Staum, Martin -

Personal Information
First Name: 
Martin
Last Name: 
Staum
Department / Program: 
History
University Affiliation: 
University of Calgary
Phone: 
4032206424
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Social Sciences
Geographical Region: 
France
Time Period: 
18th and 19th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Nature versus nurture in 19th century french anthropology, ethnography, psychology and sociology. Current area nature-nurture problem in French social sciences, 1859-1914
Academics
PHD Program: 
History
PHD University: 
Cornell University
PHD Date: 
1971
Major Publications: 
Staum, Martin S., Cabanis: Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980), 430 pp. Staum, Martin S., & Donald E. Larsen (eds.), Doctors, Patients, and Society: Power and Authority in Medical Care. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1981 (appeared February, 1982), 285 pp. Staum, Martin S., Minerva's Message: Stabilizing the French Revolution. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996, 360pp. (finalist for the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme social sciences award, 1998). Staum, Martin S. Labeling People: French Scholars on Society, Race, and Empire, 1815-1848. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2003, 264pp. Staum, Martin S. Nature and Nurture in French Social Sciences, 1859-1914 and Beyond. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011, 251pp.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
History of Science Society, CSHPS, Society for French Historical Studies, Soci
Courses Taught: 
History of Enlightenment, French Revolution and Napoleon, History of Modern France, Great Ideas that Shaped Europe; Modern France, 1715-1968; Discussions on the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon