Barbara Leckie, Carleton University

Research

procrastination print culture cultural history literary history visual culture psychology philology narrative studies

Latest funding

Sonic Worlding: Co-creation, equitable participation, and climate justice
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$460,336
Unfinished: a cultural history of nineteenth-century procrastination
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$77,187
Guilt: 1861 - 1903
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$41,160

All 3 grants and awards

Sonic Worlding: Co-creation, equitable participation, and climate justice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Waterman, Ellen F.

$460,336

Unfinished: a cultural history of nineteenth-century procrastination

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leckie, Barbara

Keywords: procrastination; print culture; cultural history; literary history; visual culture; psychology; philology; narrative studies; new formalist studies

$77,187

Guilt: 1861 - 1903

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Leckie, Barbara L.

Keywords: Victorian studies; law and literature; novel theory; cultural studies; psychoanalysis and literature; history and literature; archival studies; sexuality and literature

$41,160

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: procrastination Dear Professor Leckie, 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 procrastination 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]