Haidee Wasson, Concordia University

Research

film and media history cultural history history of technology new media

Latest funding

Small Film Formats
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$62,424
Small Film Formats
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$27,636
Small technologies of cinema: a cultural history of portable film projectors and screens
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$124,583

All 4 grants and awards

Small Film Formats

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wasson, Haidee S.

Keywords: film and media history; cultural history; history of technology; new media

$62,424

Small Film Formats

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wasson, Haidee S.

Keywords: film and media history; cultural history; history of technology; new media

$27,636

Small technologies of cinema: a cultural history of portable film projectors and screens

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Wasson, Haidee S.

Keywords: cinema studies; technology; cultural history; media historiography; cultural institutions

$124,583

Portable projectors/mobile screens: a cultural history of 16mm film

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wasson, Haidee S.

Keywords: film history; cultural history; technology and historiography; film exhibition; cultural institutions; intellectual history; non-theatrical film

$131,134

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: film and media history Dear Professor Wasson, 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 film and media history 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 "Small Film Formats" (2023), 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]