Richard Cavell, University of British Columbia

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Latest funding

Country seats: architecture, literature, and the emergence of sexual difference 1544-1945
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$42,339
McLuhan in theory: spectral engagements
SSHRC · 2003 · Principal investigator
$67,038

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Country seats: architecture, literature, and the emergence of sexual difference 1544-1945

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cavell, Richard A.

Keywords: space; literature; architecture; sexuality

$42,339

McLuhan in theory: spectral engagements

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cavell, Richard A.

Keywords: critical theory; cultural studies; history of critical theory; media; philosophy; visuality; space/time collapse

$67,038

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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