Jessica Clark, Brock University

Research

(1) Modern Britain (2) Imperial History (3) Sensory History (4) Gender and Women's History (5) History of Smell (6) History of Race and Ethnicity (7) History of Nationalism class

Latest funding

Writing Class: Public Engagement and Politics in the New Class History
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,197
Scents of Change: smell and selfhood in modern Britain, 1880-1930
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$32,180

All 2 grants and awards

Writing Class: Public Engagement and Politics in the New Class History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Clark, Jessica P.

Keywords: class; history; early modern Britain; modern Britain; gender and sexuality; race; colonialism; labour

$24,197

Scents of Change: smell and selfhood in modern Britain, 1880-1930

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Clark, Jessica

Keywords: (1) Modern Britain; (2) Imperial History; (3) Sensory History; (4) Gender and Women's History; (5) History of Smell; (6) History of Race and Ethnicity; (7) History of Nationalism

$32,180

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Mention their SSHRC grant from 2019

Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) Modern Britain Dear Professor Clark, 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 (1) modern britain 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 "Writing Class: Public Engagement and Politics in the New Class History" (2019), 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]