Ben McHutchion
Ph.D. Candidate
Art History Program
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Major Fields of Interest: Cultural heritage and its conservation, visual culture of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Europe and the Americas, British colonial history, disputes over public memorial statues.
Dissertation Topic: Responses to the destruction of built heritage in World War Two Britain, including protective measures, photographic records, artistic records, rebuilding, and depictions of destruction across various media.
Undergraduate experience: University of Alberta, B.A. History (2014)
Graduate Experience: Queen鈥檚 University, M.A. in Art History (2019) M.A. Thesis: 鈥淐ollective Memory in Transition: Macdonald, Cornwallis and Statue Removal in Canada鈥
Supervisor: Dr. C. Hoeniger