Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University

Research

apocalypse antichrist Christianity Judaism Islam late antiquity eschatologymiddle ages heroes/heroines

Latest funding

Heroes in Contemporary Popular Culture: Figures, Forms, and Functions
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$41,028
Revelation Rebooted: The Commentary Tradition on the Revelation of John
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$10,992
The Mediaeval antichrist tradition: texts and contexts
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$253,473

All 7 grants and awards

Heroes in Contemporary Popular Culture: Figures, Forms, and Functions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: DiTommaso, Lorenzo

Keywords: heroes/heroines; women; gender; indigenous; african-american; antiheroes

$41,028

Revelation Rebooted: The Commentary Tradition on the Revelation of John

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: DiTommaso, Lorenzo

Keywords: Revelation; commentary; prediction; reception; interpreration; apocalyptic

$10,992

The Mediaeval antichrist tradition: texts and contexts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: DiTommaso, Lorenzo

Keywords: apocalypse; antichrist; Christianity; Judaism; Islam; late antiquity; eschatologymiddle ages

$253,473

Fifth Enoch Graduate Seminar

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Oegema, Gerbern S.

Keywords: early Judaism; early Christianity; Greco-Roman antiquity; religion

$23,000

The post-classical sibylline tradition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: DiTommaso, Lorenzo

Keywords: sibylline; apocalyptic; apocrypha; prophecy; oracles; Judaism; Christianity; antiquity; mediaeval

$176,856

History and apocalypse

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: DiTommaso, Lorenzo

Keywords: apocalyptic; history; end of the world; ideologies; history of ideas

$75,704

Daniel and the mediaeval apocalyptic tradition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: DiTommaso, Lorenzo

Keywords: apocalyptic literature; eschatology; bible and biblical apocrypha; pseudepigrapha; oppression literature

$61,583

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: apocalypse Dear Professor DiTommaso, 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 apocalypse 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 "Heroes in Contemporary Popular Culture: Figures, Forms, and Functions" (2024), 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]