Mila Zuo, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Mongoloids - an experimental documentary
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$44,331
Mongoloids: A Short Film
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$74,200

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Mongoloids - an experimental documentary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zuo, Mila

Keywords: trauma; re-enactment; documentary; performance; Chinese Cultural Revolution; intergenerational; Asian; Chinese; diaspora; immigration

$44,331

Mongoloids: A Short Film

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Zuo, Mila

Keywords: narrative film; racial horror; intergenerational trauma; Cultural Revolution; memory; cinema and media studies; critical race and ethnicity studies; gender, race, and sexuality; feminist film theory; archive creation

$74,200

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 Zuo, 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 "Mongoloids - an experimental documentary" (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]