Rebecca Comay, University of Toronto

Research

Freud Hegel Derrida resistance countertransference transference repetition psychoanalysis

Latest funding

Arrhythmias of spirit: Hegel and interminable analysis
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$97,000
Survival/la survie: 25th International Conference of the University of Toronto's Centre for Comparative Literature
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$12,200

Arrhythmias of spirit: Hegel and interminable analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Comay, Rebecca

Keywords: Freud; Hegel; Derrida; resistance; countertransference; transference; repetition; psychoanalysis; cure; interminability; termination; teleology; revolution; illness

$97,000

Survival/la survie: 25th International Conference of the University of Toronto's Centre for Comparative Literature

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Comay, Rebecca

Keywords: conference; comparative literature; critical theory; transnational literatures; interdisciplinary research; psychoanalysis; canonicity; ethics of testimony; queer studies; cultural inheritance; globalization; resistance; translation studies; aesthetics

$12,200

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: Freud Dear Professor Comay, 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 freud connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]