Robert Gibbs, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Study and Dialogue: Buber and Rosenzweig
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$19,600
Study and Dialogue: Buber and Rosenzweig
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$47,810
Reason and authority: comparing Islamic and Jewish legal interpretation
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$120,250

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Study and Dialogue: Buber and Rosenzweig

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gibbs, Robert B.

Keywords: dialogue; study; translation; disability; Buber; Rosenzweig; Bible

$19,600

Study and Dialogue: Buber and Rosenzweig

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gibbs, Robert B.

Keywords: dialogue; study; translation; disability; Buber; Rosenzweig; Bible

$47,810

Reason and authority: comparing Islamic and Jewish legal interpretation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Gibbs, Robert B.

Keywords: philosophy of law; Judaism; Islam; scriptural reasoning; religion; jurisprudence

$120,250

Law at the edge of the laws: law's response to ethical critique

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Gibbs, Robert B.

Keywords: ethics; Judaism; philosophy of law; postmodernism; levinas

$37,200

Messianic epistemology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Gibbs, Robert

Keywords: messianism; history; Jewish; knowledge; commentary; deconsturction; philosophy

$22,200

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 Gibbs, 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 "Study and Dialogue: Buber and Rosenzweig" (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]