Cynthia Milton, Université de Montréal

Research

art historical production post-conflict truth telling social repair

Latest funding

Aftermaths: artistic representations and curatorial practices after conflict
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$109,124
Canada Research Chair in Latin American History
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$500,000
Life stories of Montrealers displaced by war, genocide, and other human rights violations
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$999,870

All 5 grants and awards

Aftermaths: artistic representations and curatorial practices after conflict

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Milton, Cynthia E.

Keywords: art; historical production; post-conflict; truth telling; social repair

$109,124

Canada Research Chair in Latin American History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Milton, Cynthia

Keywords: transitional justice, truth-telling, memory studies, post-conflict studies, artistic representations, arts-based methodologies

$500,000

Life stories of Montrealers displaced by war, genocide, and other human rights violations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: oral history; life stories; Holocaust; genocide; war; atrocity crimes; human rights; Montreal; immigration; refugees; new media; education; community theatre; storytelling; pedagogy; sharing authority; memory; Rwanda; Latin America; Cambodia; Haiti

$999,870

Canada Research Chair in the History of the Americas/Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire des Amériques

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Milton, Cynthia E

Keywords: truth commissions; truth narratives; historical evidence; violence; latin america

$500,000

Writing history after violence: alternative truth-telling at the edge of the Peruvian truth commission

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Milton, Cynthia E.

Keywords: history; historical representation; memory; violence; trauma; Peru; shining path; truth commissions

$51,010

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: art Dear Professor Milton, 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 art connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]