Dr. Mary Hunter

Associate Professor

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Biography

Mary Hunter specializes in nineteenth-century French art and visual culture, teaching classes on modern and contemporary art. Her research projects and publications examine the relationship between art and medicine, focusing on Impressionism and the role of contemporary historical art in the material culture of hospitals. Additionally, she explores the phenomenology of waiting and the formation of identities related to sexuality, gender, race, sickness, and health. Hunter joined the faculty at McGill University in 2008 after completing her PhD at University College London. Her research has received funding from multiple prestigious institutions, including the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Current research includes a book project titled "Waiting: Slow Time in the Impressionist Era," which investigates the varied experiences and representations of waiting in nineteenth-century France. She is also involved in various committees and boards related to McGill's Visual Arts Collection, Maude Abbott Medical Museum, and Osler Library of the History of Medicine.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2008-01-01 — Present

McGill University • Montreal, Quebec

Teaching and researching nineteenth-century French art and visual culture.

Interim Dean

2021-01-01 — 2022-01-01

McGill University • Montreal, Quebec

Provost-level administrative leadership of the Faculty of Arts.

Chair

2017-01-01 — 2021-01-01

Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University • Montreal, Quebec

Led department, overseeing academic programs and faculty.

Courses

Introduction to Modern Art Curating Medical Spaces: Art, Objects, Ethics of Display Realism and Impressionism Art History Methods Art and Society in France, 1870-1914 Body and Visual Culture (Modern and Contemporary) Advanced Pro-Seminar Medical(izing) Bodies Sickness and Social Deviance in 19th Century France Sick and Tired: Women, Illness and Feminist Art History

Requirements for McGill University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:86
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
B.Sc. degree or equivalent M.D. degree
Application Checklist
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  • CV
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  • Confirmation of Supervision
  • Research Project Proposal
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Medicine. Program: Experimental Medicine.