PhD Program
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Latin America and Caribbean
Areas of Interest
slavery and emancipation in the Anglo-Caribbean; colonial Bermuda
Biography
Sarah Hannon (they/them) is a PhDÂ student in the department of History. Their doctoral research concerns the emancipation process in Bermuda with a focus on rhetorical strategies deployed by the Bermuda House of Assembly in negotiating amelioration and emancipation. Their work also considers Black community in post-emancipation Bermuda and local response to the 1835 arrival of the American slave ship Enterprise.
Awards
- 2022 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship (doctoral) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- 2018 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- 2018 Deans Excellence Award Memorial University of Newfoundland
- 2015 Political Science Undergraduate Award Scholarship Memorial University of Newfoundland
- 2015 Senator Eugene Forsey Scholarship Memorial University of Newfoundland
- 2015 Dr. Maurice Saval Scholarship/Bursary Fund Memorial University of Newfoundland
- 2015 Leida Finlayson Memorial Scholarship Memorial University of Newfoundland
Education
MA, Memorial University of Newfoundland
BA, (Hons.), Memorial University of Newfoundland
Cohort
- 2019-2020