Robert Nelson, University of Windsor

Research

border studies diaspora studies Food History Indigenous studies history

Latest funding

Live Interactive Documentary as Social Cinema: Expanding Transmedia Models Through Immersive Performance Dissemination
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$97,242
The Windsor/Detroit Borderlands: The Wyandot of Anderdon Nation
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$24,338
Docum'istory project
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$205,592

Live Interactive Documentary as Social Cinema: Expanding Transmedia Models Through Immersive Performance Dissemination

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Kimberly A.

Keywords: live documentary; expanded cinema; social cinema; interactivity; participation; dialectic; history; historiography

$97,242

The Windsor/Detroit Borderlands: The Wyandot of Anderdon Nation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Robert L.

Keywords: border studies; Indigenous studies; diaspora studies; history

$24,338

Docum'istory project

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Nelson, Kim A.

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

$205,592

Inner colonizations: Germany, Eastern Europe, and the world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Robert L.

Keywords: colonialism; inner colonialism; space; land; Germany; Poland; Baltics; Ireland; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; world war one; Lebensraum; Jews; Sering; Hugenberg;

$33,006

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: border studies 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 border studies 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]