Leslie Ritchie, Queen's University

Research

abolition slavery newspaper media journalism history subsidy activism editorial

Latest funding

Black and White: The Spaces of Abolition in an Eighteenth-Century Newspaper
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$32,160
Secret/s and Surveillance--Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies- Société canadienne d'étude du dix-huitième siècle
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$24,680
David Garrick and the mediation of celebrity
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$160,621

Black and White: The Spaces of Abolition in an Eighteenth-Century Newspaper

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ritchie, Leslie

Keywords: abolition; slavery; newspaper; media; journalism history; subsidy; activism; editorial; advertising; impartiality

$32,160

Secret/s and Surveillance--Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies- Société canadienne d'étude du dix-huitième siècle

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: King, Shelley

Keywords: eighteenth-century studies; Indigenous history; art history; surveillance; secrecy; media; censorship; correspondence; pedagogy; drama; history of the novel; biography; periodical press; women writers; history of science

$24,680

David Garrick and the mediation of celebrity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ritchie, Leslie H.

Keywords: David Garrick; celebrity; media; convergence; humanities computing; digital humanities; TEI; XML; Richard Cross; William Hopkins; theatre; business; journalism

$160,621

A small embassadress for Grace: female prologues and epilogues of the Restoration and 18th century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ritchie, Leslie H.

Keywords: theatre; theatricality; women's writing; actresses; drama; performativity; performance theory; prologue; epilogue; genre theory

$49,359

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: abolition Dear Professor Ritchie, 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 abolition 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 "Black and White: The Spaces of Abolition in an Eighteenth-Century Newspaper" (2023), 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]