Melissa Gniadek, University of Toronto

Research

American literature settler colonialism temporality form visual culture

Latest funding

Unsettled Times: Temporalities of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,209
Unsettled Times: Temporalities of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$18,929

All 2 grants and awards

Unsettled Times: Temporalities of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gniadek, Melissa

Keywords: American literature; settler colonialism; temporality; form; visual culture

$12,209

Unsettled Times: Temporalities of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gniadek, Melissa

Keywords: American literature; settler colonialism; temporality; form; visual culture

$18,929

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: American literature Dear Professor Gniadek, 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 american literature 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 "Unsettled Times: Temporalities of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century American Literature" (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]