Alan Galey, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

The Black Boxes of Born-Digital Culture: Recovering Complex Histories from Resistant Artifacts
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$27,815
Bibliographic methods for born-digital texts: from paratext to performance
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$71,436
Archive and interface in digital textual studies: from cultural history to critical design
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$92,798

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

The Black Boxes of Born-Digital Culture: Recovering Complex Histories from Resistant Artifacts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Galey, Alan E.

Keywords: book history; bibliography; media studies; digital locks; digital rights management; literature; textual studies; large language models; archives; born-digital objects

$27,815

Bibliographic methods for born-digital texts: from paratext to performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Galey, Alan E.

Keywords: book history; bibliography; digital curation; archives; textual studies; born-digital; digital humanities; e-books; video games; performance

$71,436

Archive and interface in digital textual studies: from cultural history to critical design

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Galey, Alan E.

Keywords: editing; interface; bibliography; textual; visualization; literature; open-source; critical; design; archive

$92,798

Implementing new knowledge environments

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Siemens, Raymond G.

Keywords: electronic textuality; digital humanities; informatics; interface; electronic publication

$2,484,500

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 Galey, 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 "The Black Boxes of Born-Digital Culture: Recovering Complex Histories from Resistant Artifacts" (2025), 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]