Stanley, Heather
Faculty
History and Religion Department
- Phone
- (403) 329-2361
- heather.stanley@uleth.ca
About Me
I joined the University of Lethbridge in the summer of 2020 and look forward to actually being able to be a part of campus life.
Education:
Ph.D. University of Saskatchewan
M.A. University of Victoria
B.A. University of Victoria
I have a forthcoming book Sex and the Married Girl: Sex, Heterosexual Marriage, and the Body in Postwar Canada, 1946-1966 which is currently under contract with the University of Toronto Press.
Education:
Ph.D. University of Saskatchewan
M.A. University of Victoria
B.A. University of Victoria
I have a forthcoming book Sex and the Married Girl: Sex, Heterosexual Marriage, and the Body in Postwar Canada, 1946-1966 which is currently under contract with the University of Toronto Press.
Biography
I currently offer courses in the Department of History as well as graduate courses through the University of Lethbridge's U Cultural, Social, and Political Thought.
Courses:
•tHistory 2710: Canada to 1867
•tHistory 2720: Canada Since 1867
•tHistory 3850B: The Body in History From Medieval to Modern
•tHistory 4070A/5070: Sexuality in Canada
I am interested in supervising Honours and Masters students in areas relating to histories of Canada, gender, sexuality, the body, and medicine.
Courses:
•tHistory 2710: Canada to 1867
•tHistory 2720: Canada Since 1867
•tHistory 3850B: The Body in History From Medieval to Modern
•tHistory 4070A/5070: Sexuality in Canada
I am interested in supervising Honours and Masters students in areas relating to histories of Canada, gender, sexuality, the body, and medicine.
Publications
•t"Primal Urge/National Force: Canadian Sex and Sexuality Historiography." In Reading Canadian Women's and Gender History, eds. Nancy Janovicek and Carmen Nielson, 225-277. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
•t "'Unsex me Here!' Gender as a Barrier to Female Practice: A Historical Introduction to Women Doctors in Canada." In Women and Medicine: Experience and Culture, eds. Earle Waugh, Shelley Ross and Shirley Schipper, 24-45. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
•t"Professionalization in Canada - An Annotated Timeline." In Women and Medicine: Experience and Culture, eds. Earle Waugh, Shelley Ross and Shirley Schipper, 46-58. Toronto: University of Press, 2019.
•t "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, 207-226. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2013.
•t "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 no. 1 (2012): 49-68.
•t "'Unsex me Here!' Gender as a Barrier to Female Practice: A Historical Introduction to Women Doctors in Canada." In Women and Medicine: Experience and Culture, eds. Earle Waugh, Shelley Ross and Shirley Schipper, 24-45. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
•t"Professionalization in Canada - An Annotated Timeline." In Women and Medicine: Experience and Culture, eds. Earle Waugh, Shelley Ross and Shirley Schipper, 46-58. Toronto: University of Press, 2019.
•t "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, 207-226. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2013.
•t "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 no. 1 (2012): 49-68.
Research Interests
My current project is a social and cultural history of the experiences of women who suffer from maternal mental illnesses (such as postpartum depression) with a focus on Western Canada from 1890-1980.
Other interests:
Canadian History - particularly the intersectional, gendered, and colonial history of Canada as part of the empire and its legacies.
Medicine and the Body - how corporeal experiences are understood and shaped by social discourses and categories of difference; illness narratives and experience; citizen bodies and power.
Gender - particularly the intersectional relationship between gender and social categories of difference including race, class, sexuality, and ability; discourse theory; the construction of masculinity and femininity.
Sexuality - the construction of the sexual experience and sexual norms; the interrelation of sexuality and gender ideals.
Other interests:
Canadian History - particularly the intersectional, gendered, and colonial history of Canada as part of the empire and its legacies.
Medicine and the Body - how corporeal experiences are understood and shaped by social discourses and categories of difference; illness narratives and experience; citizen bodies and power.
Gender - particularly the intersectional relationship between gender and social categories of difference including race, class, sexuality, and ability; discourse theory; the construction of masculinity and femininity.
Sexuality - the construction of the sexual experience and sexual norms; the interrelation of sexuality and gender ideals.