Margaret Carlyle

Margaret Carlyle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Sociology at the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan. She is a graduate student supervisor and member of UBCO’s Science and Technology Studies (STS) Collective. Her academic journey includes postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago and University of Cambridge, and a Visiting Assistant Professor role at the University of Minnesota.

Research Interests: Carlyle specializes in the history of medicine, science, and technology within early modern France and transatlantic contexts. Her work examines women’s roles as experimentalists, artisans, and translators in scientific knowledge formation, utilizing archival and museum sources. Key themes include scientific imaging, medical technologies, gender and women’s studies, and the intersection of race and science in the French Atlantic World.

Selected Articles: Recent publications analyze Enlightenment anatomy education, reproductive technologies, and transnational scientific networks. Her research spans topics from midwifery training to fetal representation in media, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with medical humanities and material culture.

Scientific Awards:

• SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2021–2023)
• UBCO Curricular Innovation Grant (2023)
• CIHR Project Grant (2023–2027)
• Molina Fellow at Huntington Library (2014)

Teaching & Public Engagement: Offers courses on science and empire, reproductive technologies, and pandemics. Created the SSHRC-funded Reproductive Technologies podcast and co-curated the University of Chicago’s 'Fetus in Utero' digital exhibition. Collaborates on medical education tools for chronic gynecological pain.