Kevin Hutchings, University of Northern British Columbia

Research

romantic literature literary history travel writing journalism literary biography First Nations colonialism Argentina

Latest funding

The life and literary adventures of Sir Francis Bond Head
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$67,044
Canada Research Chair in Literature, Culture and Environmental Studies
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$400,000
British Romanticism and North American indigenous governance 1800-1940
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$50,899

The life and literary adventures of Sir Francis Bond Head

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hutchings, Kevin D.

Keywords: romantic literature; literary history; travel writing; journalism; literary biography; First Nations; colonialism; Argentina; Germany; Upper Canada

$67,044

Canada Research Chair in Literature, Culture and Environmental Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010

Principal investigators: Hutchings, Kevin

Keywords: romanticism, british literature, canadian literature, first nations literature, american literature, indigenous governance policy, treaty making, environmental history, environmental ethics, ecological literary criticism, colonialism

$400,000

British Romanticism and North American indigenous governance 1800-1940

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hutchings, Kevin D.

Keywords: British Romantic literature; Canadian literature; American literature; First Nations literature; indigenous governance policy; colonialism; cultural identity; environmental ethics

$50,899

CRC in Romantic Studies: Environment, Culture and Representation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Hutchings, Kevin D

Keywords: romanticism; environmentalism; ecological criticism; literary theory; canadian studies

$500,000

Transatlantic romanticism: culture, naturalism, and the empire of man

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hutchings, Kevin D.

Keywords: Britain; romanticism; America; First Nations; environmentalism; colonialism; ethnography; ecocriticism; postcolonial theory; science

$44,921

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: romantic literature Dear Professor Hutchings, 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 romantic literature 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 "The life and literary adventures of Sir Francis Bond Head" (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]