Jerzy Elzanowski, Carleton University

Research

urban catastrophe urban cartography damage cartography World War Two reconstruction genocide trauma firebombing

Latest funding

Map out the Dead: Corporeality and Cartography in Urban War
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,860
New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$1,088,852
New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$1,406,890

Map out the Dead: Corporeality and Cartography in Urban War

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Elzanowski, Jerzy M.

Keywords: urban catastrophe; urban cartography; damage cartography; World War Two; reconstruction; genocide; trauma; firebombing; ruins; rubble; human remains; casualties; corporeality; biopolitics; urban heritage; commemoration; material culture of war

$24,860

New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnerships Grants Training Initiatives

Keywords: architectural heritage; digital technologies; rehabilitation; conservation theory; building information modelling; integrated project delivery

$1,088,852

New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: architectural heritage; digital technologies; rehabilitation; conservation theory; building information modelling; integrated project delivery

$1,406,890

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: urban catastrophe Dear Professor Elzanowski, 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 urban catastrophe 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 "Map out the Dead: Corporeality and Cartography in Urban War" (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]