Matthew Croombs, University of Calgary

Research

anti-colonialism documentary film internationalism third-world Global South resistance movements Pan-Africanism Tri-continentalism

Latest funding

Nexus of Resistance: Documentary, Algeria, and the Third World Left
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$21,812
Nexus of Resistance: Documentary, Algeria, and the Third World Left
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$22,070

All 2 grants and awards

Nexus of Resistance: Documentary, Algeria, and the Third World Left

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Croombs, Matthew

Keywords: anti-colonialism; documentary film; internationalism; third-world; Global South; resistance movements; Pan-Africanism; Tri-continentalism; Frantz Fanon

$21,812

Nexus of Resistance: Documentary, Algeria, and the Third World Left

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Croombs, Matthew

Keywords: anti-colonialism; documentary film; internationalism; third-world; Global South; resistance movements; Pan-Africanism; Tri-continentalism; Frantz Fanon

$22,070

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: anti-colonialism Dear Professor Croombs, 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 anti-colonialism 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 "Nexus of Resistance: Documentary, Algeria, and the Third World Left" (2022), 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]