Sarah Fee, University of Toronto

Research

textiles fashion weaving art materiality consumption trade luxury

Latest funding

Fashionable synergies: the textile arts of the western Indian Ocean world, c.1800-1950
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$182,843

Fashionable synergies: the textile arts of the western Indian Ocean world, c.1800-1950

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fee, Sarah E.

Keywords: textiles; fashion; weaving; art; materiality; consumption; trade; luxury; design; technology; Indian Ocean; Africa; Madagascar; Tanzania; Arabia

$182,843

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: textiles Dear Professor Fee, 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 textiles 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]