Laura Horak, Carleton University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Carleton University profile.

transgender cinema digital humanities new media cultural history queer archives feminist film history silent cinema

Latest funding

Linking Worlds: Trans Filmmaking, Arts Institutions, and the Intersectional Feminist Digital Humanities
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$63,824
Trans Mediascapes
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$256,868
Trans Mediascapes
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$138,110

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Linking Worlds: Trans Filmmaking, Arts Institutions, and the Intersectional Feminist Digital Humanities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Horak, Laura

Keywords: cinema; transgender; queer; digital humanities; film festivals; archives; distributors

$63,824

Trans Mediascapes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Horak, Laura

Keywords: transgender; cinema; new media; digital humanities; cultural history; queer archives

$256,868

Trans Mediascapes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Horak, Laura

Keywords: transgender; cinema; new media; digital humanities; cultural history; queer archives

$138,110

Cinema's First Nasty Women

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Horak, Laura

Keywords: feminist film history; silent cinema; gender; sexuality; contemporary silent film audiences; United States; Europe

$199,524

Imagining Transgender: Trans and Gender Variant Filmmaking in the United States and Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Horak, Laura

Keywords: (1) Transgender; (2) Gender Nonconforming; (3) Film History; (4) Film Festivals; (5) Cultural History; (6) Sexuality; (7) Gender; (8) Community Collaboration; (9) Transformative Digital Humanities; (10) Intersectional Digital Humanities

$44,922

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: transgender Dear Professor Horak, 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 transgender 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 "Linking Worlds: Trans Filmmaking, Arts Institutions, and the Intersectional Feminist Digital Humanities" (2025), 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]