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Lyndsay Campbell is a Professor at the University of Calgary, cross-appointed between the Faculty of Law and the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts. Her work bridges Canadian and American legal history, comparative law, and constitutional studies. Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy, University of California, Berkeley (2008) Master of Law, University of British Columbia (1999) J.D., University of British Columbia (1995) M.A., English Literature, University of Toronto (1991) B.A., English Literature, University of British Columbia (1990) Campbell's research focuses on Canadian and American legal history , libel law , constitutionalism , and imperial legalities . Her work examines intersections between legal and extralegal regulatory strategies, comparative approaches to law, and 19th-century Canadian constitutionalism. Current projects include an edited collection on Legal Histories of Empire with Shaunnagh Dorsett. Her publications analyze legal histories of censorship , racial justice in law , and gender-related legal frameworks . Recent work includes the 2022 monograph Truth and Privilege and the 2020 co-edited open-access volume Canada’s Legal Past . Fellow, Constitutional Law and History Program, University of California, Berkeley (2008) William Nelson Cromwell Fellowship in Legal History (2007) Dean's Normative Time Fellowship, UC Berkeley (2004) Regents Intern Fellowship (2001) Osgoode Society Legal History Prize (1998) SSHRC doctoral fellowship (1997) Campbell teaches courses in Canadian and American history, legal theory, and the undergraduate Law and Society program. She previously practiced law in British Columbia and clerked for justices at the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

• Canadian Legal History
• American Legal History
• Libel Law
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Paul Downes is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto, with a focus on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American literature and its intersection with political philosophy. He holds a BA from York University and a PhD from Cornell University. His research spans literature and political philosophy, Marxist theory, and environmental humanities, often analyzing canonical texts through critical theoretical frameworks. Education: BA, York University; PhD, Cornell University Fields of Interest: American Literature, Environmental Humanities, Literary and Critical Theory, Literature and Political Philosophy, Marxist Theory Downes’ research examines the relationship between literary works and political ideologies, particularly in early American literature. His recent work explores the politics and aesthetics of protection from the 18th to 21st centuries. His publications highlight themes of sovereignty, democracy, and ethical intervention in texts by authors like Herman Melville and Charles Brockden Brown. His journal articles and book chapters frequently bridge literary analysis with philosophical and political discourse. Notable trends in his publications include critical engagements with Thomas Hobbes’ theories in colonial contexts, the role of political theology in shaping early American narratives, and the interplay between democracy and terror in Gothic fiction. His work also interrogates energy ideologies in Melville’s Moby Dick and historical parallels between revolutionary texts and modern events. No scientific awards or honors were mentioned in the provided text. He has not explicitly listed any formal advisees or students in the available materials.

• American Literature
• Environmental Humanities
• Literary and Critical Theory
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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.

• History of Medicine
• History of Science and Technology
• Gender and Women's Studies
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Ted McCormick is Professor of History at Concordia University's School of Irish Studies, specializing in early modern British/Irish/Atlantic history and the history of science. His award-winning research explores demographic thought, colonial governance, and scientific projects in the 17th-18th century Atlantic world. McCormick holds a PhD from Columbia University and has held fellowships at the Huntington Library, University of Sydney, and Irish research institutions. His research examines how scientific knowledge and economic thought shaped colonial policies, population management, and technological projects. Current work focuses on mechanical inventions in colonial contexts through his SSHRC-funded project 'Engines of Division'. Recent publications analyze food systems, projecting cultures, and knowledge-power relationships in early modernity. McCormick teaches courses on early modern Britain/Ireland, scientific revolution, and Enlightenment thought. He mentors graduate researchers studying colonial knowledge systems, scientific networks, and cross-cultural encounters. Honors include two John Ben Snow Prizes for monographs on political arithmetic and demographic thought.

