Alejandro Paz, University of Toronto

Research

Ethnography Political Anthropology Media and Branding Commodity Culture Journalism (1) Ethnography (2) Political Anthropology (3) Media and Branding

Latest funding

American Israel in the Shadow of the 2020 Presidential Campaign: An Ethnography of Branding "Special Relationship"
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$51,207
Islamophobia in the East of the European Union
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$241,215

All 2 grants and awards

American Israel in the Shadow of the 2020 Presidential Campaign: An Ethnography of Branding "Special Relationship"

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Paz, Alejandro

Keywords: Ethnography; Political Anthropology; Media and Branding; Commodity Culture; Journalism

$51,207

Islamophobia in the East of the European Union

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kalmar, Ivan

Keywords: Islamophobia; European Union; Eastern Europe; visegrád four; Eastern Germany; migration; online network analysis

$241,215

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: Ethnography Dear Professor Paz, 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 ethnography 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 "American Israel in the Shadow of the 2020 Presidential Campaign: An Ethnography of Branding "Special Relationship"" (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]