Amar Wahab, York University

Research

Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela Migration Refugee Asylum Migrant (1) Trinidad and Tobago (2) Venezuela

Latest papers

Affective Mobilizations: Pinkwashing and Racialized Homophobia in Out There.
Journal of homosexuality · 2021 · first author
"Homosexuality/Homophobia Is Un-African"?: Un-Mapping Transnational Discourses in the Context of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill/Act.
Journal of homosexuality · 2016 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

No Country for Refuge?: A Critical Case Study of Venezuelan Migrants, Asylum-seekers and Refugees in Trinidad and Tobago
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$60,635
Sexuality Studies Summer Institute
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Queer Diasporas in Canada: a case study of transnational activism and politics
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$74,710

All 4 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Affective Mobilizations: Pinkwashing and Racialized Homophobia in Out There.

Wahab A

Journal of homosexuality2021First author

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1667158 PMID: 31532347

02

"Homosexuality/Homophobia Is Un-African"?: Un-Mapping Transnational Discourses in the Context of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill/Act.

Wahab A

Journal of homosexuality2016First author

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2015.1111105 PMID: 26503528

No Country for Refuge?: A Critical Case Study of Venezuelan Migrants, Asylum-seekers and Refugees in Trinidad and Tobago

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wahab, Amar

Keywords: Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela; Migration; Refugee; Asylum; Migrant

$60,635

Sexuality Studies Summer Institute

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Wahab, Amar

Keywords: sexuality; race; psychoanalysis; perversion

$25,000

Queer Diasporas in Canada: a case study of transnational activism and politics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Wahab, Amar S.

$74,710

Envisioning global LGBT human rights

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010

Keywords: documentary; human rights; LGBT human rights; refugee studies; sexuality and gender studies; social movement history

$1,000,000

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: Trinidad and Tobago Dear Professor Wahab, 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]. I read your paper "Affective Mobilizations: Pinkwashing and Racialized Homophobia in Out There." (2021), and it 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 "No Country for Refuge?: A Critical Case Study of Venezuelan Migrants, Asylum-seekers and Refugees in Trinidad and Tobago" (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]