John Leavitt, Université de Montréal

Research

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Ethnolinguistique Ethnopoétique Inde Canada Canada (Québec)Analyse des récits Recherche ethnographique Asie du Sud Identités Immigration

Latest funding

Franz Boas papers: documentary edition
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
Narrative performance in the Central Himalayas and among Indo-Canadians
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$43,248
The work of culture in limit-experiences: spirituality and its shadows
SSHRC · 2003 · Co-investigator
$228,600

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Franz Boas papers: documentary edition

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: Franz Boas; history of anthropology; British Columbia ethnology and linguistics; public intellectual; public history; Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl); collaborative anthropology; digital repatriation

$2,500,000

Narrative performance in the Central Himalayas and among Indo-Canadians

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Leavitt, John

Keywords: linguistic anthropology; Central Himalayas; South Asia; poetics

$43,248

The work of culture in limit-experiences: spirituality and its shadows

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Corin, Ellen

Keywords: asceticism; Hinduism; cultural idiom; limit-experience; psychosis

$228,600

La voie de la spiritualité dans l'élaboration d'expériences-limite en Inde

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Corin, Ellen

Keywords: Spiritualité; culture; représentations et symboles; expériences-limite; hindouisme; articulation de l'expérience; idiomes culturels

$180,000

Les modalités culturelles de l'articulation de situations et d'expériences limites (Indo-canadiens, Afro-canadiens, Inde et Brésil)

Co-investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Corin, Ellen

Keywords: expérience limite; rites; possession; extase; psychose; identité; migration; religion

$59,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Ethnolinguistique Dear Professor Leavitt, 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 ethnolinguistique 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]