Petra Fachinger, Queen's University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Queen's University profile.

Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations Indigenous literatures Anishinaabe studies climate literature diaspora literatures (Asian diasporas Latin American diasporas Muslim diasporas Jewish diasporas)Holocaust studies

Latest funding

Making common causes: crises, conflict, creation, conversation - 2016 Conference of the Association for Literature, Environment and Culture in Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$17,647
Correspondences: Austrian/German Jewish and Jewish American fiction of the 1980's and 1990's
SSHRC · 2003 · Principal investigator
$36,802

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

Making common causes: crises, conflict, creation, conversation - 2016 Conference of the Association for Literature, Environment and Culture in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Wallace, Molly

Keywords: academic conferences; environmental humanities; literary studies; environmental studies

$17,647

Correspondences: Austrian/German Jewish and Jewish American fiction of the 1980's and 1990's

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Fachinger, Petra

Keywords: comparative/contrastive analysis; contemporary Austrian/German Jewish fiction; contemporary Jewish American fiction

$36,802

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations Dear Professor Fachinger, 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 indigenous/non-indigenous relations 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]