Daniel O'Quinn, University of Guelph

Research

theatre orientalism adaptation opera empire 18th century studies middle east politics Europe

Latest funding

Re-Activating the Repertoire: Proto-Orientalist Theatre and the Performance of the Present
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$32,659
Re-Activating the Repertoire: Proto-Orientalist Theatre and the Performance of the Present
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$57,483
Georgian networks: media saturation and the London ethnoscape, 1760-1820
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$175,475

Re-Activating the Repertoire: Proto-Orientalist Theatre and the Performance of the Present

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Quinn, Daniel J.

Keywords: theatre; orientalism; adaptation; opera; empire; 18th century studies; middle east politics; Europe; ottoman empire; Persia; Islamophobia

$32,659

Re-Activating the Repertoire: Proto-Orientalist Theatre and the Performance of the Present

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Quinn, Daniel J.

Keywords: theatre; orientalism; adaptation; opera; empire; 18th century studies; middle east politics; Europe; ottoman empire; Persia; Islamophobia

$57,483

Georgian networks: media saturation and the London ethnoscape, 1760-1820

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Quinn, Daniel J.

Keywords: performance; media; theatre; ethnicity; newspapers; politics; eighteenth-century studies; cultural history

$175,475

Despotic alliances: Romantic interculturalism, Islam and the spectres of France

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Quinn, Daniel J.

Keywords: Romanticism; Islamophobia; interculturalism; Imperialism; Colonialism; war; diplomacy

$73,859

Other things: romantic masculinity and the incorporation of race

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Quinn, Daniel J.

Keywords: romanticism; race; masculinity; theatre; anti-slavery; black Atlantic

$59,645

Staging governance: comedy, coloniality and the regulation of desire, 1750-1830

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Quinn, Daniel

Keywords: Romanticism; colonialism; imperialism; sexuality; theatre; gender studies; English India; nationalism

$53,014

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: theatre Dear Professor O'Quinn, 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 theatre 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 "Re-Activating the Repertoire: Proto-Orientalist Theatre and the Performance of the Present" (2022), 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]