Bart Vautour, Dalhousie University

Research

literature critical theory Canadian cultural production Spanish Civil War digital humanities cultural history cultural memory pedagogy

Latest funding

Our Aesthetic Possibilities: Lectures and Workshop on Art-Making in the 21st Century
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,704
Amplify podcast network
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$175,315
Embassy Cultures: Building the Libraries and Cultural Life of Canada's Foreign Missions
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$50,709

All 5 grants and awards

Our Aesthetic Possibilities: Lectures and Workshop on Art-Making in the 21st Century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Vautour, Bart A.

Keywords: aesthetic categories; affect; art-making; cultural production; aesthetics; literature; art; theatre; music; poetry; fiction; critical theory

$25,704

Amplify podcast network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: McGregor, Hannah K.P.

Keywords: scholarly communication; podcasting; open access; publishing; knowledge mobilization; indigenous studies; post-secondary pedagogy; critical librarianship studies

$175,315

Embassy Cultures: Building the Libraries and Cultural Life of Canada's Foreign Missions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vautour, Bart

Keywords: (1) Embassy Libraries; (2) Canadian Literature; (3) Foreign Policy; (4) Canadian Studies; (5) Cultural Diplomacy; (6) Library Studies; (7) Life Writing; (8) E.H. Norman Library, Tokyo, Japan; (9) Jules Léger Library, Ottawa; (10) Canada House, London, UK

$50,709

Canada and the Spanish Civil War

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vautour, Bart A.

Keywords: Canadian cultural production; Spanish Civil War; digital humanities; cultural history; cultural memory; pedagogy; modernism; transnationalism; textual studies; editorial theory; literature; critical theory; politics; collaboration; training; mentorship

$343,736

Editing modernism in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Strategic Knowledge Clusters

Principal investigators: Irvine, Dean J.

Keywords: Canadian literature; editing; textual criticism; publishing; electronic texts; hypermedia; cultural history; experiential learning; literary modernism

$2,100,000

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: literature Dear Professor Vautour, 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 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 "Our Aesthetic Possibilities: Lectures and Workshop on Art-Making in the 21st Century" (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]