Alexia Bloch, University of British Columbia

Research

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Migration mobility and immobility anthropology of gender statelessness motherhood ethnographic methods and writing socialist cultures and projects of modernity Eurasia Russia Turkey peoples of Siberia

Latest funding

Stateless in Russia: migrant women, children, and social abandonment
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$129,321
From Istanbul to the Arctic: shifting conceptions of gender and class among post-soviet women migrants
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$58,000

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No publications available.

Stateless in Russia: migrant women, children, and social abandonment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bloch, Alexia

Keywords: migration; citizenship; statelessness; ethnography; migrants; women; children; Russia

$129,321

From Istanbul to the Arctic: shifting conceptions of gender and class among post-soviet women migrants

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Bloch, Alexia

Keywords: post-soviet; gender; migration; emergent capitalism; shuttle trade; sexwork; women's work; globalization

$58,000

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: Migration Dear Professor Bloch, 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 migration 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]