Brian Osborne, Queen's University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Queen's University profile.

Latest funding

Jeanne Mary Wolfe memorial project: Canadian utopias
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$16,250
The location of national identity in a globalizing world: the case of modern Wales
SSHRC · 2003 · Principal investigator
$34,356
Homeplace, resistance and identity: the landscapes of the Alderville Mississaugas
SSHRC · 2001 · Co-investigator
$29,200

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Jeanne Mary Wolfe memorial project: Canadian utopias

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Osborne, Brian S.

Keywords: Canada; utopian societies; settlement planning

$16,250

The location of national identity in a globalizing world: the case of modern Wales

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Osborne, Brian S.

Keywords: nationalism; identity; heritage; globalization

$34,356

Homeplace, resistance and identity: the landscapes of the Alderville Mississaugas

Co-investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ripmeester, Michael

Keywords: historical geography; cultural geography; native studies; ethnohistory

$29,200

Marking time, figuring space: constructing landscapes of sovereignty and social cohesion

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Osborne, Brian

Keywords: Monumentalism; commemoration; cultural landscape; nationalism; identity; sovereignty; social cohesion

$30,554

An investigation of monumentalism, commemoration and national identity in England and France

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Osborne, Brian

Keywords: Identity; nationalism; memory; monuments; commemoration preformance

$23,700

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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