Naisargi Dave, University of Toronto

Research

Ethnography India murder events violence narrative personhood gender

Latest funding

Murder: The Social Life of Violent Death in Twenty-First Century India
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$52,124
Animal rights: the politics of humans and animals in contemporary urban India
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$82,257

All 2 grants and awards

Murder: The Social Life of Violent Death in Twenty-First Century India

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dave, Naisargi N.

Keywords: Ethnography; India; murder; events; violence; narrative; personhood; gender; caste; sexuality

$52,124

Animal rights: the politics of humans and animals in contemporary urban India

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Dave, Naisargi N.

Keywords: animals; activism; affect; animal-human relations; postcoloniality; cities; social movements; witnessing; global movements; India; South Asia

$82,257

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 Dave, 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 "Murder: The Social Life of Violent Death in Twenty-First Century India" (2025), 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]