Wilson Jacob, Concordia University

Research

Environmental history Empire Race Islam Climate Change ENSO Indian Ocean World South Asia

Latest funding

Changing Environments: Between Islamic and Imperial Visions of Good Life in the Indian Ocean World
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$56,960
Cultures and politics of the transregional sovereignty between empires and states
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$26,981
Sovereignty in times of empire: Islam, preachers, and gangsters
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$90,975

Changing Environments: Between Islamic and Imperial Visions of Good Life in the Indian Ocean World

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Jacob, Wilson

Keywords: Environmental history; Empire; Race; Islam; Climate Change; ENSO; Indian Ocean World; South Asia; Middle East; Global history

$56,960

Cultures and politics of the transregional sovereignty between empires and states

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Jacob, Wilson C.

Keywords: sovereignty; Middle East; Indian Ocean; Asia; Africa; Europe; America; states; empires; Islam; modernists; nationalists; reformers; preachers; migrants; refugees; strongmen; gangsters; terrorists; pirates

$26,981

Sovereignty in times of empire: Islam, preachers, and gangsters

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Jacob, Wilson C.

Keywords: empire; Islam; preachers; gangsters; Egypt; Indian Ocean world; history; ethnography; memory; politics; religion; law; state; government; sovereignty; violence; embodiment; Futuwwa; Sayyid

$90,975

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: Environmental history Dear Professor Jacob, 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 environmental 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 "Changing Environments: Between Islamic and Imperial Visions of Good Life in the Indian Ocean World" (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]