• Early Modern History
• Intellectual History
• History of Science
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David Eltis serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of History at Emory University, where he focuses on the early modern Atlantic World, particularly slavery and migration patterns. His distinguished career spans several decades with significant contributions to understanding the transatlantic slave trade through quantitative and historical analysis. Dr. Eltis earned his BA from Durham University (1962), BEd from Dalhousie University (1965), MA from the University of Alberta (1969), and PhD from the University of Rochester (1979). His educational background provided the foundation for his specialized research in economic history and the Atlantic slave trade. His research primarily centers on the early modern Atlantic World, with particular emphasis on slavery systems, the transatlantic slave trade, and migration patterns (both coerced and free). Eltis has pioneered quantitative approaches to studying the slave trade, developing extensive databases that have transformed scholarly understanding of the scale, structure, and economic dimensions of this historical phenomenon. His work examines the demographic impact of slavery, the economic forces driving the trade, and the experiences of enslaved Africans. Eltis's publications demonstrate a consistent focus on quantitative analysis of the transatlantic slave trade, with increasing emphasis on digital humanities approaches in his later work. His research has evolved from broader economic analyses of slavery's role in Atlantic development to more specific studies of individual regions, trade routes, and the experiences of liberated Africans. The integration of database methodologies with traditional historical analysis represents a significant contribution to the field. British Trevor Reese Memorial Prize (for Economic Growth and The Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade ) Frederick Douglass Prize John Ben Snow Prize Wesley-Logan Prize (for The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas ) John T. Hubbell Prize for best article in Civil War History (2008) W.E.B. Dubois Medal from Harvard (2025) Dr. Eltis has received significant research funding, including a two-year NEH grant for his collaborative project on the origins of Africans in the transatlantic slave trade. This project analyzes records of 67,000 Africans liberated from slave vessels in the 19th century. He serves as co-editor of the influential Transatlantic Slave Trade database at www.slavevoyages.org, which represents one of the most comprehensive digital resources on this historical phenomenon. While specific student mentorship isn't detailed in the available information, his extensive publication record suggests he has likely advised numerous graduate students throughout his career. As principal investigator of the NEH-funded project analyzing liberated African records and co-editor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade database, Eltis leads significant collaborative research efforts. These projects involve international teams of scholars working with historical records from multiple archives to reconstruct the experiences and origins of enslaved Africans. His work bridges traditional historical research with digital humanities methodologies, creating resources that benefit scholars across multiple disciplines.

• Atlantic World
• Slavery
• Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Beverly Lemire is a Professor in the Department of History, Classics and Religion at the University of Alberta, and a Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She holds a DPhil from Oxford University and has held academic positions at the University of Lethbridge and the University of New Brunswick before joining the University of Alberta in 2004. Her research focuses on material culture from the 17th to 19th centuries, examining intersections of gender, race, and empire in global trade. She leads an SSHRC-funded project, 'Fashioning the Imperial Atlantic: Race, Gender and Material Culture, c. 1660–1820,' analyzing how racial hierarchies and material objects shaped colonial societies. Lemire’s scholarly contributions include co-editing Object Lives and Global Histories in Northern North America (2021), which won the Horowitz Book Prize, and co-editing Dressing Global Bodies: The Political Power of Dress in World History (2019). Her work has been recognized through awards such as the Order of Canada (2023), Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (2003), and the J. Gordin Kaplan Award (2012). Her teaching integrates material culture studies, emphasizing hands-on engagement with museum collections. Lemire’s research spans topics like textile trade, colonial fashion, and the politics of museum collections, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to global, colonial, and postcolonial histories.

• Material Culture
• Global Trade
• Imperial History
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Catherine Desbarats is an Associate Professor of History at McGill University, specializing in the financial history of early modern colonial states. She holds a PhD in History from McGill and a DPhil in Economics from Oxford. Her research focuses on decolonizing French imperial history, particularly New France's economic systems and indigenous-french economic interactions. She co-leads a major SSHRC-funded project analyzing New France's monetary systems as tools of imperial control, and a collaborative book project with Allan Greer under contract at OUP. Teaching emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to colonial history through courses like HIST 334 (History of New France) and HIST 633 (New France Research Seminar). Current research includes digitizing early Iroquoian/French linguistic materials with the Jesuit Archives and graduate students Fannie Dionne & Sandra-Lynn Leclaire. Her work bridges economic history and postcolonial critique, reinterpreting financial instruments like 17th-century playing-card currency as mechanisms of imperial violence. Office located at Leacock 621.

