Mary Leighton, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Victorian literature

Latest funding

Critical Crafting In and Beyond Humanities Classrooms: 19th-Century Material Culture and 21st-Century Open Pedagogy
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$19,131
Crafting Communities: A Series of Victorian Object Lessons and Scholarly Exchanges in COVID Times
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$15,293
Great Expectations: Pregnancy in Victorian Fiction
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$28,282

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Critical Crafting In and Beyond Humanities Classrooms: 19th-Century Material Culture and 21st-Century Open Pedagogy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Korda, Andrea L.

Keywords: material culture; critical making; pedagogy; crafting; Victorian studies; student training; scholarly exchange

$19,131

Crafting Communities: A Series of Victorian Object Lessons and Scholarly Exchanges in COVID Times

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Leighton, Mary Elizabeth

Keywords: roundtables; workshops; scholarly exchange; virtual exhibit; Victorian studies; object studies; collaboration; student training

$15,293

Great Expectations: Pregnancy in Victorian Fiction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leighton, Mary Elizabeth

Keywords: Victorian fiction; pregnancy; novels; narratology; print culture; Victorian culture; social history; periodical press

$28,282

Great Expectations: Pregnancy in Victorian Fiction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leighton, Mary Elizabeth

Keywords: Victorian fiction; pregnancy; novels; narratology; print culture; Victorian culture; social history; periodical press

$46,983

Victorian communities an international conference

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Surridge, Lisa A.

Keywords: Victorian communities and concepts of community; Victorian studies in the community; university outreach to the community; publication workshop for emergent scholars

$18,350

Theorizing text and image in Victorian illustrated serial fiction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Surridge, Lisa A.

Keywords: Victorian fiction; illustration; text and image studies; serials; reading practices

$59,221

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: Victorian literature Dear Professor Leighton, 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 victorian 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 "Crafting Communities: A Series of Victorian Object Lessons and Scholarly Exchanges in COVID Times" (2020), 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]