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Michael MacKay

Field: History of Science and Medicine/Britain

Contact Info:

mike_mackay@byu.edu
2135 JFSB
(801) 422-8013

Consultation Hours:
M, W, F 4:00 – 5:00pm

Current Classes:

  • Hist 202. World Civ since 1500
  • Hist 291. History of Science
Classes To Be Taught:
  • World Civilization 1500 to present
  • Surgery and the Rise of Modern Medicine
  • Modern British History
  • The History and Philosophy of Science 1700-1900
  • Empire and Disease
  • The History of Truth: Science in the 20th Century


 
Biography:

Professor MacKay did his graduate work at the University of York (UK) focusing on cultural theory and the history of the body. His PhD dissertation “Equine Medicine in a Horse Drawn World: Farriery, Horse-Doctoring and Equine Surgery in England c. 1680-c. 1800” has lead to several publications in the Veterinary History Journal and the The Journal of the History of Medicine and in September of 2008 he was awarded the Young Scholars Award from the World Association of the History of Veterinary Medicine (an award given out every three years to outstanding scholars) for his research. Broadly speaking he is interested in the fields of history of medicine, sociology and science, British and European history and the history of human/animal relationships.