The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. More

Research Experts Search

In this search you can find faculty members in a particular area of research, or browse the wide variety of research happening at the U of M.

Our faculty members have maintained information about their research expertise and interests, current teaching areas and other activities. They manage their information from the My Research Tools (MRT) website. More information about MRT is available Visit Research tools here.

Search Criteria

Faubert, Michelle (Michelle R.)

Professor, English, Theatre, Film and Media

Email: Michelle.Faubert@umanitoba.ca

Home Page: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/english/faculty/faculty_details.php?id=0098765654

Research Description

English Romanticism; history of psychology; Scottish Enlightenment; representations of insanity; early feminism; depression; suicide; Mary Wollstonecraft; Romantic-era psychologist-poets; 1790s

Teaching Description

Romanticism; women's writing; representations of women; cultural constructions of insanity; religion and literature

Public/Media (Non-Technical) Description

English Romanticism; history of psychology; Scottish Enlightenment; representations of insanity; early feminism; depression; suicide; Mary Wollstonecraft; Romantic-era psychologist-poets; 1790s

International Activities

Association of Commonwealth Universities Titular Fellowship: The Gordon and Jean Southam Fellowship

UK government scholarship to foster research activities between Commonwealth university partners and UK universities

Awarded: summer 2010-11; ₤5,000

Partners Northumbria University
Funding Agencies Association of Commonwealth Universities
Location Northumbria University, Newcastle
Countries England
Regions UK
Dates 2010 - 2011

Visiting Fellowship, Northumbria University

Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University; duties are to collaborate on research projects, present lectures on my research to faculty and graduate students, and present on other academic activities, such as bidding for funding

(2010-2013; some travel funds included)

Partners Northumbria University
Funding Agencies Northumbria University
Location Newcastle
Countries England
Regions UK
Dates 2010 - 2013

Depression and Melancholy, 1660-1800 (4 vol.s); Volume 2: Medical Writings, co-edited collection

I am co-editing a collection of seventeenth- to eighteenth-century writings on depression with a team of scholars from Northumbria University; in particular, I am co-editing the volume on medical writings with Allan Ingram, of Northumbria University. The 4-volume set will be published with Pickering & Chatto, London. Projected date of publication: Summer 2012

Partners Northumbria University
Funding Agencies Association of Commonwealth Universities; Northumbria University; UM SSHRC
Location Newcastle
Countries England
Regions UK
Dates 2010 - 2012

Invited essay: "Calvinism, Enthusiasm, and Romantic Suicide"

Gavin Budge, of Hertfordshire University in England, invited me to contribute an essay for a volume on "Enthusiasm" in the Romantic period. He plans to offer it to Bucknell University Press in the US in the Fall of 2012

Partners Hertfordshire University
Funding Agencies Rh Award
Location Hertfordshire University
Countries England
Regions UK
Dates 2012 - 2012

Invited essay: "Romantic Bodyscapes" and Suicide

Gerold Sedlmayr, of Wuerzburg University, Germany, invited me to contribute an essay to a volume on "Romantic Bodyscapes" he is editing for the book series of the German Society for English Romanticism

Partners Wuerzburg University
Funding Agencies TBA
Location Wuerzburg
Countries Germany
Regions Northern Europe
Dates 2012 - 2013

Currently Recruiting Graduate Students

Potential graduate students should contact the appropriate Faculty.

Important

The information in this directory is provided as a service to the University Community and anyone with legitimate business with the University. Use of this directory to prepare mass mailings is prohibited.