Lachapelle, Sophie -

Submitted by root on Thu, 2010/06/24 - 4:52pm
Personal Information
First Name: 
Sophie
Last Name: 
Lachapelle
Department / Program: 
History
University Affiliation: 
University of Guelph
Phone: 
5198244120
Extension: 
53214
Email Address: 
slachap@uoguelph.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Psychiatry
Psychology
Geographical Region: 
France
Time Period: 
19th and 20th Century
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Magic and wonder in 19th century French science; marginal sciences; science and religion; popular Science; science and entertainment; science and children; aquariums; modern France
Academics
PHD Program: 
History
PHD University: 
University of Notre Dame
PHD Date: 
2002
Major Publications: 
Science on Stage: Recreational Physics, White Magic, and Scientific Wonder at the Nineteenth-Century French Theatre. Investigating the Supernatural: From Spiritism and Occultism to Psychical Research and Metapsychics in France, 1853-1931. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
HSS CSHPS
Courses Taught: 
Science and Society since 1500 Science and Society: Historical Perspectives Science and Society: Current Issues Science and Society: Seminar Science and Gender: Seminar Honours Seminar in Arts and Sciences I and II Modern European Women