John Zilcosky, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Brutal Embrace: The Story of Wrestling
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$50,734
Sports: allure and ethics
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$18,112
Uncanny encounters: literature, psychoanalysis, and the end of alterity
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$102,830

All 4 grants and awards

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Brutal Embrace: The Story of Wrestling

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zilcosky, John T.

Keywords: cultural history; literature; sport and literature; history of sport; cultural studies

$50,734

Sports: allure and ethics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Zilcosky, John T.

Keywords: sports; culture; athletics; literature; philosophy; beauty; religion

$18,112

Uncanny encounters: literature, psychoanalysis, and the end of alterity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zilcosky, John T.

Keywords: modern German and Austrian literature and culture; Freud; psychoanalysis; modernism; travel writing; literary theory; cultural studies; history of aesthetics; literature and anthropology; modern European literature; globalization

$102,830

Inventing the exotic: modernism and colonialism 1890-1918

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Zilcosky, John T.

Keywords: German and Austrian literature; European modernism; exoticism; colonialism; cultural studies; discourse theory; travel writing; psychoanalysis

$43,643

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 Dear Professor Zilcosky, 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 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 "Brutal Embrace: The Story of Wrestling" (2024), 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]