Nima Naghibi, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Diaspora Emotion Migration Toronto Iran Home

Latest funding

Tehranto: Stories of Home and Belonging from Toronto's Iranian Diaspora
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$33,615
Iranian women's autobiographies: subjectivity, trauma, witness
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$47,265

All 2 grants and awards

Tehranto: Stories of Home and Belonging from Toronto's Iranian Diaspora

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Naghibi, Nima

Keywords: Diaspora; Emotion; Migration; Toronto; Iran; Home

$33,615

Iranian women's autobiographies: subjectivity, trauma, witness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Naghibi, Nima

Keywords: diasporic Iranian women's writing; autobiography; film; trauma

$47,265

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: Diaspora Dear Professor Naghibi, 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 diaspora 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 "Tehranto: Stories of Home and Belonging from Toronto's Iranian Diaspora" (2024), 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]