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Sadia Shirazi
Back to facultyAssistant Professor | Canada Research Chair in History of South Asian Art, Architecture, and Visual CultureDepartment of Art History, Visual Art and TheoryUniversity of British Columbia
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- $45,000
History of South Asian Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
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History of South Asian Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture
Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Research Chairs
Principal investigators: shirazi, sadia
$45,000
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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