Christopher Rea, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Chinese Cinema of War and Revolution (1937-1965)
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$241,005
Learning from Chinese classics: Indigenous psychology and psychological care for China and the World
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$60,013
gamesRlit: Exploring Adolescent Pleasure Reading and Literacy Learning through Live Streaming Narrative-Based Video Games
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$105,696

All 6 grants and awards

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Chinese Cinema of War and Revolution (1937-1965)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rea, Christopher G.

$241,005

Learning from Chinese classics: Indigenous psychology and psychological care for China and the World

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Yang, Jie

Keywords: Indigenous psychology; psychological care; Chinese classics; interdisciplinary; literature; cultural studies

$60,013

gamesRlit: Exploring Adolescent Pleasure Reading and Literacy Learning through Live Streaming Narrative-Based Video Games

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Mannard, Emily

Keywords: pleasure reading; literacy development; language-learning education; digital texts and technologies

$105,696

Stories of Chinese deception

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rea, Christopher G.

Keywords: discourses of deception; swindle stories; fraud; con men; commonplaces; China; literary and cultural history; history of ideas

$211,400

A history of laughter: comic culture in modern China, 1895-1957

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Rea, Christopher G.

Keywords: literary and cultural history; laughter theory; modern China

$40,350

A history of laughter: comic culture in modern China, 1895-1949

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rea, Christopher G.

Keywords: modern Chinese literature; laughter and comedy; Chinese cultural history; history of emotions; intellectual history of the comic; early Chinese cinema

$22,645

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 Dear Professor Rea, 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.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Chinese Cinema of War and Revolution (1937-1965)" (2025), 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]