Liza Blake, University of Toronto

Research

Margaret Cavendish feminist bibliography textual bibliography book history early modern women writers editing (1) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (2) poetics

Latest funding

Margaret Cavendish's Books: Textual Bibliography and Critical Editing
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$63,627
Margaret Cavendish's Books: Textual Bibliography and Critical Editing
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$98,577
RaceB4Race: Encounter
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 4 grants and awards

Margaret Cavendish's Books: Textual Bibliography and Critical Editing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Blake, Liza

Keywords: Margaret Cavendish; feminist bibliography; textual bibliography; book history; early modern women writers; editing

$63,627

Margaret Cavendish's Books: Textual Bibliography and Critical Editing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Blake, Liza

Keywords: Margaret Cavendish; feminist bibliography; textual bibliography; book history; early modern women writers; editing

$98,577

RaceB4Race: Encounter

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Chakravarty, Urvashi

Keywords: premodern literature; history, and culture; medieval studies; classical studies; early modern studies; race; encounter

$25,000

Choose Your Own Poems and Fancies: An Interactive Digital Edition and Study of Margaret Cavendish's Atom Poems

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Blake, Liza

Keywords: (1) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle; (2) poetics; (3) early modern poetry; (4) women's writing; (5) atomism; (6) history of reading; (7) textual editing; (8) digital editing; (9) hypermedia; (10) digital humanities

$43,021

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: Margaret Cavendish Dear Professor Blake, 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 margaret cavendish 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 "Margaret Cavendish's Books: Textual Bibliography and Critical Editing" (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]