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Dr Martin Robert

Honorary Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I am Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Medicine at the Centre for History in Public Health. I am also a research associate at CERMES3 (CNRS, France) and at the Centre d'histoire des régulations sociales (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada). I hold a PhD in History (2019) from the Université du Québec à Montréal and spent ten years as a research assistant at the university's Centre d'histoire des régulations sociales.

My research interests include the history of medical education, the nineteenth century, the British and French empires, the history of medicine, the history of Quebec/Canada, the Atlantic World, and the history of death. My book, 'Cette science nécessaire. Dissections humaines et formation médicale au Québec' was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2023.

My first postdoctoral fellowship, at the University of Oxford (2019-2021), focused on the history of medical schools in Canada and India in the context of the British Empire. My second postdoctoral fellowship, at the Institut francilien recherche, innovation, société (2022-2023), focused on the history of medical education in the British and French empires.

 

I have received several research grants, including from the École française de Rome, and was a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. My work has been recognized with several awards, including the thesis prize from the Société française d'histoire des sciences et des techniques and the Jean-Charles Sournia prize from the Société française d'histoire de la médecine.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various formats (lectures, seminars, tutorials, etc.), some of which I designed, in both English and French. My teaching experience spans several universities in Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, including the University of Oxford and SciencesPo Paris, totaling over 350 hours. My courses have covered theories and methods in history, philosophy, and the history of medicine, the body, and science.

Research

History of medical education; nineteenth century; British and French empires; history of medicine; history of Quebec/Canada; Atlantic World; history of death.

Research Area
History of medicine
Country
Canada
India
France
United Kingdom

Selected Publications

Medical schools in empires: connecting the dots.
Cho, H; ROBERT, M;
2024
Medical history
La crémation entre essor et marginalité à la fin du XIXe siècle. Une pratique hors normes ?
ROBERT, M;
2023
Des morts qui dérogent. À l’écart des normes funéraires, XIXe-XXe siècles
Un tabou contemporain de la mort ? Autour de Geoffrey Gorer
ROBERT, M;
2023
Transitions funéraires en Occident
Feux croisés
ROBERT, M;
2021
Histoire, médecine et santé
Frankenstein et la littérature résurrectionniste au Québec
ROBERT, M;
2020
Frankenstein, le démiurge des Lumières
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