Olga Nedvyga, Université de Montréal

Research

sugar in literature food delocalization early global markets saccharine aesthetic post-emancipation imagination coloniality empire Hispanic Caribbean literature

Latest funding

Food Delocalization in Literary Studies: A Saccharine Aesthetic From the Ruins of Empire
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$28,400

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Food Delocalization in Literary Studies: A Saccharine Aesthetic From the Ruins of Empire

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nedvyga, Olga

Keywords: sugar in literature; food delocalization; early global markets; saccharine aesthetic; post-emancipation imagination; coloniality; empire; Hispanic Caribbean literature; Slavic literature; transcultural studies

$28,400

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: sugar in literature Dear Professor Nedvyga, 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 sugar in literature 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 "Food Delocalization in Literary Studies: A Saccharine Aesthetic From the Ruins of Empire" (2021), 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]