Patrizia Gentile, Carleton University

Research

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Cross-appointments (0-100%): Department of History Department of Sociology School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies Department of Law and Legal Studies

Latest funding

Learning the Ropes: The Beaver Boxing Club and the Re/Making of Marginalized Subjectivities
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$65,680
Contests and contestations: bodies and nation in Canadian history
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$23,750

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

Learning the Ropes: The Beaver Boxing Club and the Re/Making of Marginalized Subjectivities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gentile, Patrizia

Keywords: boxing clubs; amateur boxing; counter-archives; living archives; digital archives; Indigenous boxers; Black boxers; female boxers; marginalized communities; history of sport

$65,680

Contests and contestations: bodies and nation in Canadian history

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Gentile, Patrizia

Keywords: body history; cultural studies; gender; racialization; sexuality; beauty; fashion; beauty pageants; subjectivities; visual culture

$23,750

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: Cross-appointments (0-100%): Department of History Dear Professor Gentile, 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 cross-appointments (0-100%): department of history 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 "Learning the Ropes: The Beaver Boxing Club and the Re/Making of Marginalized Subjectivities" (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]