Roberto Filippello, University of British Columbia

Research

critical fashion queer Palestine feminism LGBTQ+creative activism sustainability fair labour

Latest funding

Queer Threads: Critical Fashion Practices in Contemporary Palestine (2010-2022)
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$26,254

Queer Threads: Critical Fashion Practices in Contemporary Palestine (2010-2022)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Filippello, Roberto

Keywords: critical fashion; queer; Palestine; feminism; LGBTQ+; creative activism; sustainability; fair labour; hacking; visual culture

$26,254

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: critical fashion Dear Professor Filippello, 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 critical fashion 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 "Queer Threads: Critical Fashion Practices in Contemporary Palestine (2010-2022)" (2022), 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]