Chike Jeffers, Dalhousie University

Research

Africana philosophy Africa diaspora blackness African Canadians race culture Du Bois

Latest funding

Africana Philosophy
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$310,000
Africana Philosophy
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$240,000
Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$709,898

Africana Philosophy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Jeffers, Chike

Keywords: Africana philosophy; Africa; diaspora; blackness; African Canadians; race; culture; Du Bois; Negritude; Shadd; multiculturalism

$310,000

Africana Philosophy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Jeffers, Chike

$240,000

Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: philosophy; history of philosophy; feminism; women's history; intellectual history; metaphysics; epistemology; ethics; political philosophy; philosophy of mind; philosophy of education; metaphilosophy; canon formation

$709,898

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: Africana philosophy Dear Professor Jeffers, 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 africana philosophy 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 "Africana Philosophy" (2020), 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]