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Elise Smith is an Associate Professor in the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick. Her academic interests focus on the history of medicine and life sciences in Britain, particularly during the British Empire from 1800 to the present. Smith’s current research project examines the impact of the 19th-century health reform movement in the Royal Navy and the role of maritime medicine in debates about nature versus nurture, as well as issues related to physical deterioration and national efficiency. She is revising a book manuscript titled "Skulls, Nation and Empire: The Rise and Fall of British Craniology, 1800-1939" which explores the study of skull measurements as a branch of racial science within Britain and its empire during the 19th and 20th centuries. Her broader research interests include racial theory and the measurement of the human body, as well as the disciplinary histories of anthropology and anatomy.
University of Warwick • Coventry, UK
Teaching and research in the history of medicine.
Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford • Oxford, UK
Conducted research and taught in the history of medicine.
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