Matthew Hunter, McGill University

Research

art history architectural history history of collecting race and gender insurance risk history of science and technology financial history

Latest funding

The Matter of Insurance: Underwriting Art and the Art of Underwriting, 1680-2020
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$23,970
The Matter of Insurance: Underwriting Art and the Art of Underwriting, 1680-2020
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$29,573
The Actuarial Imagination: Insurance and Anglo-American Art, c. 1690-1860
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$60,749

All 4 grants and awards

The Matter of Insurance: Underwriting Art and the Art of Underwriting, 1680-2020

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hunter, Matthew C.

Keywords: art history; architectural history; history of collecting; race and gender; insurance; risk; history of science and technology; financial history

$23,970

The Matter of Insurance: Underwriting Art and the Art of Underwriting, 1680-2020

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hunter, Matthew C.

Keywords: art history; architectural history; history of collecting; race and gender; insurance; risk; history of science and technology; financial history

$29,573

The Actuarial Imagination: Insurance and Anglo-American Art, c. 1690-1860

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hunter, Matthew

Keywords: (1) Art history; (2) Architectural history; (3) History of collecting; (4) Insurance; (5) Risk; (6) History of science and technology; (7) Financial history

$60,749

Liquid intelligence Joshua Reynolds and the temporally-evolving chemical object in the British enlightenment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Hunter, Matthew C.

Keywords: art history; history of science and technology; eighteenth century; history and theory of photography; art theory

$74,771

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: art history Dear Professor Hunter, 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 art 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 Matter of Insurance: Underwriting Art and the Art of Underwriting, 1680-2020" (2022), 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]