Degrees: |
B.Hum. Humanities and History, Carleton University 2005 M.A. British History, University of Calgary 2008
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Current Position: |
Ph.D. Student, Graduate Program in History, York University
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Thesis in progress: |
"Can Progress be Imposed? Scientific Thought and Agricultural Improvement in mid Eighteenth-Century Bedfordshire"
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Fields: |
British History Environmental History European History
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| Papers and Publications: | "Ruined by Pleasure? Luxury in Eighteenth-Century British Discourse” MA Thesis, University of Calgary, 2008 “Why did they care? Representations of the Russo-Japanese War in the Southern Alberta Media” Buffalo Province History Conference, May 13, 2007 “Ruined by Pleasure: The Moralization of Medical Literature in Eighteenth-Century Britain” Graduate Student Research Forum, University of Calgary, November 1, 2007 “Destructive French Influences: Luxury and the Moralization of Medical Literature in Eighteenth-Century Britain” Article, In progress
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Courses taught recently: |
2008, University of Calgary, HTST 201, European History, Teaching Assistant
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Research Interests: |
Eighteenth-Century Britain, Diet, Environmental, Rural Social History, Popular Medical Thought
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Awards/Grants:
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York Scholarship, 2008-2009 Alberta Graduate Scholarship, 2008 Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Calgary, 2006-2008 Faculty of Graduate Studies Award, University of Calgary, 2006-2008 |
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