Heather Stanley

Position

Assistant Professor

Academics

Ph. D. University of Saskatchewan
M.A. University of Victoria
B.A. University of Victoria

Contact

Department of History
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1C 5S7
Email: hstanley@mun.ca
Office: A-4001
Phone: 864-4326

Research Interests

Canadian History; Gender and Sexuality History; History of the Body; History of Medicine

Student Supervision

I am currently accepting Honours and Masters level students with research interests which match my own.

Selected Publications

2016. “Primal Urge/National Force: Canadian Sex and Sexuality Historiography.” In A Companion to Canadian Women's and Gender History eds. Nancy Janovicek and Carmen Nielson. (forthcoming).

2016. “‘Unsex me Here!’ Gender as a Barrier to Female Practice: A Historical Introduction to Women Doctors in Canada.” In Women and Medicine ed. Earle Waugh. (forthcoming).

2013. “Embodying Family Values: Imaginary Bodies, the Canadian Medical Association Journal and Heterosexuality in Western Canada.” In Place and Replace: Essays on Western Canada, eds. Adele Perry, Esyllt W. Jones and Leah Morton. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2013, 207-226.

2012. “Sairey Gamps, Feminine Nurses and Greedy Monopolists: Discourses of Gender and Professional Identity in the Lancet and the British Medical Journal, 1886-1902.” Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 29.1 (2012): 49-68.