Urvashi Chakravarty, University of Toronto

Research

race Childhood Whiteness Gender Labour Class Slavery premodern literature

Latest funding

Just Kids: Children and White Supremacy
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$19,267
RaceB4Race: Encounter
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 2 grants and awards

Just Kids: Children and White Supremacy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chakravarty, Urvashi

Keywords: Race; Childhood; Whiteness; Gender; Labour; Class; Slavery

$19,267

RaceB4Race: Encounter

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Chakravarty, Urvashi

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

$25,000

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: race Dear Professor Chakravarty, 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 race 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 "Just Kids: Children and White Supremacy" (2024), 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]