Jitse Dijkstra, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Picturing Religion: The Philae Temple Graffiti Project
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$35,168
Picturing Religion: The Philae Temple Graffiti Project
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$33,308
Appropriation: A New Approach to Religion in Antiquity
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$20,024

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Picturing Religion: The Philae Temple Graffiti Project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Keywords: ancient graffiti; personal religious piety; Egyptian temples; use and reuse of sacred space; ancient Egyptian religion; early Christianity

$35,168

Picturing Religion: The Philae Temple Graffiti Project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Keywords: ancient graffiti; personal religious piety; Egyptian temples; use and reuse of sacred space; ancient Egyptian religion; early Christianity

$33,308

Appropriation: A New Approach to Religion in Antiquity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Keywords: appropriation; De Certeau; Graeco-Roman religions; Christianity; Late Antiquity; individual agency

$20,024

Religious violence in Antiquity: a religious studies approach across the longue durée

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Keywords: religious violence; Graeco-Roman religions; Christianity; Late Antiquity

$22,260

I wish to offer a sacrifice to God today: religious violence in late antique Egypt

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Keywords: religious violence; religious transformation; ancient Egyptian religion; early Christianity; late antiquity

$43,747

Inside and Out: Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontiers in Late Antiquity (200-800 CE)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Keywords: interactions states - marginal peoples; borderlands; Arabs; Blemmyes; Noubades; late antiquity

$24,046

Scratched in stone: the isis temple graffiti project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Keywords: ancient graffiti; personal religious piety; Egyptian temples; use and reuse of sacred space

$55,417

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 Dear Professor Dijkstra, 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 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 "Picturing Religion: The Philae Temple Graffiti Project" (2021), 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]