Scott Schofield, Western University

Research

Census Global Copies Annotation Reading Rare Books Digital Materiality

Latest funding

Multiple Copies: An Examination of the Material Traces of Ownership and Readership in Ralph Brooke's A Catalogue of the Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes (London, 1619 and 1622)
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$43,070

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Multiple Copies: An Examination of the Material Traces of Ownership and Readership in Ralph Brooke's A Catalogue of the Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes (London, 1619 and 1622)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Schofield, Scott

Keywords: Census; Global; Copies; Annotation; Reading; Rare Books; Digital; Materiality; Mentoring; Heraldry

$43,070

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: Census Dear Professor Schofield, 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 census 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 "Multiple Copies: An Examination of the Material Traces of Ownership and Readership in Ralph Brooke's A Catalogue of the Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes (London, 1619 and 1622)" (2020), 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]