Janine Rogers, Mount Allison University

Research

material culture literature and science medieval literature natural history museums book culture science communication global challenges museums

Latest funding

The Nature of Knowledge: Literary Humanities and Global Challenges in Museums of Science
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$38,718
The Nature of Knowledge: Literary Humanities and Global Challenges in Museums of Science
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$65,513
Cultural literacy: addressing learning barriers with museum literacy
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$24,948

All 5 grants and awards

The Nature of Knowledge: Literary Humanities and Global Challenges in Museums of Science

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rogers, Janine G.

Keywords: literature and science; medieval literature; natural history museums; book culture; material culture; science communication; global challenges

$38,718

The Nature of Knowledge: Literary Humanities and Global Challenges in Museums of Science

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rogers, Janine G.

Keywords: literature and science; medieval literature; natural history museums; book culture; material culture; science communication; global challenges

$65,513

Cultural literacy: addressing learning barriers with museum literacy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Rogers, Janine G.

Keywords: literacy; museums; essential skills; civic humanities; interdisciplinary research

$24,948

On the properties of things: collective knowledge and the objects of the museum

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Rogers, Janine G.

Keywords: museums; objects; material culture; art and visual culture; decolonization; Indigenization; natural histoy; science; history of science; literature; outreach and education; exhibiting

$24,992

Building the Book of Nature: the Poetics of the Natural History Museum

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Rogers, Janine

Keywords: (1) Literature and Science; (2) Natural History Museums; (3) History of Science; (4) Evolutionary Theory; (5) Gothic Revivalism; (6) Codicology and Book Culture; (7) Cultural Studies; (8) Science Education and Communication; (9) Canadian Studies

$74,500

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: material culture Dear Professor Rogers, 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 material culture 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 Nature of Knowledge: Literary Humanities and Global Challenges in Museums of Science" (2023), 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]