Mérédith Laferté-Coutu, Concordia University

Research

Glissant Levinas phenomenology ethics environmental ethics creolization

Latest funding

Glissant and Levinas: Thinking the Relation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$7,000

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Glissant and Levinas: Thinking the Relation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Laferté-Coutu, Mérédith M.

Keywords: Glissant; Levinas; phenomenology; ethics; environmental ethics; creolization

$7,000

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: Glissant Dear Professor Laferté-Coutu, 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 glissant 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 "Glissant and Levinas: Thinking the Relation" (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]