Julia Byl, University of Alberta

Research

music communities archives applied ethnomusicology public music Indigenous music diaspora immigration

Latest funding

Canadian mehfil: the music archive meets the public sphere
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$56,201
Music, Resilience, and Indigenous Catholicism in Occupied East Timor (1975-1999)
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$46,660

All 2 grants and awards

Canadian mehfil: the music archive meets the public sphere

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Byl, Julia S.

Keywords: music; communities; archives; applied ethnomusicology; public music; Indigenous music; diaspora; immigration

$56,201

Music, Resilience, and Indigenous Catholicism in Occupied East Timor (1975-1999)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Byl, Julia

Keywords: (1) Human rights; (2) Indigenous rights; (3) Music; (4) Performance; (5) Roman Catholicism; (6) Colonialism

$46,660

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: music Dear Professor Byl, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on music connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]