Iana Meerzon, University of Ottawa

Research

performance migration nationalism Europe pandemic Canada crisis and recovery theatre

Latest funding

Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Crisis and Recovery: Theatre and Performance in the Context of the Global Pandemic
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,981
Between Migration and Neo-Nationalism(s): Performing the European Nation -- Playing a Foreigner
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$79,998

Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Whittaker, Robin C.

Keywords: performance; theatre; drama; dance; Canada; bilingual; pandemic; emergence; emergencies; health care; climate crisis; Indigenous experiences; historiography; anti-racism; anti-oppression; resilience; decolonization; re-existence; redress; intersectional

$25,000

Crisis and Recovery: Theatre and Performance in the Context of the Global Pandemic

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Meerzon, Iana (Yana)

Keywords: performance; pandemic; Canada; crisis and recovery; theatre; dance; pedagogy; online learning

$24,981

Between Migration and Neo-Nationalism(s): Performing the European Nation -- Playing a Foreigner

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Meerzon, Iana (Yana)

Keywords: performance; migration; nationalism; Europe

$79,998

Between Migration and Neo-Nationalism(s): Performing the European Nation -- Playing a Foreigner

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Meerzon, Iana (Yana)

Keywords: performance; migration; nationalism; Europe

$19,966

Migration representation stereotypes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Meerzon, Iana

Keywords: international conference; bilingual; migration; interdisciplinary; stereotypes

$25,000

History, memory, performance/histoire, memoire, representation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Meerzon, Iana

Keywords: theatre; public history; museums; performance; memory; national identity; autobiography; oral history; storytelling

$20,000

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: performance Dear Professor Meerzon, 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 performance 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 "Crisis and Recovery: Theatre and Performance in the Context of the Global Pandemic" (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]