Nancy Tomes



Professor (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1978)
E-Mail
nancy.tomes@sunysb.edu
Office
SBS N-323
Phone
631-632-7509
Fax
631-632-7367
Research Interests
History of Medicine, Women and Gender, U.S. Cultural History
Publications
"Medicine and Madison Avenue" (MMA), Duke University, 2002.

The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998). (Winner of the 2002 Welch Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine.)

with Lynn Gamwell, Madness in America: Cultural and Medical Perceptions of Mental Illness before 1914 (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995).

The Art of Asylum-keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994) reprint edition.
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Message from the Chair

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

I am privileged to be the current Chair of the History Department at Stony Brook. Our program has achieved remarkable success over the past two decades. Our faculty have compiled an exceptional record of productivity, as measured in article and book publication; moreover, the quality of that work has been exceptional as well, reflected in [...]

Upcoming conferences

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Mark your calendars for two major conferences being sponsored by the History Department in 2008-2009.
I. “The Eighteenth Century Cosmopolis: Global Cities and Citizens in the Age of Sail.”
October 23-24, 2008 at Stony Brook Manhattan
Co-sponsored with the Stony Brook Humanities Institute.
Click on this web link for more information.  Conference poster (links to PDF).
II.  “The Worlds of Lion [...]

Department Colloquium Series

Monday, January 15th, 2007

All presentations will be held in SBS N303.
Dr. Chris Sellers, “What was Earth Day?”
Thursday, February 9, 2007, 2:20-3:40pm
Dr. Robert Goldenberg, “When did ‘the Jews’ begin to Notice Christianity?”
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 12:50-2:10pm
Dr. April Masten
“The Challenge Dance: Mid-Nineteenth Century Migrations of Afro-Celtic Popular Culture”
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 12:50-2:10pm
Alberto Harambour
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 12:50-2:10pm