Stephen Henighan, University of Guelph

Research

literature Portuguese Africa nation history globalization urbanization identity

Latest funding

Fissured ground: the Angolan Nation in the work of Pepetela and Ondjaki
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$52,730
Writers after the revolution
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$53,162

All 2 grants and awards

Fissured ground: the Angolan Nation in the work of Pepetela and Ondjaki

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Henighan, Stephen

Keywords: literature; Portuguese; Africa; nation; history; globalization; urbanization; identity

$52,730

Writers after the revolution

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Henighan, Stephen

Keywords: literature; culture; national identity; national mythologies; globalization; Central America; Southern Africa

$53,162

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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