Fatema Amijee, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Émilie Du Châtelet's Idealist Legacy
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$49,654
The Principle of Sufficient Reason and its History
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,000

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Émilie Du Châtelet's Idealist Legacy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Amijee, Fatema

Keywords: Émilie Du Châtelet; history of early modern philosophy; Leibniz; Kant

$49,654

The Principle of Sufficient Reason and its History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Amijee, Fatema

Keywords: explanation; principle of sufficient reason; rationalism; metaphysics; history of philosophy; grounding; monism

$25,000

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 Dear Professor Amijee, 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 "Émilie Du Châtelet's Idealist Legacy" (2024), 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]