Matthew Sears, University of New Brunswick

Research

Ancient Greece war memory commemoration remembrance memorials citizenship Ancient Greek history

Latest funding

Place, Space, and the War Dead in Early-Iron-Age and Archaic Greece
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$43,463
Passing the Torch: War, Remembrance, and Citizenship in Classical Greece
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$62,484
Passing the Torch: War, Remembrance, and Citizenship in Classical Greece
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$1,567

All 3 grants and awards

Place, Space, and the War Dead in Early-Iron-Age and Archaic Greece

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sears, Matthew A.

Keywords: Ancient Greek history; Greek archaeology; Greek art; memory and commemoration; warfare and society

$43,463

Passing the Torch: War, Remembrance, and Citizenship in Classical Greece

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sears, Matthew A.

Keywords: Ancient Greece; war; memory; commemoration; remembrance; memorials; citizenship

$62,484

Passing the Torch: War, Remembrance, and Citizenship in Classical Greece

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sears, Matthew A.

Keywords: Ancient Greece; war; memory; commemoration; remembrance; memorials; citizenship

$1,567

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: Ancient Greece Dear Professor Sears, 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 ancient greece 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 "Place, Space, and the War Dead in Early-Iron-Age and Archaic Greece" (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]