• Early Modern Colonial History
• Financial History of Empires
• Decolonizing French Imperial History
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Nicholas Dew is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Department of History at McGill University. He holds a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, awarded in 2000. His research specializes in early modern European and Atlantic history, particularly the cultural, scientific, and colonial developments of France during the 17th and 18th centuries. Dew’s work examines the intersections of colonialism, science, and medicine, as well as the trans-Atlantic dimensions of French scientific endeavors. Education: D.Phil. (Oxford), 2000 Research Interests: His scholarship focuses on France’s cultural history, including the role of knowledge production under Louis XIV, global scientific networks, and the socio-political contexts of exploration and empire. He explores themes such as Colbert’s influence on scientific policy, the history of measurement, and the symbolic representation of science in art and iconography. Publications & Awards: Dew’s book Orientalism in Louis XIV’s France won the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize (2011). His work has been supported by prestigious fellowships, including the Dibner Fellowship (Huntington Library) and the Inter-Americas Fellowship (John Carter Brown Library). His recent articles analyze geodesy, scientific expeditions, and the intellectual foundations of early modern empires. Professional Contributions: He co-founded the French Atlantic History Group and contributed to edited volumes like Science and Empire in the Atlantic World . Dew has led SSHRC-funded initiatives, including the “Situating Science” and “Making Publics” collaborative projects, and teaches courses on the Scientific Revolution, Atlantic Worlds, and historiography. Labs & Teams: Active in interdisciplinary research, Dew collaborates with scholars across history, philosophy of science, and global studies. His current project traces French science’s trans-Atlantic networks between 1670–1740.

• Early Modern European History
• Cultural History of France
• History of Science and Technology
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Peter C. Mancall is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Southern California's Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He also serves as the Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. In 2019-2020, he held the prestigious Harmsworth Professorship of American History at Oxford University. Professor Mancall is a leading historian specializing in early American history, with particular expertise in colonial America, Native American history, Puritan society, and the Atlantic World. His research explores the complex interactions between European settlers and Indigenous peoples, the development of colonial societies, and the construction of historical narratives about America's founding. His scholarly output reveals a consistent focus on challenging sanitized versions of American history, particularly regarding the relationships between settlers and Native Americans. Mancall frequently examines how historical grievances, cultural conflicts, and power dynamics shaped early America, with recent work connecting colonial-era politics of resentment to contemporary political phenomena. Among his notable honors, Mancall is an elected fellow of the Society of American Historians and the Royal Historical Society, and an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society and the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. His work extends beyond academia through publications in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Bloomberg Businessweek, and American Heritage, and features on NPR's 'All Things Considered' and 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.' Professor Mancall has supervised numerous doctoral students and received research support from major institutions including the University of Southern California, the Huntington Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Oxford University. His current major project is 'American Origins,' which will serve as volume one of the Oxford History of the United States.

• Early American History
• Colonial America
• Native American History
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Justin Roberts is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of History at Dalhousie University, where he specializes in the history of slavery in the British Empire. His research spans the Early Modern Atlantic World, Caribbean slavery, and environmental history, with a focus on Barbados and sugar plantations. His educational background includes: PhD from Johns Hopkins University MA from Johns Hopkins University MA from Queen's University BA from Simon Fraser University Roberts' research examines the expansion of slavery across the English empire from 1640-1720, the relationship between slavery and environmental history, and the dynamics of plantation societies. He has recently completed a book on the early English tropics and is currently investigating road building as a tool of imperialism and the first Jamaican maroon war. His scholarly output demonstrates a consistent focus on the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of slavery. Recent articles analyze the role of disease in Caribbean slavery, plantation productivity, and slave demography during abolition. His methodological approach often integrates interdisciplinary perspectives, including geographical information systems (GIS).

• Caribbean Slavery
• British Empire
• Early Modern Atlantic World
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Mitchell Hammond is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Western University. His research focuses on the social and medical history of early modern Europe, particularly German cities during the 16th and 17th centuries, alongside the history of public health and epidemic disease in the modern world. He teaches courses on early modern Europe, the Atlantic World, religious reform movements, and the history of disease and medicine. His recent scholarship includes the book Epidemics and the Modern World (University of Toronto Press, 2020). He has presented lectures such as Epidemic Histories and Pandemic Futures (ICity Talks Lectures, 2021) and Germ Theories, Telegraphs, and the Birth of Modern Pandemics (Cafe Historique, 2021). No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided text. His advising and grant activities are not detailed here. Mitchell is affiliated with the Department of History, teaching courses like HIST 1402F (Nineteenth Century Europe) and HIST 2450F (Renaissance & Religious Reform).

