Jose Jouve Martin, McGill University

Research

literature book collecting history cultural colonialism Latin American studies

Latest funding

Books of the Slaves: Black Bibliophiles in Late Colonial and Early Republican Latin America (1750-1850)
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$111,021
Rare treasures: colonial manuscripts, book collectors, and the search for the Latin American past
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$90,228
Early modern conversions: religions, cultures, cognitive ecologies
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$2,297,800

All 6 grants and awards

Books of the Slaves: Black Bibliophiles in Late Colonial and Early Republican Latin America (1750-1850)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Jouve Martin, Jose R

$111,021

Rare treasures: colonial manuscripts, book collectors, and the search for the Latin American past

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Jouve Martin, Jose R.

Keywords: literature; book collecting; history; cultural colonialism; Latin American studies

$90,228

Early modern conversions: religions, cultures, cognitive ecologies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: conversion; religious culture; cognitive ecologies; digital humanities; interdisciplinary cultural history

$2,297,800

Death, kingship, and writing in the Spanish Colonial Empire (1560-1886)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Jouve Martin, Jose R.

Keywords: death in literature; book circulation; European colonialism; imperialism and monarchy; funerary rituals; transatlantic connections

$65,670

From slaves to scribes: slavery, orality and literacy in Peru 1531-1825

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Jouve Martin, Jose R.

Keywords: orality; literacy; slavery; Afro-Latin American literature; Spanish American colonial literature

$48,081

The Hispanic Baroque: Complexity in the First Atlantic Culture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006

Principal investigators: Suárez, Juan Luis

Keywords: baroque; cultural complexity; hispanic world; neobaroque; atlantic rim

$2,500,000

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: literature Dear Professor Jouve Martin, 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 literature 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 "Books of the Slaves: Black Bibliophiles in Late Colonial and Early Republican Latin America (1750-1850)" (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]