Robert Morrison, Queen's University

Research

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

British Romanticism Lord Byron the Regency The Beat Poets the periodical press the literature of addiction the medical humanities scholarly editing crime and gothic fiction Jane Austen Thomas De Quincey the Blackwood’s Magazine circle

Latest funding

The Regency: British Society, 1811-1820
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$44,879
Thomas De Quincey: a life
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$34,913
Magazine wars and hostile reviews: the British periodical press, 1802-1836
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$35,257

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

The Regency: British Society, 1811-1820

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Morrison, Robert J.H.

Keywords: the regency; archival research; periodical press; Jane Austen; Lord Byron; Walter Scott; Napoleon Bonaparte; Duke of Wellington; religious debate; romantic poets; cultural history; intellectual history; monarchy; fine arts; exploration

$44,879

Thomas De Quincey: a life

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Morrison, Robert J H.

Keywords: De Quincey; biography; opium; literature of addiction; blackwood's magazine; london magazine; tait's magazine; wordsworth-coleridge circle

$34,913

Magazine wars and hostile reviews: the British periodical press, 1802-1836

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Morrison, Robert J.H.

Keywords: British romanticism; nineteenth-century British periodical press; British cultural history; Edinburgh review; quarterly review; Blackwood's magazine; London magazine; Fraser's magazine

$35,257

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: British Romanticism Dear Professor Morrison, 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 british romanticism 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]