Kim Nelson, University of Windsor

Research

historiography screen culture live documentary expanded cinema social cinema interactivity participation dialectic

Latest funding

Assessing the Impact of Moving Histories on Public Perceptions of Shared Pasts
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$94,994
Moving Histories: An International Symposium on Screened History
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,498
Screen Arts, Culture and Community Building in the Motorcity: Developing The Windsor International Film Festival's Year-Round Impact
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,664

All 4 grants and awards

Assessing the Impact of Moving Histories on Public Perceptions of Shared Pasts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Kim A.

$94,994

Moving Histories: An International Symposium on Screened History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019PCH-SSHRC Initiative for Digital Citizen Research (Connection)

Principal investigators: Nelson, Kim A.

Keywords: film and history; historiography; historiophoty; historical truth; screen history; screen culture; media; public history; popular history; history classroom; post-fact; post-truth; fake news; alternative facts; multimodality

$24,498

Screen Arts, Culture and Community Building in the Motorcity: Developing The Windsor International Film Festival's Year-Round Impact

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Kim A.

Keywords: film festivals; screen culture; community building; education; documentary

$24,664

Docum'istory project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Nelson, Kim A.

Keywords: documentary; historiography; colonialsim; landscape; space; public domain; new media; internet

$205,592

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: historiography Dear Professor Nelson, 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 historiography 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 "Assessing the Impact of Moving Histories on Public Perceptions of Shared Pasts" (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]