Paul Nelles, Carleton University

Research

Global literatures world literature early modern history translation studies literary history ancient and modern languages Indigenous studies cultural diversity

Latest funding

Religion in Transit: materialities and mobilities of religious objects and images, 1550--1700
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$101,599
World Literature Before Modernity: Writing Diversity in the Early Modern World
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$37,727
Print, paint, and propaganda: the Vatican library and the Roman press in the counter-reformation
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$79,261

All 4 grants and awards

Religion in Transit: materialities and mobilities of religious objects and images, 1550--1700

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nelles, Paul

$101,599

World Literature Before Modernity: Writing Diversity in the Early Modern World

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Nelles, Paul

Keywords: Global literatures; world literature; early modern history; translation studies; literary history; ancient and modern languages; Indigenous studies; cultural diversity; textual forms; diasporic studies

$37,727

Print, paint, and propaganda: the Vatican library and the Roman press in the counter-reformation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nelles, Paul N.

Keywords: early modern Italy; Counter-Reformation; history of the book; history of libraries; Renaissance Rome; Vatican library; Renaissance art; censorship; propaganda; information and communication; print culture; Renaissance patronage; microhistory

$79,261

The information order: Jesuit cultures of communication in early modern Europe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Nelles, Paul N.

Keywords: history of information; early modern Europe; Jesuits; history of communication; historiography; history of education; religious history

$83,000

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: Global literatures Dear Professor Nelles, 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 global literatures 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 "Religion in Transit: materialities and mobilities of religious objects and images, 1550--1700" (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]