Ken McLeod, University of Toronto

Research

Latest funding

Driving identity: popular music and automobile culture
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$77,976
Playing with identity: popular music and sport from 1850 to the present
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$19,958

All 2 grants and awards

Driving identity: popular music and automobile culture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McLeod, Ken A.

Keywords: musicology; popular music; automobile industry; identity; technology and culture

$77,976

Playing with identity: popular music and sport from 1850 to the present

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McLeod, Ken A.

Keywords: musicology; sports; popular music; athletics; history; identity; race; gender; cultural studies; jazz; masculinity; African American studies; performance; film; interdisciplinarity; sheet music; leisure studies; aesthetics; national identity; Olympics

$19,958

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: musicology Dear Professor McLeod, 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 musicology connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]