Stephanie Posthumus, McGill University

Research

plant studies narrative genres and forms botany and botanical history plant mobility environmental humanities vegetal life ecological politics

Latest funding

Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$137,017
Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$62,632
Plant Mobility and Narrative / La mobilité des plantes à travers le récit
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$17,203

All 5 grants and awards

Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bouvet, Rachel

Keywords: végétal; environnement; expérience; représentations; savoirs; interdisciplinarité; conscientisation

$137,017

Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bouvet, Rachel

Keywords: végétal; environnement; expérience; représentations; savoirs; interdisciplinarité; conscientisation

$62,632

Plant Mobility and Narrative / La mobilité des plantes à travers le récit

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Posthumus, Stephanie A.

Keywords: plant studies; narrative genres and forms; botany and botanical history; plant mobility; environmental humanities; vegetal life; ecological politics

$17,203

L'imaginaire botanique et la sensibilité écologique : dimensions esthétique, pratique et scientifique de la circulation des plantes en littérature

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bouvet, Rachel

Keywords: imaginaire botanique; théorie littéraire; géopoétique; écocritique; circulation des plantes; jardin; herbier; champ cultivé; paysage; sensibilité écologique

$109,268

Digital environmental humanities workshop building frameworks, tools and partnerships

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Posthumus, Stephanie A.

Keywords: environmental humanities; digital analysis tools; network development; data visualization; digital commons

$36,973

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: plant studies Dear Professor Posthumus, 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 plant 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 "Plant Mobility and Narrative / La mobilité des plantes à travers le récit" (2019), 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]