Graham Broad, Western University

Research

historiography history commemoration identity

Latest funding

Canada in the Second World War: New Directions in Scholarship
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$31,310
War and popular culture: an internet resource
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$82,930

All 2 grants and awards

Canada in the Second World War: New Directions in Scholarship

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Broad, Graham G.

Keywords: historiography; history; commemoration; identity

$31,310

War and popular culture: an internet resource

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Public Outreach Grant Open Category

Principal investigators: Vance, Jonathan F.W.

Keywords: war and society; home front; women and war; children and war; visual culture; ephemera

$82,930

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 Broad, 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 "Canada in the Second World War: New Directions in Scholarship" (2024), 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]