Jonathan Sachs, Concordia University

Research

print culture romantic poetry media history temporality natural history geology media mobility

Latest funding

19th-Century Print Media and the Migrant Child
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$47,923
Slow time, fast time: media, geology and poetic form in Britain c. 1800
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$83,135
Decline and British literature, 1776-1829
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$61,670

All 3 grants and awards

19th-Century Print Media and the Migrant Child

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sachs, Jonathan

Keywords: media; mobility; migration; literature; print culture; chlldhood; miscellany; novel; poetry

$47,923

Slow time, fast time: media, geology and poetic form in Britain c. 1800

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sachs, Jonathan

Keywords: romantic poetry; media history; print culture; temporality; natural history; geology

$83,135

Decline and British literature, 1776-1829

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Sachs, Jonathan

Keywords: British literature; theory and interpretation; romantic period; decline; historicism; reception of antiquity

$61,670

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: print culture Dear Professor Sachs, 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 print culture 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 "19th-Century Print Media and the Migrant Child" (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]