Curriculum vitae Faith Wallis PhD (Toronto), FSA Professor Department of History and Classical Studies/Department of Social Studies of Medicine McGill University June 2018 (History & Classical Studies) (Social Studies of Medicine) 855, rue Sherbrooke ouest 3655 rue Peel, Montréal, Québec, Canada Montréal, Québec, Canada H2A 2T7 H2A 1X1 (514) 398-4400 ext. 094203 (514) 398-4400 ext. 094203 [email protected] http://www.mcgill.ca/history/faith-wallis EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy. Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto. 1985. Dissertation: MS Oxford St John's College 17: a Medieval Manuscript in its Contexts. Supervisor: Leonard E. Boyle. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 1978/79-1981/82 Licentiate in Mediaeval Studies. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. 1981. Dissertation: Giovanni Balbi of Genoa and the "Catholicon". Supervisor: Leonard E. Boyle. Master of Library Science. McGill University. 1976. Master of Arts. McGill University (Dept. of History). 1974. Thesis: Structure and Philosophy in Mediaeval Encyclopaedias. Supervisor: C.C. Bayley. Bachelor of Arts. McGill University. 1971. First Class Honours in History. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION History of medicine in western Europe in the Middle Ages, especially text transmission and reception, the medical book, medical education, medical concepts. History of science in western Europe in the Middle Ages (especially computus i.e. calendar management; astronomy and cosmology; scientific diagrams) the writings and influence of Bede (ca 675-735). AREAS OF COMPETENCE History of medicine and science in the pre-modern period (classical antiquity, early modern period) History of medicine in Montreal and at McGill University (especially life and influence of William Osler) 1 ACADEMIC POSITIONS Teaching positions and related academic posts Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies/Department of Social Studies of Medicine (joint appointment), McGill University. June 1992-present. History of Medicine Librarian (as of November 1990, Osler Librarian), Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Concurrently Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) in the Departments of History, and of Social Studies of Medicine. March 1986-June 1992. Assistant Professor (sabbatical replacement), Department of History, McGill University. September 1985-May 1986. Assistant History of Medicine Librarian, Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. January 1985-March 1986. Archivist (part-time). McGill University Archives. 1983-1984. Archivist-consultant. Office of the Director of Libraries, McGill University. 1982-1985. Research Assistant to Prof. Walter Principe, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. 1980. Archivist. McGill University Archives. 1976-1978. Editorial assistant. McGill University Thesis Directory. 1975-1976. Teaching Assistant. Department of History, McGill University. 1972-1973. Affiliations with other academic institutions Affiliate, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 2017- • Member, Board of Directors, Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Durham, Durham UK, 2010-present. Affiliate, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, 2006-2011. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Invited Visiting Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin. March 2018. •Slater Visiting Fellow, University College/Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University (U.K.), Easter term 2015. •Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London. Elected May 2013. •H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching, Faculty of Arts, McGill University. 1997. RESEARCH GRANTS 2 2017-2020: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant: "Master Bartholomaeus of Salerno (fl. ca 1150-1170): An Edition of his Major Medical Works." $65,923 ($21,334 + 24,942 + 19,637). 2016-2017. McGill University. Office of Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) SSHRC Internal Research Grant. "Reason and Reckoning: Albums of Science in England: ca. 1000-ca. 1200." $6,000. 2008-2012. Fonds québecois de la recherche sur la société et la culture. Grant in support of an équipe universitaire en fonctionnment (with Robert Wisnovsky (Principal Investigator), Carlos Fraenkel, Jamie Fumo, Jamil Ragep and Sebastian Sobecki): "Transmission, translation and transformation in medieval cultures." 2008-2012. $338,725. 2006-2007 SSHRC Conference grant for Workshop on "Vehicles of Transmission, Translation and Transformation" (with Robert Wisnovsky, Jamie Fumo and Carlos Fraenkel) $23,000. 