Alejandro Zamora, York University

Research

Urban Cycling Mexico Narratives Space and Spatiality Subjectivity Geocriticism Literature Life story

Latest funding

(re)Cycling the Self and the City. The Poetics and Politics of Urban Cycling in Mexico: A Geocritical Approach
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$33,345

(re)Cycling the Self and the City. The Poetics and Politics of Urban Cycling in Mexico: A Geocritical Approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Zamora, Alejandro

Keywords: Urban Cycling; Mexico; Narratives; Space and Spatiality; Subjectivity; Geocriticism; Literature; Life story; Digital Storytelling; Creative Writing

$33,345

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: Urban Cycling Dear Professor Zamora, 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 urban cycling 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 "(re)Cycling the Self and the City. The Poetics and Politics of Urban Cycling in Mexico: A Geocritical Approach" (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]