Nathan Brown, Concordia University

Research

modernism poetics critical theory romanticism interdisciplinary methods media history Poetry Interdisciplinary Arts

Latest funding

The Irony of Ground: Subjectivity and Structural Violence in Romantic Modernity
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$34,997
Poetics
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$300,000
Expanded Poetics: Romantic, Modernist, Contemporary
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$184,540

The Irony of Ground: Subjectivity and Structural Violence in Romantic Modernity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brown, Nathan

Keywords: Modernity; Structural Violence; Theories of Subjectivity; Poetry; Fiction; Romanticism; Victorian; Modernism; Colonialism; Slavery; War

$34,997

Poetics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Brown, Nathan

Keywords: poetry, poetics, interdisciplinary arts, interdisciplinary methods, modernism, critical theory

$300,000

Expanded Poetics: Romantic, Modernist, Contemporary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brown, Nathan

Keywords: poetics; interdisciplinary methods; romanticism; modernism; media history; critical theory

$184,540

Poetics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Brown, Nathan

$200,000

Poetics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Brown, Nathan

Keywords: poetics, experimental writing, multimedia art, media studies, digital humanities, scientific visualization, design, architecture, cinema, structure, form, digital modeling

$540,000

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: modernism Dear Professor Brown, 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 modernism 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 "The Irony of Ground: Subjectivity and Structural Violence in Romantic Modernity" (2025), 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]