding

Salvador Dalí, Homo Politicus
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$17,999
Salvador Dalí, Homo Politicus
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$41,703
Avant-garde performance and art in Spain
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$51,898

All 3 grants and awards

Salvador Dalí, Homo Politicus

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fernández Utrera, María Soledad

Keywords: avant-garde; surrealism; Salvador Dalí; literature; politics; essays; theater; performance; design; art

$17,999

Salvador Dalí, Homo Politicus

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fernández Utrera, María Soledad

Keywords: avant-garde; surrealism; Salvador Dalí; literature; politics; essays; theater; performance; design; art

$41,703

Avant-garde performance and art in Spain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Fernández Utrera, María Soledad

Keywords: peninsular contemporary literature; theater and culture; avant-garde studies; performance; theater and fiction in the avant-garde; relations between theater; performance; art; and photography in 20th century Spain.

$51,898

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: avant-garde Dear Professor Fernández Utrera, 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 avant-garde 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 "Salvador Dalí, Homo Politicus" (2019), 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]