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Ayesha Chaudhry

Professor | Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social JusticeInstitute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social JusticeUniversity of British Columbia

Ayesha Chaudhry

Professor | Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice

Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 SSHRC), most recently in 2020.

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Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Muslims in Canada Archive (MiCA)
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$194,390

All 7 grants and awards

Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Chaudhry, Ayesha

$200,000

Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Chaudhry, Ayesha

Keywords: Islam; religion; law; gender; theology; race; Canada; South Asia; citizenship.

$150,000

Muslims in Canada Archive (MiCA)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Emon, Anver M.

Keywords: Islam; Muslims; Canada; knowledge production; history; archives; heritage

$194,390

Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Chaudhry, Ayesha

Keywords: Religion; Law; Social Justice; Islam; Islamic law; gender; human rights; women; feminism; intersectionality; race; class; patriarchy; gender egalitarianism; Qur¿an; hijab; niqab; burqa; immigration; assimilation; sovereignty; fundamentalisms; Islamic reform; legal reform; under-aged marriage; sexual crimes; polygamy; CEDAW; agency; colonialism; narrative theory; citizenship

$420,000

Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Chaudhry, Ayesha S

Keywords: religion, law, social justice, islam, islamic law, gender, human rights, women, feminism, intersectionality, race, class, patriarchy, gender egalitarianism, qur?an, hijab, niqab, burqa, immigration, assimilation, sovereignty, fundamentalisms, islamic reform, legal reform, under-aged marriage, sexual crimes, polygamy, cedaw, agency, colonialism, narrative theory, citizenship

$150,000

Constructing a Feminist Sharia: Re-imagining Aisha — the Messenger of the Prophet of Islam

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chaudhry, Ayesha

Keywords: (1) Feminism; (2) Islam; (3) Islamic Law; (4) Qur'an; (5) Muslim majority countries; (6) CEDAW; (7) Policy Recommendations; (8) Religion; (9) Gender Equality; (10) History

$72,988

The evolution of religion and morality

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: religion; morality; evolution of religion; cognitive science of religion; prosociality; cultural evolution; gene-culture coevolution

$2,999,280

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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