Cynthia Quarrie, Concordia University

Research

Contemporary Literature British Literature Ecocriticism Environmental Humanities Postcolonial Critical Race Theory Paul Gilroy Custodianship

Latest funding

Race and Place: Deep Time and Environmental Custodianship in Contemporary British Writing
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$51,125

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Race and Place: Deep Time and Environmental Custodianship in Contemporary British Writing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Quarrie, Cynthia

Keywords: Contemporary Literature; British Literature; Ecocriticism; Environmental Humanities; Postcolonial; Critical Race Theory; Paul Gilroy; Custodianship; Deep Time; Historiographic Novels

$51,125

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: Contemporary Literature Dear Professor Quarrie, 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 contemporary literature 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 "Race and Place: Deep Time and Environmental Custodianship in Contemporary British Writing" (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]