Eva Karpinski, York University

Research

literary biography Canadian literature genre gender nation affect rhetorical criticism

Latest funding

Contemporary Canadian Literary Biography
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$32,937
Contemporary Canadian Literary Biography
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$47,441
Lives outside the lines: gender and genre in the Americas
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$21,729

All 3 grants and awards

Contemporary Canadian Literary Biography

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Karpinski, Eva C.

Keywords: literary biography; Canadian literature; genre; gender; nation; affect; rhetorical criticism

$32,937

Contemporary Canadian Literary Biography

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Karpinski, Eva C.

Keywords: literary biography; Canadian literature; genre; gender; nation; affect; rhetorical criticism

$47,441

Lives outside the lines: gender and genre in the Americas

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Karpinski, Eva C.

Keywords: autobiography; life writing; genre; literary criticism; cultural criticism; humanities; theory; the Americas

$21,729

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: literary biography Dear Professor Karpinski, 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 literary biography 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 "Contemporary Canadian Literary Biography" (2021), 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]