Heribert Adam, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Latest funding

Squandering liberation: will South Africa turn into Zimbabwe
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$100,149
Negotiating compromises in divided societies: lessons from South Africa for Israel/Palestine
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$182,000
Citizenship education for reconciliation and nation building: the case of South African political literacy
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$88,580

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Squandering liberation: will South Africa turn into Zimbabwe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Adam, Heribert A.

Keywords: nationalism; democracy; ethnicity; peacemaking; negotiations; reconciliation; South Africa

$100,149

Negotiating compromises in divided societies: lessons from South Africa for Israel/Palestine

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Adam, Heribert A.

Keywords: nationalism; peacemaking; negotiations and conflict resolution; South Africa; Israel/Palestine; reconciliation; ethnicity; identity

$182,000

Citizenship education for reconciliation and nation building: the case of South African political literacy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Moodley, Kogila

Keywords: political education; citizenship; ethnicity; nation building; identity; racialization; South Africa; comparative education

$88,580

Negotiating Compromises in Divided Societies Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Adam, Heribert A.

Keywords: peace education; security and violence; economic cost and business influences; proposed solutions

$10,000

Reconciliation after intercommunal hostilities: lessons from South Africa's nation-building

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Moodley, Kogila

Keywords: Nationalism; ethnicity; race; identity; political education; South Africa; apartheid; democracy; nation-building

$112,000

Truth commissions: how emerging democracies deal with the crimes of previous regimes

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Adam, Heribert

Keywords: Reconciliation, human rights, justice, South Africa, apartheid, democratisation, Germany

$92,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Adam, 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 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]