Stephen Johnson, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

A study of the petitions to censor Jim Crow in Toronto, 1840-43
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$96,859
Gatherings: archival and oral histories of Canadian performance
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$198,057
Nostos encounters with the open program
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$24,910

All 8 grants and awards

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A study of the petitions to censor Jim Crow in Toronto, 1840-43

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Stephen

Keywords: theatre; performance; history; minstrelsy; circus; race; censorship;

$96,859

Gatherings: archival and oral histories of Canadian performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Stephen

Keywords: performance; theatre; dance; history; archival research; oral history

$198,057

Nostos encounters with the open program

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Schotzko, Teri N.

Keywords: Jerzy Grotowski; theatre; performance studies; intercultural performance; globalization; North American studies; actor training; directing; audience; spectatorship; song; poetry; art as vehicle; Allen Ginsberg

$24,910

Canadian consortium on performance and politics in the Americas

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: performance studies; American hemisphere; embodied practice; politics; cultural theory

$2,500,000

Cross border blackface: traditions and legacies of American Minstrelsy in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Stephen

Keywords: theatre; dance; music; cinema; performance; race; history

$214,624

On the road again a digital forum in the history of entertainment and culture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: MacLean, Sarah Elizabeth A.

Keywords: theatre; history; culture; digital; maps; humanities databases and datasets; knowledge mobilization; open access; GIS mapping

$96,000

A history of popular performance in pre-Confederation Canada West: a preliminary database, inventory of archives, and pilot projects

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Johnson, Stephen

Keywords: theatre; performance; drama; history; music; dance

$39,800

Blackface minstrelsy and the dissemination of American popular culture in Britain, 1843-1852

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Stephen

Keywords: theatre; performance; dance; music; history; race

$67,220

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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