Richard Pollard, Université du Québec à Montréal

Research

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Latest funding

Remaking the Latin Josephus: New editions, translations, and methodologies to revitalise the study of medieval culture
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$15,133
Renewing the Carolingian Renaissance by Tallying Old Forgotten Books
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$63,557

All 2 grants and awards

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Remaking the Latin Josephus: New editions, translations, and methodologies to revitalise the study of medieval culture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pollard, Richard M.

Keywords: Flavius Josephus; digital humanities; Latin editions; Transkribus; text recognition; TEI encoding; text normalisation; medieval Latin texts; French translation; manuscript transcription; Greek knowledge; reception studies; medieval Europe; ancient history

$15,133

Renewing the Carolingian Renaissance by Tallying Old Forgotten Books

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Pollard, Richard

Keywords: Carolingian studies; Carolingian renaissance; Digital humanities; Reception studies; Early medieval history; Manuscript studies; Intellectual history; Literary history; Bibliometrics; Circulation of knowledge

$63,557

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 Dear Professor Pollard, 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 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 "Remaking the Latin Josephus: New editions, translations, and methodologies to revitalise the study of medieval culture" (2025), 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]