Jens Hanssen, University of Toronto

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German and Jewish echoes in 20th-century Arab thought
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$93,692
Notes from the Field: Prospects and Challenges for Canadian Research in Middle East and Islamic Studies Post 9/11
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$22,150

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German and Jewish echoes in 20th-century Arab thought

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hanssen, Jens P.

Keywords: development of modern Arab political and social thought; translation and reception; crossfertilization between Arab, German and Jewish thought; formation of the Arab left; historical and literary interpretation

$93,692

Notes from the Field: Prospects and Challenges for Canadian Research in Middle East and Islamic Studies Post 9/11

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Hanssen, Jens P.

Keywords: Middle East; history; politics; cultures; languages; Islam; interdisciplinarity; multiculturalism; academic cooperation

$22,150

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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