Benjamin Whaley, University of Calgary

Research

(1) Japan (2) Manga Comics (3) Popular Culture (4) Holocaust (5) Jewish Studies (6) Trauma (7) World War II (8) Memory

Latest funding

Sketching Semitism: Jewish Identity in Postwar Manga
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$35,234

Sketching Semitism: Jewish Identity in Postwar Manga

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Whaley, Benjamin

Keywords: (1) Japan; (2) Manga Comics; (3) Popular Culture; (4) Holocaust; (5) Jewish Studies; (6) Trauma; (7) World War II; (8) Memory; (9) Anne Frank; (10) Youth Culture

$35,234

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: (1) Japan Dear Professor Whaley, 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 (1) japan connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Sketching Semitism: Jewish Identity in Postwar Manga" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]