Mat Savelli

Mat Savelli
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society

Overview

Mat Savelli is a historian of health, science, and medicine whose research focuses on two primary subjects: (1) the history of mental health and psychiatry (especially within Eastern Europe), and (2) the history of drugs (including both legal and illegal psychoactive products).

After having completed his undergraduate education in history at McMaster, he obtained an MSc in Russian and East European Studies and a DPhil in Modern History, both from the University of Oxford. He is cross-appointed to the Arts & Science program at McMaster.

Areas of Expertise

History and philosophy of medicine History of medicine and health care History and philosophy of science (including non-historical philosophy of science)

McMaster Affiliations

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Associate Professor

Health, Aging & Society

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Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging

Background

Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy in Modern History

History of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford

Master of Science

Russian and East European Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

History, McMaster University, Hamilton

Postgraduate training

Postdoctoral Fellow

World History Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

Postdoctoral Fellow

Beckman Centre for the History of Chemistry, Chemical Heritage Foundation

Contact

savellm@mcmaster.ca

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