Amy Milne-Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

madness psychiatry asylums military masculinity degeneration empire

Latest funding

Before Shell Shock: Madness and Mental Health in the British Army, 1857-1914
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$11,067
Before Shell Shock: Madness and Mental Health in the British Army, 1857-1914
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$61,648
Ripper’s Whitechapel: The Digital Humanities and Perceptions of Space in late-Victorian England
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$67,442

All 3 grants and awards

Before Shell Shock: Madness and Mental Health in the British Army, 1857-1914

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Milne-Smith, Amy G.

Keywords: madness; psychiatry; asylums; military; masculinity; degeneration; empire

$11,067

Before Shell Shock: Madness and Mental Health in the British Army, 1857-1914

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Milne-Smith, Amy G.

Keywords: madness; psychiatry; asylums; military; masculinity; degeneration; empire

$61,648

Ripper’s Whitechapel: The Digital Humanities and Perceptions of Space in late-Victorian England

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Milne-Smith, Amy

Keywords: (1) Digital Humanities; (2) Crime; (3) Gender; (4) Class; (5) Mapping; (6) Space; (7) Perception; (8) Methodology; (9) Urban

$67,442

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: madness Dear Professor Milne-Smith, 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 madness 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 "Before Shell Shock: Madness and Mental Health in the British Army, 1857-1914" (2019), 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]