Kristen Guest, University of Northern British Columbia

Research

modernity identity animal studies social history breed horses

Latest funding

Equine Breed and the Making of Modern Identity
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$19,354
Equine Breed and the Making of Modern Identity
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$46,855
Victorian Bodies: An International Conference
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$13,230

All 6 grants and awards

Equine Breed and the Making of Modern Identity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Guest, Kristen M.

Keywords: modernity; identity; animal studies; social history; breed; horses

$19,354

Equine Breed and the Making of Modern Identity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Guest, Kristen M.

Keywords: modernity; identity; animal studies; social history; breed; horses

$46,855

Victorian Bodies: An International Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Guest, Kristen M.

Keywords: Victorian England; history and representation of the body; disability studies; history of medicine; body and literature

$13,230

Victorian Epidemics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Guest, Kristen M.

Keywords: Victorian culture and society; medical epidemics; disease and representation

$14,762

Victorian markets and marketing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Guest, Kristen M.

Keywords: Victorian England; British Empire; markets; economic history

$20,000

The detective in Victorian popular literature and theatre

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Guest, Kristen M.

Keywords: Britain; Victorian literature and culture; police; detective fiction; 19th-century Canadian literature

$41,409

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: modernity Dear Professor Guest, 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 modernity 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 "Equine Breed and the Making of Modern Identity" (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]