Philippa Gates, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

classical Hollywood film film history race and representation Chinese immigration film westerns

Latest funding

The Yellow Imperilled Frontier: Evaluating the Impact of Chinese Immigration through Classical Hollywood Borderland Films
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$20,415
The Yellow Imperilled Frontier: Evaluating the Impact of Chinese Immigration through Classical Hollywood Borderland Films
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$73,188
Conference on Classical Hollywood Studies in the 21st Century
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$24,841

All 5 grants and awards

The Yellow Imperilled Frontier: Evaluating the Impact of Chinese Immigration through Classical Hollywood Borderland Films

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gates, Philippa C.

Keywords: classical Hollywood film; film history; race and representation; Chinese immigration; film westerns

$20,415

The Yellow Imperilled Frontier: Evaluating the Impact of Chinese Immigration through Classical Hollywood Borderland Films

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gates, Philippa C.

Keywords: classical Hollywood film; film history; race and representation; Chinese immigration; film westerns

$73,188

Conference on Classical Hollywood Studies in the 21st Century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gates, Philippa C.

Keywords: film history; classical Hollywood film; film studies; criticism and theory; methodologies; archiving; exhibition; production; gender studies; race studies; censorship

$24,841

Detecting Chinatown: criminalization, assimilation, and the code in the Hollywood b-film

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gates, Philippa C.

Keywords: Chinese Americans; immigration; crime and media representations; censorship; Hollywood film

$99,920

Falcons, saints, and thin men: masculinity and the classical Hollywood detective film

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Gates, Philippa C.

Keywords: classical Hollywood film; masculinity in film; detective genre; stardom in film; American national identity

$38,933

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: classical Hollywood film Dear Professor Gates, 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 classical hollywood film 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 "The Yellow Imperilled Frontier: Evaluating the Impact of Chinese Immigration through Classical Hollywood Borderland Films" (2019), 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]