Alexander Meyer, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Illuminating the Vindolanda Stylus Tablets
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$59,385
Unlocking the provinces: defining and prioritizing Roman provincial studies
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$24,650
The Vindolanda north field excavation and field school
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$236,985

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Illuminating the Vindolanda Stylus Tablets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Meyer, Alexander

Keywords: Vindolanda; Rome; Stylus Tablets; Wax Tablets; Britain; Documents; Writing Tablets; Paleography; Epigraphy; Ancient History

$59,385

Unlocking the provinces: defining and prioritizing Roman provincial studies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Greene, Elizabeth M.

Keywords: Roman; archaeology; provincial; post-colonial; imperialism; cultural diversity; hegemony; conquest; globalization

$24,650

The Vindolanda north field excavation and field school

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Greene, Elizabeth M.

Keywords: archaeology; field school; military; Roman; provincial; excavation; training; frontiers; multiculturalism; England

$236,985

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 Meyer, 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 "Illuminating the Vindolanda Stylus Tablets" (2020), 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]