James Retallack, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Work, Class, and Social Democracy in the Global Age of August Bebel (1840-1913)
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
The workers' emperor: August Bebel's struggle for social justice and democratic reform in Germany and the World 1840-1913
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$154,229
"The Workers' Emperor." August Bebel's Struggle for Social Justice and Democratic Reform in Germany and the World (1840-1913)
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$60,768

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Work, Class, and Social Democracy in the Global Age of August Bebel (1840-1913)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Retallack, James N.

Keywords: labour history; labour movements; social movements; class; socialism; democracy; Germany; August Bebel; comparative

$25,000

The workers' emperor: August Bebel's struggle for social justice and democratic reform in Germany and the World 1840-1913

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Retallack, James N.

Keywords: biography; socialism; democracy; Germany; political culture; parliamentarism; constitutionalism; gender; colonialism; elections; terrorism; internationalism

$154,229

"The Workers' Emperor." August Bebel's Struggle for Social Justice and Democratic Reform in Germany and the World (1840-1913)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Retallack, James

Keywords: (1) biography; (2) socialism; (3) democracy; (4) minorities; (5) gender; (6) terrorism; (7) equality; (8) antisemitism; (9) colonialism; (10) miltarism

$60,768

Red Saxony election battles, the enemy within and the German authoritarian state, 1900-1918

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Retallack, James

Keywords: Germany; elections; political culture; electoral culture; democracy; democratization; parliaments; parliamentarization; political parties; state; authoritarianism; localism; regionalism; nationalism; anti-Semitism; Saxony; modernization; international law

$46,000

Philanthropy, Patronage, and Urban Politics: Transatlantic Transfers Between Europe and North America in the 19th and 20th Century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Retallack, James

Keywords: philanthropy; urban history; cultural patronage; social elites; transatlantic relations; local politics

$10,000

The political culture of German authoritarianism: electoral politics in Germany and the Reich, 1866-1900

Principal investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Retallack, James

Keywords: Elections; political-culture; regional-history; authoritarianism; Germany; modernization

$7,000

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 Dear Professor Retallack, 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 "Work, Class, and Social Democracy in the Global Age of August Bebel (1840-1913)" (2022), 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]