Ben McHutchion

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’s University, M.A. in Art History (2019) M.A. Thesis: “Collective Memory in Transition: Macdonald, Cornwallis and Statue Removal in Canada”
Supervisor: Dr. C. Hoeniger