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Margaret Hunt is Professor of History at Uppsala University, Sweden, having joined the Department of History in 2013 after extensive teaching experience in the United States. She is a leading social, cultural and gender historian of early-modern Europe whose research spans maritime and military history, European–South Asian encounters, comparative imperialism, women and the law, and the globalizing impact of early-modern trade.
Education:
- Undergraduate degree in Music
- Master’s degree in Theology
- PhD in History
Research Interests:
Prof. Hunt’s work is driven by an interdisciplinary curiosity in how ordinary people experienced the expansion of Europe across the globe. Her research themes include:
- European overseas trade and settlement, especially in South Asia
- Comparative imperialisms and state formation
- Maritime and military history of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- Women, gender and sexuality in early-modern legal regimes
- The social and cultural consequences of early globalization
Current Projects:
She co-directs the Swedish Research Council-funded project "In Pursuit of Global Knowledge: Scandinavian Ocean Travelers 1650–1810" with Leos Müller (Stockholm University), mining the unique Prize Papers archive in the British National Archives. She is also completing a monograph on a single late-seventeenth-century English East India Company ship, exploring the human impact of early Northwest European commercial expansion.
Scientific Awards:
- Morris D. Forkosch Prize, American Historical Association (1996) – for The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender and the Family in England 1680–1780
Grants & Collaboration:
- Principal Investigator, Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) grant for the Scandinavian Prize Papers project.
- Collaborative research partnership with Stockholm University (Leos Müller).
Graduate Supervision & Mentorship:
Prof. Hunt actively welcomes doctoral students interested in early-modern European history, comparative imperialism, maritime and military history, gender and sexuality, and related fields.
Laboratories & Research Groups:
She leads the Scandinavian Prize Papers Research Group (joint Uppsala–Stockholm initiative) and maintains the project website at www.prizepapers.se.
