Christoph Emmrich, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Glossaries for the Gods and Other Users. The Religious Genealogy of the Bilingual Newar Dictionary
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$148,335
Glossaries for the Gods and Other Users. The Religious Genealogy of the Bilingual Newar Dictionary
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$115,706
Himalayan Studies Conference 6
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Glossaries for the Gods and Other Users. The Religious Genealogy of the Bilingual Newar Dictionary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Emmrich, Christoph A.

Keywords: religion; endangered languages; language preservation; lexicography; word studies; historical linguistics; bilingualism; heteroglossia; Indigeneity; Himalayas; Nepal; South Asian languages; religious scripture; Newar; Sanskrit; digital humanities

$148,335

Glossaries for the Gods and Other Users. The Religious Genealogy of the Bilingual Newar Dictionary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Emmrich, Christoph A.

Keywords: religion; endangered languages; language preservation; lexicography; word studies; historical linguistics; bilingualism; heteroglossia; Indigeneity; Himalayas; Nepal; South Asian languages; religious scripture; Newar; Sanskrit; digital humanities

$115,706

Himalayan Studies Conference 6

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Emmrich, Christoph A.

Keywords: climate change; environmentalism; development; indigeneity; ethnicity; culture; religion; future; Himalayas

$20,000

From the ground up: East Asian religions through multi-media sources and interdisciplinary perspectives

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: East Asian religions; interdisciplinary studies; Buddhism; folk religions; Shinto; Daoism; China; Japan; Korea; Vietnam

$19,860

Once the Buddha was a girl: girls and young women as religious agents between Burma and Nepal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Emmrich, Christoph A.

Keywords: children; gender; religion; Buddhism; practice; ritual; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Nepal; Burma or Myanmar; participation; exchange; transfer; monasticism; text; manuals; religious reform; education; historiography; civil society

$182,497

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 Emmrich, 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 "Glossaries for the Gods and Other Users. The Religious Genealogy of the Bilingual Newar Dictionary" (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]