Clara Joseph, University of Calgary

Research

nonviolence India Thomas Christians Portuguese colonisation freedom movement literary analysis history travelogue

Latest funding

Knowing You Will Die: Fiction as Decolonial Research-Creation in Postcolonial India
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$50,970
India's non-violent freedom struggle (1599-1799): the voice of Thomas Christians
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$15,539
India's non-violent freedom struggle (1599-1799): the voice of Thomas Christians
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$54,304

All 5 grants and awards

Knowing You Will Die: Fiction as Decolonial Research-Creation in Postcolonial India

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Joseph, Clara

$50,970

India's non-violent freedom struggle (1599-1799): the voice of Thomas Christians

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Joseph, Clara A.B.

Keywords: nonviolence; India; Thomas Christians; Portuguese colonisation; freedom movement; literary analysis; history; travelogue; Eastern christianity

$15,539

India's non-violent freedom struggle (1599-1799): the voice of Thomas Christians

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Joseph, Clara A.B.

Keywords: nonviolence; India; Thomas Christians; Portuguese colonisation; freedom movement; literary analysis; history; travelogue; Eastern christianity

$54,304

Theorizing the face of the other literary works of a Christian India, the 14th century and colonial/postcolonial periods

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Joseph, Clara A.B.

Keywords: India; colonial; postcolonial; literature; culture; theory; resistance; nationalism; globalization; persecution; St. Thomas Christians; conversion; genre; artifact; art; architecture; margins; dalit; tribal; Kerala; Karnataka; Rome; Goa; Portugal; England

$30,096

Towards rethinking postcolonial theory through Christian literary works of India

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Joseph, Clara A.B.

Keywords: postcolonial theory; Christian literary works; India; St. Thomas Christians; Kerala; colonialism; pre-colonial

$47,292

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: nonviolence Dear Professor Joseph, 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 nonviolence 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 "Knowing You Will Die: Fiction as Decolonial Research-Creation in Postcolonial India" (2026), 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]