Michael Van Dussen, McGill University

Research

manuscript studies encyclopedias and florilegia religious controversy pre-modern communication england and east-central europe wycliffites hussites encyclopedism

Latest funding

"Pre-Modern Research and the Social Life of Reformist Texts: the Wycliffite Floretum"
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$18,435
"Pre-Modern Research and the Social Life of Reformist Texts: the Wycliffite Floretum"
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$43,284
English encyclopedism and European manuscript culture in the later middle ages
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$115,831

All 5 grants and awards

"Pre-Modern Research and the Social Life of Reformist Texts: the Wycliffite Floretum"

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Van Dussen, Michael

Keywords: encyclopedias and florilegia; religious controversy; manuscript studies; pre-modern communication; england and east-central europe; wycliffites; hussites

$18,435

"Pre-Modern Research and the Social Life of Reformist Texts: the Wycliffite Floretum"

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Van Dussen, Michael

Keywords: encyclopedias and florilegia; religious controversy; manuscript studies; pre-modern communication; england and east-central europe; wycliffites; hussites

$43,284

English encyclopedism and European manuscript culture in the later middle ages

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Van Dussen, Michael

Keywords: manuscript studies; encyclopedism; book history; communication before print; medieval heresy; medieval religious controversy; general councils; fifteenth century

$115,831

Collecting and Curiosity before Print: The Idea of the Archive in Fifteenth-Century England

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Van Dussen, Michael

$75,000

Europe after Wyclif International Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Van Dussen, Michael

Keywords: religious controversy; middle ages; central and Eastern Europe; communication; Wycliffism; hussitism; conciliar movement; fifteenth century

$24,929

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: manuscript studies Dear Professor Van Dussen, 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 manuscript studies 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 ""Pre-Modern Research and the Social Life of Reformist Texts: the Wycliffite Floretum"" (2023), 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]