Katarina O'Briain, York University

Research

British invasion of Manila Seven Years' War global eighteenth century neoclassical poetics Indian Ocean studies Pacific studies stolen archives intimacies as method

Latest funding

Manila in the Transoceanic Archive: The Poetics of Colonial Occupation, 1762-1764
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$36,293

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Manila in the Transoceanic Archive: The Poetics of Colonial Occupation, 1762-1764

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: O'Briain, Katarina

Keywords: British invasion of Manila; Seven Years' War; global eighteenth century; neoclassical poetics; Indian Ocean studies; Pacific studies; stolen archives; intimacies as method; territoral dispossession; multilingual literary history

$36,293

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: British invasion of Manila Dear Professor O'Briain, 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 british invasion of manila 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 "Manila in the Transoceanic Archive: The Poetics of Colonial Occupation, 1762-1764" (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]