Griet Vankeerberghen, McGill University

Research

(1) Western Han (2) Nobles (3) Digitization (4) Topographic Path Finding (5) Dynamic Visualization (6) Early Chinese History (7) Agent Based Modelling

Latest funding

Representing the Mobility of Historical Agents through Digitization, Topographic Path Finding and Dynamic Visualization: the Case of the Western Han Nobles
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$71,563
Late Western Han Chang'an: a portrait of a living city
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$113,346
Ancient worlds elites - aristocratic power in antiquity
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$29,020

All 4 grants and awards

Representing the Mobility of Historical Agents through Digitization, Topographic Path Finding and Dynamic Visualization: the Case of the Western Han Nobles

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vankeerberghen, Griet

Keywords: (1) Western Han; (2) Nobles; (3) Digitization; (4) Topographic Path Finding; (5) Dynamic Visualization; (6) Early Chinese History; (7) Agent Based Modelling

$71,563

Late Western Han Chang'an: a portrait of a living city

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vankeerberghen, Griet

Keywords: history; early China; Western Han dynasty; urban history; Chang'an; capital; boundaries; temporalities; comparative history

$113,346

Ancient worlds elites - aristocratic power in antiquity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Beck, Hans

Keywords: political culture: Greece; Rome; China; elite power; rhetoric; communication; social hierarchy and coherence; historical texts and traditions; cultural foundations of a globalized world

$29,020

Conceiving the state through the family: the family in early Imperial China in rhetoric and reality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Vankeerberghen, Griet

Keywords: family; early China; Han dynasty; state; rhetoric; early Imperial China; intellectual history; social history; political history

$61,000

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: (1) Western Han Dear Professor Vankeerberghen, 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 (1) western han 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 "Representing the Mobility of Historical Agents through Digitization, Topographic Path Finding and Dynamic Visualization: the Case of the Western Han Nobles" (2019), 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]