Chris Kelleher
Chris Kelleher is a PhD Candidate in the Department of English at the University of Toronto, a Junior Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute, and a Junior Fellow at Massey College. His research interests center primarily on British literature from the Romantic period, the history of British imperialism, and their importance to the emergence of the modern world and contemporary politics. Chris’ thesis examines in particular how the history of imperial finance in India underwrote the development of contemporary cosmopolitanism culture during the Romantic period. Chris originally hails from Columbus, Ohio. He received his BA (hons.) from Miami University in Ohio, and his MA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Chris’s SmallTalks …
Erin Piotrowski
Erin Piotrowski is an educator and researcher with a passion for storytelling and media literacy. She is currently completing a PhD (English) at the University of Toronto, where she studies the impact of media technologies on Victorian literature and culture. Erin’s SmallTalks …
Kimberly Rodda
I am currently finishing up my PhD in English at the University of Toronto, specializing in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century British literature and the intersections between literature and religion. My thesis explores representations of religious doubt in women’s writing, with a view to understanding the relationship between doubt and literary form.
The concerns of my project are particularly relevant today, as our culture struggles to come to terms with the fact that secularization has not unfolded in quite the way the Victorians themselves expected. Being more attuned to the complex ways in which faith and doubt operate in Victorian literature helps us to recognize, understand and engage the range of religious experience and commitment in our own time. Kimberly’s SmallTalks …