Michael Nicholson, McGill University

Research

British Romanticism Eighteenth-Century British Literature Nineteenth-Century British Literature Poetry and Poetics Environmental Studies Ecology and Ecocriticism Time and Temporality History of Science and Technology

Latest funding

Living Calendars: Romanticism and Organic Time
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$45,000

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Living Calendars: Romanticism and Organic Time

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nicholson, Michael

Keywords: British Romanticism; Eighteenth-Century British Literature; Nineteenth-Century British Literature; Poetry and Poetics; Environmental Studies; Ecology and Ecocriticism; Time and Temporality; History of Science and Technology; Literature and Empire; Anachronism

$45,000

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: British Romanticism Dear Professor Nicholson, 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 british romanticism 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 "Living Calendars: Romanticism and Organic Time" (2020), 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]