- PhD Candidate and Public Scholar, Communication Studies, Concordia University
Felicity Tsering Chödron Hamer is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication Studies. She has a background in photography (Dawson Institute of Photography DEC) and holds both a BFA and MA in Art History from Concordia University. She is a Montreal-born recording and performing vocalist, songwriter and mother of two.
Felicity explores the relationship between photography-based media and remembrance. Her doctoral research has been supported by scholarships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) and Concordia University. In 2020 she was awarded both Concordia’s Stand-Out Graduate Research Award and FRQSC’s Relève étoile Paul-Gerin-Lajoie Award for her book "Parental Grief and Photographic Remembrance: A Historical Account of Undying Love." Bingley: UK, Emerald Publishing.
Experience
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–presentPhD Candidate and Public Scholar, Concordia University
Education
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2015Concordia University, MA Art History
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2012Concordia University, BFA Art History
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1999Dawson Institute of Photography, 3yr Professional Photography Program
Publications
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2021“Opinion: The pandemic may have changed funerals forever.” , Montreal Gazette, June 21, 2021. https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-the-pandemic-may-have-changed-funerals-forever
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2020Parental Grief and photographic Remembrance: A Historic Account of Undying Love., Bingley: UK, Emerald Publishing. (February 2020).
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2020“Keeper of the Hearth / Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph (review).", History of Photography Journal, (forthcoming issue, 2020). DOI: 10.1080/03087298.2020.1846894
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2019“Communion of Shadows (review).”, Material Religion, vol. 15, no. 3, (March 2019), 384-387. DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2019.1572367
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2018“Mrs. Helen F. Stuart and Hannah F. Green: the original spirit photographer.” , History of Photography Journal, vol. 42, no. 2 (September 2018), 146-167. doi: 10.1080/03087298.2018.1498491
Grants and Contracts
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2021Public Scholar
- Role:
- Public Scholar
- Funding Source:
- Concordia University
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2020Relève étoile Paul-Gerin-Lajoie Award
- Role:
- PhD Candidate
- Funding Source:
- FRQSC
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2020Concordia Stand-Out Graduate Research Award
- Role:
- PhD Candidate
- Funding Source:
- Concordia University
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2019Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Role:
- PhD Candidate
- Funding Source:
- SSHRC
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2016Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture
- Role:
- PhD Student
- Funding Source:
- FQRSC
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2015Faculty of Arts and Science Fellowship
- Role:
- PhD Student
- Funding Source:
- Concordia University
Contact Felicity for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Montreal, Canada
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @felicitytchamer
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