Mark Jurdjevic, York University

Research

Machiavelli Guicciardini Italian wars historiography political thought microhistory republicanism political realism

Latest funding

Desperation's Remedies: The Machiavelli-Guicciardini Correspondence and the Transformation of the Humanities
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$54,077
Desperation's Remedies: The Machiavelli-Guicciardini Correspondence and the Transformation of the Humanities
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,039
Rethinking early modernity methodological and critical innovation since the ritual turn
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$25,000

Desperation's Remedies: The Machiavelli-Guicciardini Correspondence and the Transformation of the Humanities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Jurdjevic, Mark

Keywords: Machiavelli; Guicciardini; Italian wars; historiography; political thought; microhistory; republicanism; political realism

$54,077

Desperation's Remedies: The Machiavelli-Guicciardini Correspondence and the Transformation of the Humanities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Jurdjevic, Mark

Keywords: Machiavelli; Guicciardini; Italian wars; historiography; political thought; microhistory; republicanism; political realism

$25,039

Rethinking early modernity methodological and critical innovation since the ritual turn

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Jurdjevic, Mark

Keywords: European history; cultural anthropology; research methodologies; renaissance and reformation; ritual

$25,000

Machiavelli, the Medici, and Florentine republicanism, 1520-1527

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Jurdjevic, Mark

Keywords: machiavelli; Renaissance; republicanism; Florence; Rome; Livy; early modern politics; Renaissance intellectual culture

$51,502

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: Machiavelli Dear Professor Jurdjevic, 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 machiavelli 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 "Desperation's Remedies: The Machiavelli-Guicciardini Correspondence and the Transformation of the Humanities" (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]