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Claire Edington is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of California - San Diego. Her expertise encompasses colonial and postcolonial history, medicine, global history, and public health, with a particular focus on modern Southeast Asian history. She received her PhD in History and Ethics of Public Health from Columbia University in 2013. Prior to her position at UCSD, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University (2013-2014) and worked as an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts - Boston (2014-2015). Edington is the author of the book 'Asylum: Mental Illness in French Colonial Vietnam,' published by Cornell University Press in April 2019. Her research sheds light on the intricate relationships between patients and institutions in colonial Vietnam, challenging traditional narratives of psychiatric care. She has been recognized for her contributions to the historical study of medicine, receiving the Jack D. Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award in 2014. Her ongoing projects include a major research monograph on drug addiction and recovery in 20th century Vietnam, which aims to explore the historical nuances of addiction and rehabilitation.
University of California - San Diego • La Jolla, California
Teaching and research in the Department of History.
University of Massachusetts - Boston • Boston, Massachusetts
Taught courses related to history and conducted research.
Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University • Cambridge, Massachusetts
Conducted research and contributed to academic discourse.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).