Lesley Higgins, York University

Research

victorian editing interdisciplinarity literature art classical studies walter pater

Latest funding

Collected works of Walter Pater, a critical edition in 10 volumes
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$170,982
Gerard Manley Hopkins: confessing the flesh
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$73,896

All 2 grants and awards

Collected works of Walter Pater, a critical edition in 10 volumes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Higgins, Lesley J.

Keywords: victorian; editing; interdisciplinarity; literature; art; classical studies; walter pater

$170,982

Gerard Manley Hopkins: confessing the flesh

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Higgins, Lesley J.

Keywords: Victorian literary studies; poetry; confessional and life-writing; editorial theory and practices; manuscript transcription; Web-based research tools; Victorian cultural studies

$73,896

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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