Mélodie Simard-Houde, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Research

Écritures du réel Fictionnalisation Droit de l'écrivain Diffamation Liberté de presse Personnes réelles Récit Roman

Latest funding

La fiction au tribunal : quatre procès littéraires en contexte médiatique (1896-1934)
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$23,463
Littérature québécoise mobile
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$1,910,282
Littérature québécoise mobile
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$499,117

La fiction au tribunal : quatre procès littéraires en contexte médiatique (1896-1934)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Simard-Houde, Mélodie

Keywords: Écritures du réel; Fictionnalisation; Droit de l'écrivain; Diffamation; Liberté de presse; Personnes réelles; Récit; Roman; Souvenirs; Métadiscours

$23,463

Littérature québécoise mobile

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: littérature québécoise; littérature numérique; pratiques d'écriture; pratiques de lecture; communautés littéraires; plateformes de diffusion; culture numérique; imaginaire contemporain; événementialisation de la littérature; bases de données

$1,910,282

Littérature québécoise mobile

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: littérature québécoise; littérature numérique; pratiques d'écriture; pratiques de lecture; communautés littéraires; plateformes de diffusion; culture numérique; imaginaire contemporain; événementialisation de la littérature; bases de données

$499,117

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: Écritures du réel Dear Professor Simard-Houde, 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 écritures du réel 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 "La fiction au tribunal : quatre procès littéraires en contexte médiatique (1896-1934)" (2024), 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]