Professor of History Emerita and University Distinguished Professor
Elizabeth Lane Furdell, Professor of History Emerita and University Distinguished Professor at the University of North Florida, received her Ph.D. from Kent State University in 1973 and specialized in English, British, and European history. She taught courses on Tudor-Stuart England, Renaissance-Reformation, Modern Britain, British Empire, and Ireland and published extensively on early modern medicine in the Tudor-Stuart era. Among her books, all of them based on British archives and manuscripts, are The Royal Doctors: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts; Publishing and Medicine in Early Modern England; and Fatal Thirst: Diabetes in Britain until Insulin. Her many articles, essays, and reviews appeared in various academic journals, collections, and books. Throughout her career she received multiple teaching awards, scholarship recognition, and wide acclaim for her mentoring of students.
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About Elizabeth Lane Furdell
Elizabeth Lane Furdell, Professor of History Emerita and University Distinguished Professor at the University of North Florida, received her Ph.D. from Kent State University in 1973 and specialized in English, British, and European history. She taught courses on Tudor-Stuart England, Renaissance-Reformation, Modern Britain, British Empire, and Ireland and published extensively on early modern medicine in the Tudor-Stuart era. Among her books, all of them based on British archives and manuscripts, are The Royal Doctors: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts; Publishing and Medicine in Early Modern England; and Fatal Thirst: Diabetes in Britain until Insulin. Her many articles, essays, and reviews appeared in various academic journals, collections, and books. Throughout her career she received multiple teaching awards, scholarship recognition, and wide acclaim for her mentoring of students.
| 1983 - 2010 | Professor of History Emerita, University of North Florida ‐ Department of History | |
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Disciplines
Grants
| 2006 | Summer Research Grant |
| University of North Florida | |
| 2004 | Summer Research Grant |
| University of North Florida | |
| 2002 | Summer Research Grant |
| University of North Florida | |
| 1999 | Summer Research Grant |
| University of North Florida |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2009 | Reader-Consultant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | 2008 - 2009 | Reader-Consultant, National Science Foundation | 2004 - 2009 | Executive committee, Southern Conference on British Studies | 2008 | Reader-Consultant, Early Science and Medicine | 2008 | Reader-Consultant, International Journal of the Book | 2008 | Reader-Consultant, Journal for the Social History of Medicine | 2007 | Reader-Consultant, British Journal of Science | 2006 | Reader-Consultant, International Journal of the Book | 1992 - 1994 | Member, American Fellowships Committee, American Association of University Women | 1985 - 1992 | Membership Committee, Southern Association of Women Historians | 1991 | Research Associate, Institute for Historical Research, University of London | 1985 - 1990 | Academic Humanist, Florida Endowment for the Humanities | 1989 | Research Associate, Institute for Historical Research, University of London | 1987 | Research Associate, Institute for Historical Research, University of London | 1981 - 1987 | Member, American Fellowships Committee, American Association of University Women | 1975 - 1987 | Abstractor, Albion and Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London for Historical Abstracts (ABC-Clio) | 1985 | Research Associate, Institute for Historical Research, University of London | 1982 - 1984 | Member, Montana Committee for the Humanities | 1983 | Research Associate, Institute for Historical Research, University of London | 1980 - 1983 | Monthly book reviewer, "Today in Montana", a statewide television magazine |
Honors and Awards
- 2009: Soldwedel Foundation Award, UNF
- 2006: UNF Outstanding Scholarship Award
- 2006: Susan B. Anthony Award, UNF Women's Center
- 2005: Sheldon Hanft Travel Award, Southern Conference on British Studies
- 2004, April: Wellcome Trust Travel Grant
- 2003: Finalist, EVE Award in Education (Florida Times-Union Outstanding Women Awards)
- 2003: Nominee, CASE Professor of the Year Award
- 2002: UNF Distinguished Professor
- 1995-1996: Reilly Fellowship in Irish Studies
- 1994: State University System Teaching Incentive Program Award
- 1996: State University System Teaching Incentive Program Award
- 1998: State University System Teaching Incentive Program Award
- 1994, Summer: University of North Florida Foundation Award
- 1993, Fall: International Studies Curriculum Development Award, University of North Florida
- 1989: Outstanding Teaching Award, UNF
- 1990: Outstanding Teaching Award, UNF
- 1999: Outstanding Teaching Award, UNF
- 1990: Sabbatical Award, UNF
- 1997: Sabbatical award, UNF
- 2004: Sabbatical Award, UNF
- 1987, Fall: Faculty, London Campus Centre, Florida State University in London
| 1973 | PhD, Kent State University ‐ History | |
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| 1968 | MA, Kent State University ‐ History | |
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| 1966 | BA, University of Washington ‐ History | |
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