• Early Modern European History
• Medical History
• Public Health History
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Carole Lynn Stewart is a Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of English Language & Literature at Brock University , Canada. Her academic work spans American and African American literature, cultural theory, and interdisciplinary studies integrating political theory, history, and religious studies. PhD from the University of Victoria Previously taught at the University of Calgary and University of Maryland Her research explores transnational temperance movements , 19th-century African American reform , race and cultural foodways , and environmental humanities . She has published two books: Strange Jeremiahs (2011) and Temperance and Cosmopolitanism (2018), with a focus on civil religion, exceptionalism, and cosmopolitan discourse. Scientific awards include the 2019 Ernest Redekop Prize and the Faculty of Humanities Excellence in Teaching Award (2019). She supervises graduate projects in areas such as American literature, critical race theory, religion, and transnational studies.

• American Literature
• African American Literature
• Literary Theory
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Luisa Farah Schwartzman serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto with dual appointments across the Mississauga (UTM) and St. George (UTSG) campuses. Her offices are located at DV3238 on the UTM campus and 17125-27, 700 University Ave, 17th floor at UTSG. She actively supervises graduate students and maintains professional correspondence via luisa.fs@utoronto.ca. Her research centers on colonialism, racialization, and indigeneity theory, with specialized focus on race and racism, transnational sociology, social inequality, state formation, classification systems, and historical sociology. Professor Schwartzman critically examines how race intersects with nationhood and culture in Brazil and the Americas, challenging narratives of racial democracy through historical and comparative frameworks that reveal persistent structural inequalities. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2012-2024) demonstrates consistent engagement with racial classification systems, affirmative action policies, and marginalized group experiences. Her work spans hemispheric migration studies, pandemic health disparities, and postcolonial media analysis, revealing how racial hierarchies are constructed through state policies, media narratives, and everyday social practices across Brazilian, Canadian, German, and Haitian contexts. As a dedicated graduate supervisor, Professor Schwartzman mentors emerging scholars in critical race studies and transnational sociology. While specific grant details remain unreported in available sources, her prolific publication record across sociology, race studies, and migration research indicates sustained research activity and external funding support for her investigations into racial justice and social inequality.

• Colonialism
• Racialization
• Indigeneity Theory
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Dr. Adrian Knapp is a part-time lecturer in the English Department at Mount Saint Vincent University and Saint Mary’s University, specializing in 18th-century British literature , early black writing in Britain , and slavery/slave resistance in literary contexts . He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Leeds and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Innsbruck, with office location at Seton 567. His research spans themes of colonial power structures , post-slavery identity , and British popular culture . Recent publications focus on Zeluco ’s moral critiques, Life in London ’s class dynamics, and analyses of Ignatius Sancho’s satirical letters. Conference talks from 2016–2023 examine topics like Andrea Levy’s The Long Song and Philip Quaque’s missionary challenges . Teaching interests include courses in English literature , Irish studies , and Atlantic Canada Studies , alongside graduate/undergraduate writing center tutoring at Saint Mary’s University. Current work engages with forthcoming entries in The Cambridge Guide to the Eighteenth-Century Novel (2025), analyzing texts like The West-Indian and Zoflora; or, The Generous Negro Girl .

• Eighteenth-century British Literature
• Early Black Writing in Britain
• Slavery and Slave Resistance in Literature
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Micah True is an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta. His academic journey includes a PhD in Romance Studies from Duke University, focusing on French literature and culture, with earlier degrees from Gonzaga University. His research explores French and Francophone literature, early modern cultural contact, and colonial studies, particularly Jesuit missions in New France. He has authored influential works like Masters and Students (2015) and an annotated translation of Charlevoix’s journal (2019). Current projects include a biography-of-the-book study of the Jesuit Relations, supported by a SSHRC Insight Grant. His teaching spans undergraduate and graduate levels, covering French literature, folklore, and colonial studies. Research interests also include the intersection of French theatre with colonial projects in Canada, challenging traditional Eurocentric narratives. His work appears in journals like French Studies and French Forum . Professional highlights include leadership roles in academic administration and sustained contributions to early modern French cultural history. Grants and fellowships underpin his research trajectory.

• French Literature
• Francophone Culture
• Early Modern Period (16th-18th Centuries)
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