Hannah Claus, Concordia University

Research

decolonization research-creation Indigenous art reconciliation installations audio walks Indigenous languages wampum belt

Latest funding

The Long Jihad: The Causes and Consequences of Chronic Insurgencies
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$65,759
Transmediating Indigenous Art
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$91,193
Moving Landscape to Find Ground
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,547

All 4 grants and awards

The Long Jihad: The Causes and Consequences of Chronic Insurgencies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ahmad, Aisha S.

Keywords: Insurgency; Civil wars; Organized crime; Terrorism; Military intervention; Conflict; War economies; Great power competition

$65,759

Transmediating Indigenous Art

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lewis, Jason E.

Keywords: Indigenous art; Indigenous digital media; Indigenous art history; transmediation; virtual environments; immersive environments; media theory

$91,193

Moving Landscape to Find Ground

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Claus, Hannah

Keywords: Indigenous knowledge; Black histories; archive; visual art; curation; art history; decolonization; knowledge mobilization; residencies; social histories; colonization

$24,547

Where the waters flow research-creation project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Claus, Hannah

Keywords: research-creation; Indigenous art; reconciliation; installations; audio walks; decolonization; Indigenous languages; wampum belt; Kanien'kehá:ka; Tiohtià:ke

$65,606

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: decolonization Dear Professor Claus, 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 decolonization 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 "Moving Landscape to Find Ground" (2022), 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]