2006-2008. Fonds québecois de la recherche sur la société et la culture. Grant in support of an équipe en emergence (with Robert Wisnovsky, Carlos Fraenkel and Jamie Fumo): "Transmission, translation and transformation in medieval cultures." ($42,000) •2004. Associated Medical Services. Hannah Development Grant. $7,185 for conference to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Osler Library entitled "Medical Books and Medical Libraries in Historical Perspective." 2004. McGill University, Digital Collections Programme. Tomlinson Digital Innovation Award ($15,000) to produce a hypertext commentary on MS Oxford, St John's College 17 (in partnership with Oxford University). 2006. McGill University. Office of Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) SSHRC Internal Research Grant. ($4,500). Topping-up grant to complete The calendar and the cloister: a digitized facsimile edition of MS Oxford St John's 17, with hypertext commentary. 1999-2001. McGill University. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Internal Research Grant. Research grant ($756) for a project entitled “Bede on the Apocalypse: A Translation with Introduction, Notes and Commentary.” 1998. McGill University. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Internal Research Grant. Research grant ($1500) for a project entitled "Doctors and Patients in 15th Century Paris." 1994-2001. Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine. Grant in aid of research ($9,800+$4,285+2,850+$8200)) for a project entitled "The Articella and its commentaries in the 12th century." 1990-1992. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Research Grant ($41,725, of which $25,000 was release-time stipend) for a project entitled "A Historical Study of Medieval Time-Reckoning (Computus): its Content, Development and Cultural Context." 1988-1990. Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine. Grant in aid of research ($14,941) to prepare a census and study of medieval computus (i.e. time-reckoning) manuscripts containing medical materials. 3 McGill University. Office of Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations). Paper presentation grant (awarded several times). OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 2009-present International Collaborator: "The Ordered Universe" research group, University of Durham, UK (PI: Dr Giles Gasper). Funding: UK AHRC. https://ordered- universe.com/ local organizer of the group's sumposium "Guiding Stars, Motion and Light": Robert Grosseteste's De motu supercelestium, De motu corporali et de luce and De sex differentiis, McGill University, 2-5 May 2018. 2015-: Collaborator, Science Education in Islam research group, McGill University (PIs Jamil Ragep, Anila Asghar). Funding: SSHRC. PUBLICATIONS Monographs (published or in press) Isidore of Seville, On the Nature of Things. (with Calvin Kendall) Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2016. Bede: Commentary on Revelation. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2013. reviews: Paul Hilliard, The Medieval Review 15.05.15 http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/article/view/18852/24965; George House, Early Medieval Europe 22 (2014):363-366 [SJR H Index 18]; Jerome Kodell, American Benedictine Review 65,2 (2014):229-230. Medieval Medicine: A Reader. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. reviews: Elma Brenner, Medical History 57,2 (2013):306-308 [SJR H Index 21]; Fernando Salmón, Social History of Medicine 24 (2011):840-842 [SJR H Index 24]; Maud Kozodoy, The Medieval Review 11.07.04 [http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/article/view/17196/23314 Bede: The Nature of Things and On Times (with Calvin Kendall). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2010. reviews: Debby Banham, British Journal for the History of Science 45 (2012):125- 6 [SJR H Index 23]; Scott DeGregorio, Isis 103,2 (2012):396-7 [SJR H Index 31]; Siân Echard, Speculum 87,4 (2012) 1219-1220 [SJR H Index 19]; Conor O'Brien, English Historical Review 127/ 529 (2012):1473-4 [SJR H Index 11]; Immo Wartjes, The Medieval Review 12.08.01 http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/article/view/17613/23731 ; Wilfrid Theisen, American Benedictine Review 62,3 (2011):351-2; Franklin T. Harkins, Review of Metaphysics 66,1 (2012): 132-4 [SJR H Index 13]. Bede: The Reckoning of Time. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. 2nd ed. 2004. Monographs (in preparation) 4 1. Alexander Neckam (1157-1217): The Natures of Things. Ed. and trans. with introduction and commentary by Faith Wallis. British Writers of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Oxford: Bodleian Library and Toronto: PIMS, under contract. 2. Bartholomaeus of Salerno: Commentaries on the Articella. Ed. and trans. with introduction and commentary by Faith Wallis. Edizione nazionale "La scuola medica Salernitana", Florence: SISMEL – Edizioni del Galluzzi, under contract. 3. Reason and Reckoning: Albums of Science in England, c. 1000-c.1200.