Eric Reiter, Concordia University

Research

legal history Quebec civil law litigation gender accidents railways emotions

Latest funding

The widow versus the railway: litigation, labour, and emotion in industrial Montreal, 1882-1892
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$58,766
Familles, droit et justice au Québec, 1840-1920
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$147,000
Beyond centaur jurisprudence: bringing culture in the domain of law
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$119,773

The widow versus the railway: litigation, labour, and emotion in industrial Montreal, 1882-1892

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Reiter, Eric H.

Keywords: legal history; Quebec; civil law; litigation; gender; accidents; railways; emotions; grief; immigrants; Irish; labour

$58,766

Familles, droit et justice au Québec, 1840-1920

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gossage, Peter J.

Keywords: histoire; droit; justice; Tribunaux; famille; genre; Québec; XIXe siècle; XXe siècle

$147,000

Beyond centaur jurisprudence: bringing culture in the domain of law

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Provost, René F.

Keywords: law; culture; tribunals; pluralism; Aboriginal; Canada; international

$119,773

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: legal history Dear Professor Reiter, 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 legal history 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 "The widow versus the railway: litigation, labour, and emotion in industrial Montreal, 1882-1892" (2020), 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]