Rachel Cleves, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest funding

To Russia with Love: A True Story of Sex, Spycraft, and Stolen Diamonds
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$21,013
To Russia with Love: A True Story of Sex, Spycraft, and Stolen Diamonds
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$29,234
Parmesan and pleasure: a queer history of food and sex
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$61,459

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

To Russia with Love: A True Story of Sex, Spycraft, and Stolen Diamonds

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cleves, Rachel Hope

Keywords: sexuality; gender; foreign relations; United States of America; Russia; France; sex work; espionage

$21,013

To Russia with Love: A True Story of Sex, Spycraft, and Stolen Diamonds

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cleves, Rachel Hope

Keywords: sexuality; gender; foreign relations; United States of America; Russia; France; sex work; espionage

$29,234

Parmesan and pleasure: a queer history of food and sex

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cleves, Rachel Hope

Keywords: history of food; history of sexuality; LGBTQ studies; women's history; gender; masculinity; travel; literature; American history; transnational history; Britain; France; Italy; restaurants; pleasure; cookbooks

$61,459

Charity and Sylvia: same-sex marriage on the early American frontier

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Cleves, Rachel Hope

Keywords: women's history; history of sexuality; lesbian history; queer studies; American history; early American republic; cultural history; social history

$30,000

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 Dear Professor Cleves, 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 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 "To Russia with Love: A True Story of Sex, Spycraft, and Stolen Diamonds" (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]