Humanities Research Institute

Name: Gregory Betts Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Philosophy Ext: 5318 E-mail:gbetts@brocku.ca

Work currently in progress, or about to be begun, along with indication of when the project is likely to culminate and what form it will take:

Currently, I am working on a critical edition of the unpublished prose work of Bertram Brooker for the University of Ottawa Press. A draft of the text should be ready by January, with potential publication date in 2007 or early 2008. This edition will be followed with a critical edition of an unpublished novel by Brooker that should also be ready for press in 2008. Both of these projects emerge from my dissertation on Brooker’s literary works, which I am concurrentlytransforming into a book. Brooker was Canada’s first abstract painter, winner of the first Governor-General’s Award, and a broadly published critic. All of Brooker’s papers are in the Manitoba archives.

Work previously undertaken, research achievements or projects completed:

I have previously edited and introduced an edition of the collected poems of Raymond Knister entitled “After Exile: A Raymond Knister Poetry Reader” (Exile Editions 2004). Articles on Sheila Watson and Bertram Brooker all entailed extensive archival research.

Research Grants held (including dates) and Research Awards or Honours:

Hamilton Research Grant (University of Manitoba) 2006
SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Queen’s University) 2006
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (York University) 2003-2005
Hamilton Research Grant (University of Manitoba) 2004


Areas of Research Interest (in brief):

 

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