Dorota Glowacka, University of King's College

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of King's College profile.

material culture comparative genocide national heritage critical museology Holocaust studies Indigenous-Jewish relations Indigenous studies settler colonialism

Latest funding

Trauma, memory, and material culture: A conversation between the National Museum of the American Indian and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,980
Memory Activism and Collaborative Processes of Counter-Memorialization
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$235,312
Jewish memory in today's Poland and the Polish national narrative
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$56,715

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Trauma, memory, and material culture: A conversation between the National Museum of the American Indian and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Glowacka, Dorota

Keywords: material culture; comparative genocide; national heritage; critical museology; Holocaust studies; Indigenous-Jewish relations; Indigenous studies; settler colonialism; settler-Indigenous relations; Canada-US relations

$24,980

Memory Activism and Collaborative Processes of Counter-Memorialization

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nagler, Solomon P.

Keywords: difficult heritage; counter-monument; Holocaust; genocide studies; research-creation; memorialization; critical museology; memory studies

$235,312

Jewish memory in today's Poland and the Polish national narrative

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Glowacka, Dorota

Keywords: Polish-Jewish relations; memory; holocaust; national narratives; national community; ethics; identity; witnessing

$56,715

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: material culture Dear Professor Glowacka, 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 material culture 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 "Trauma, memory, and material culture: A conversation between the National Museum of the American Indian and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum" (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]