Elaine Cheasley Paterson, Concordia University

Research

craft home transdisciplinary gender place domestic research-creation race

Latest funding

Home/Making: Intersections of Craft and Home
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
The home arts and industries as international movement: the British, Irish and Canadian instance, 1880-1925
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$40,160

Home/Making: Intersections of Craft and Home

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Cheasley Paterson, Elaine

Keywords: craft; home; transdisciplinary; gender; place; domestic; research-creation; race; class; labour; land; identity; belonging

$25,000

The home arts and industries as international movement: the British, Irish and Canadian instance, 1880-1925

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cheasley Paterson, Elaine

Keywords: art history; women's art production; social history; craft history (arts and crafts movement); textile and ceramic art; home arts and industries; design history; victorian culture and philanthropy

$40,160

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: craft Dear Professor Cheasley Paterson, 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 craft 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 "Home/Making: Intersections of Craft and Home" (2022), 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]