Colin Rose, Brock University

Research

conference network panels research outreach History Crime Marginality

Latest funding

Mapping Crime and Conflict in Early Modern Italy
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$115,096
Worlds of Conflict: Violence in the Early Modern Period
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,770
Mapping the Crimescape of Renaissance Florence
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$45,000

All 5 grants and awards

Mapping Crime and Conflict in Early Modern Italy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rose, Colin S.

$115,096

Worlds of Conflict: Violence in the Early Modern Period

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Rose, Colin S.

Keywords: conference; network; panels; research; outreach

$24,770

Mapping the Crimescape of Renaissance Florence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Rose, Colin

Keywords: History; Crime; Marginality; Early Modern; Digital Mapping; Florence; Geospatial; Digital Humanities; Italy; DECIMA

$45,000

Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: nature; environmental history; climate change; digital humanities; land use; archaeology; forests; water; natural resources; student training; Sussex; middle ages; Medieval; Herstmonceux; Battle Abbey; Pevensey Castle

$1,447,485

Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: nature; environmental history; climate change; digital humanities; land use; archaeology; forests; water; natural resources; student training; Sussex; middle ages; Medieval; Herstmonceux; Battle Abbey; Pevensey Castle

$800,532

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: conference Dear Professor Rose, 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 conference 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 "Mapping Crime and Conflict in Early Modern Italy" (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]