Catherine Parayre, Brock University

Research

architecture arts and culture visual arts creative writing Indigenous and settler cultures covid pandemic

Latest funding

Fictive Architecture: Visual Arts and Creative Writing
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$7,208
Figuring it out: disfigurement in 20th and 21st century text-and-image production
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$18,402

Fictive Architecture: Visual Arts and Creative Writing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Parayre, Catherine

Keywords: architecture; arts and culture; visual arts; creative writing; Indigenous and settler cultures; covid pandemic

$7,208

Figuring it out: disfigurement in 20th and 21st century text-and-image production

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Parayre, Catherine

Keywords: text and image; disfigurement; comparative literature; literary theory; visual arts; contemporary visual arts and literature; disability studies

$18,402

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: architecture Dear Professor Parayre, 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 architecture 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 "Fictive Architecture: Visual Arts and Creative Writing" (2021), 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]