Adrienne Williams Boyarin, University of Victoria

Research

Jewish Studies Jewish Women Medieval Anglo-Jewish History Critical Historiography Archive Studies Diaspora Studies Gender History Palaeography

Latest funding

Jewish Women in Hostile Archives: England, 1154-1307 CE
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$43,496
Medieval Anglo-Jewish Women: New Resources for a Lost Diaspora
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$58,246
Making Early Middle English: an international conference on English literature and its contexts, 1100-1350 CE
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 4 grants and awards

Jewish Women in Hostile Archives: England, 1154-1307 CE

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Williams Boyarin, Adrienne

Keywords: Jewish Women; Medieval Anglo-Jewish History; Critical Historiography; Archive Studies; Jewish Studies; Diaspora Studies; Gender History; Palaeography; Digital Humanities; Manuscript Studies; Public Education; Heritage Studies; Medieval English History

$43,496

Medieval Anglo-Jewish Women: New Resources for a Lost Diaspora

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Williams Boyarin, Adrienne

Keywords: Medieval Jewish Women; Medieval England; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies; Legal History; Gender Studies; Medieval Latin; Anglo-Norman French; Diplomatics; Christian-Jewish Relations

$58,246

Making Early Middle English: an international conference on English literature and its contexts, 1100-1350 CE

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Williams Boyarin, Adrienne

Keywords: Early Middle English; English literary history; multilingual Middle Ages; multicultural Middle Ages; manuscript studies; digital humanities

$25,000

The authority of flesh: women and law in the English Middle Ages

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Williams Boyarin, Adrienne

Keywords: women; medieval England; Virgin Mary; Jewish-Christian relations; gender issues in law and literature; history of the body; Anglo-Jewish history; law and Christianity

$49,086

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: Jewish Studies Dear Professor Williams Boyarin, 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 jewish studies 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 "Jewish Women in Hostile Archives: England, 1154-1307 CE" (2024), 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]