Sarah Parsons, York University

Research

photography privacy nineteenth century Canada race gender

Latest funding

Feeling Exposed: Photography, Privacy, and Visibility in Nineteenth-Century North America
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$15,982
Feeling Exposed: Photography, Privacy, and Visibility in Nineteenth-Century North America
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$75,563
The family camera network
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$199,925

All 5 grants and awards

Feeling Exposed: Photography, Privacy, and Visibility in Nineteenth-Century North America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Parsons, Sarah

Keywords: photography; privacy; nineteenth century; US; Canada; race; gender

$15,982

Feeling Exposed: Photography, Privacy, and Visibility in Nineteenth-Century North America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Parsons, Sarah

Keywords: photography; privacy; nineteenth century; US; Canada; race; gender

$75,563

The family camera network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Phu, Thy

Keywords: family photography; diaspora; public history; memory; affect studies

$199,925

Photography and the transnational politics of affect

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010

Principal investigators: Brown, Elspeth H.

Keywords: photography; affect; transnational community; politics

$197,215

Affect and photojournalism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Brown, Elspeth H.

Keywords: history of photography; photojournalism; visual communication; affect; emotion; feeling

$20,000

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: photography Dear Professor Parsons, 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 photography 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 "Feeling Exposed: Photography, Privacy, and Visibility in Nineteenth-Century North America" (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]