Mairi Cowan, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

"Fresh Flower of Youth": Adolescents Coming of Age in a Late Medieval Royal Court
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$47,550
Demons in New France and the Spiritual Anxieties of Early Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$60,239

All 2 grants and awards

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"Fresh Flower of Youth": Adolescents Coming of Age in a Late Medieval Royal Court

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cowan, Mairi

Keywords: History; Medieval; Renaissance; Early Modern; Scotland; Adolescence; Youth

$47,550

Demons in New France and the Spiritual Anxieties of Early Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cowan, Mairi

Keywords: (1) History; (2) Canada; (3) New France; (4) Atlantic World; (5) Religion; (6) Social History; (7) Demonology; (8) Quebec; (9) Cultural Contact; (10) Colonization

$60,239

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 Cowan, 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 ""Fresh Flower of Youth": Adolescents Coming of Age in a Late Medieval Royal Court" (2023), 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]