Karen Fricker, Brock University

Research

contemporary circus circus studies contemporary performing arts theatre and performance studies performance and protest Latin American area studies

Latest funding

Critical Conversations: Re-assessing and Re-Imagining the Crisis of Theatre Criticism
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$56,275
Styles de vie et démocratie: Analyse comparative des préférences électorales dans trois pays musulmans
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$58,361
Studying the Practice of Kedzentede Kedzedi
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$217,846

All 5 grants and awards

Critical Conversations: Re-assessing and Re-Imagining the Crisis of Theatre Criticism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacArthur, Laura M.

Keywords: theatre criticism; theatre reviewing; arts transformed; audience studies; digital humanities; Canadian theatre

$56,275

Styles de vie et démocratie: Analyse comparative des préférences électorales dans trois pays musulmans

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Paquin-Pelletier, Alexandre

Keywords: Islam; lifestyle; comportement électoral; démocratie; Indonésie; Sénégal; Tunisie; valeurs démocratiques; opinion politique; sondage

$58,361

Studying the Practice of Kedzentede Kedzedi

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Buffalo, Amanda

Keywords: Indigenous education; land-based educaiton; neurodecolonization; decolonization; resurgence; sovereignty; dena au'nezen; pedagogies of land; literacies of land

$217,846

Staging Better Futures/Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: post-secondary theatre education; decolonization; anti-racism; equity; diversity; inclusion; restorative pedagogy; relational design research; community-driven research; intersectional feminism; translation studies; policy transfer studies; feminist DH

$402,193

Encounters with circus and its others

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Fricker, Karen P.

Keywords: contemporary circus; contemporary performing arts; theatre and performance studies; gender studies; queer studies; disability studies; Quebec culture; social circus

$23,571

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: contemporary circus Dear Professor Fricker, 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 contemporary circus connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]