Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy, University of New Brunswick

Research

slavery law violence crime punishment colonialism transnationalism Atlantic World

Latest funding

A Cartography of Care and Confinement: Movement, Survival, and Institutional Power
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$88,627
The Slave Law Project
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 2 grants and awards

A Cartography of Care and Confinement: Movement, Survival, and Institutional Power

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Hunt-Kennedy, Stefanie

$88,627

The Slave Law Project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hunt-Kennedy, Stefanie

Keywords: slavery; law; violence; crime; punishment; colonialism; transnationalism; Atlantic World; Africans; Indigeneity

$50,000

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: slavery Dear Professor Hunt-Kennedy, 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 slavery 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 "A Cartography of Care and Confinement: Movement, Survival, and Institutional Power" (2026), 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]