Charles O’Brien, Carleton University

Research

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Latest funding

Histoire du montage à l'aune des mutations technologiques du cinéma : pratiques, esthétiques, discours
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$485,212
Musical films across the Atlantic
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$35,550
The sound revolution: Euro-Atlantic cinema, radio and gramophone 1930-1933
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$30,842

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Histoire du montage à l'aune des mutations technologiques du cinéma : pratiques, esthétiques, discours

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gaudreault, André

Keywords: cinéma; montage; histoire; théorie; esthétique; technologie; innovation

$485,212

Musical films across the Atlantic

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Charles H.

Keywords: film history; media history; musical films; transnational cinema; aesthetics

$35,550

The sound revolution: Euro-Atlantic cinema, radio and gramophone 1930-1933

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Charles H.

Keywords: film analysis; film aesthetics; analysis of media-industry publications; analysis of government trade reports; statistical analysis

$30,842

Sound cinema in France

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Charles

Keywords: film history; film style; French cinema; film technology; sound film

$10,000

Film histories in France: before and after the Liberation

Principal investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Charles

Keywords: Cinema; aesthetics; history; nation; culture; France; WWII

$1,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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