Hans Beck, McGill University

Research

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Latest funding

Seleucid Royal Women at McGill in Feb. 2013 - Seleucid Study Day IV
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$34,960
Greek federal states
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$31,429
Money and Power in the Roman Republic
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$20,724

All 4 grants and awards

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Seleucid Royal Women at McGill in Feb. 2013 - Seleucid Study Day IV

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Coskun, Altay

Keywords: Hellenistic history; Seleucid Empire; Hellenistic royal court; gender studies; intercultural studies

$34,960

Greek federal states

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Beck, Hans

Keywords: state integration in ancient Greece; nature and concept of federalism in Greek antiquity; ethnic identity and regionality; examination of all Greek federal states; analysis of Greek federal thought and theory

$31,429

Money and Power in the Roman Republic

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Beck, Hans

Keywords: history of ancient Rome; political culture of the republic; money and political success; corruption and electoral bribery; economic realities behind social hierarchies; aristocratic status perpetuation and wealth

$20,724

Ancient worlds elites - aristocratic power in antiquity

Principal 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

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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