![]() ![]() Letters, journals, and diaries show how these travelers enjoyed new personal and intellectual freedom. The research resulted in Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe. In the course of writing Exploring European Frontiers, Dolan amassed a surprisingly large research file on the bold females who transgressed the customary restrictions on British women to take a grand tour of the European continent. Writing in The English Historical Review, Bruce Redford commented, "By adhering so closely to Clarke's itinerary, Dolan makes it difficult to sustain a strong, independent argument." According to Canadian Journal of History critic Rob Iliffe, the book is "a useful addition to the growing number of texts devoted to the multifarious ways in which Europeans classified others and thus came to redefine themselves, in and after the process of 'Enlightenment.'" Reviewers described the book as an informative, perhaps dense contribution to the literature on this historical period. His experiences, which included the study of politics, natural science, and archaeology, reflected the British interest in examining the "civilizing process" across Europe and the eastern Mediterranean region. In the role of tutor, Clarke traveled through Scandinavia, Russia, the Holy Lands, North Africa, and Greece during an unusually extensive Grand Tour. ![]() The book is focused on Edward Clarke's Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa, which was published during the years 1810 to 1822. He has written books of interest to academic and general audiences, including the widely acclaimed biography Wedgwood: The First Tycoon.ĭolan examines the influence of travel narratives in Exploring European Frontiers: British Travellers in the Age of Enlightenment. SIDELIGHTS: Brian Dolan is an historian with research and publishing interests that encompass European cultural and scientific history during the Enlightenment, the history of environmental and occupational health, and the development and impact of medical imaging technologies. WORK IN PROGRESS: Conducting research for a book on the history of medical perceptions of the lungs. ![]() Wedgwood: The First Tycoon, Viking (New York, NY), 2004, published as Josiah Wedgwood: Entrepreneur to the Enlightenment, HarperCollins (London, England), 2004. Literature and Science: Chemistry, 1650–1850, Pickering & Chatto (London, England), 2004. Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe, HarperCollins ( New York, NY), 2001. (Editor) Malthus, Medicine, and Morality: Malthusianism after 1798, Rodopi (Atlanta, GA), 2000.Įxploring European Frontiers: British Travellers in the Age of Enlightenment, St. Science Unbound: Geography, Space, and Discipline, Umea (Umea, Sweden), 1998. MEMBER: History of Science Society (chair of committee on education). Member of advisory committee, University of California Humanities Research Institute. ĬAREER: Umea University, Umea, Sweden, assistant professor, 1995–96 Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, Wellcome fellow, 1996–97 University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, assistant professor, 1997–2001 University of London, London, England, assistant professor, 2001–02 University of California at San Francisco, associate professor of anthropology, history, and social medicine. (magna cum laude), 1992 Cambridge University, Ph.D., 1995.ĪDDRESSES: Office- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, 3333 California St., Ste.
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