Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine

Dr Erica Charters

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Research Interest

My research examines disease, state power, warfare, and how these intersect in the eighteenth century, especially in colonial contexts.  More broadly, I am interested in the relationship between war and civilians during the early modern period. 

I am currently working on the history of prisoners of war during the mid-eighteenth century, and an examination of the role of disease among French troops during the Seven Years War (1756-63).

Selected Publications

'Making the Body Modern: Race, Medicine, and the Colonial Soldier in the Mid Eighteenth Century', Patterns of Prejudice, September 2012.

co-editor (with Eve Rosenhaft, Hannah Smith), Civilians and War in Europe 1615-1815: Reconsidering Total War (University of Liverpool Press 2012); includes 'The Administration of War: Prisoners of War in Britain during the Eighteenth Century'.

'Military Medicine and the Ethics of War: British Colonial Warfare during the Seven Years War' Canadian Bulletin for the History of Medicine (2010).

Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of the British Troops during the Seven Years War (1756-63), University of Chicago Press (under contract).

'The Caring Fiscal-Military State: The British Armed Forces during the Seven Years War' The Historical Journal (December 2009).

'Disease, Wilderness Warfare, and Imperial Relations: The Battle for Quebec, 1759-1760' War in History (January 2009).

Biography

BHum, MA, DPhil
2009 Lecturer in European History, University of Bath Spa
2007-8 Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century History, University of Liverpool
2008 Julian Corbett Prize for Research in Modern Naval History
2008 W. M. Keck Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Library
2007 Price Fellowship, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan

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