Margaret E. Schotte
Associate Professor
Office: Vari Hall, 2138
Phone: 4167362100 Ext: 30418
Email: mschotte@yorku.ca
Primary website: http://www.margaretschotte.com
Secondary website: http://yorku.academia.edu/MargaretSchotte
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I am an associate professor of Early Modern History in York's Department of History. My research and teaching interests include the Renaissance and Reformation, History of the Book and Reading, and the History of Science and Technology.
My recent book, Sailing Schools: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019), is a comparative study of nautical knowledge. How did early modern sailors develop mathematical and technical expertise in the age of exploration and the print revolution? By analyzing rare manuscripts produced by sailors themselves, this study explores the many different ways by which mariners mastered scientific concepts--on shore, in the classroom, and on board ship--and how these practices in turn shaped their societies. Find out more at www.SailingSchoolBook.com.
Degrees
PhD, MA, Princeton UniversityMA, University of Toronto
BA, Harvard University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
- 2019 John Lyman Book Award, Naval and Maritime Science and Technology (North American Society for Oceanic History), awarded to Sailing School - 2020
- 2020 Leo Gershoy Award for the best book in the fields of 17th- and 18th-century western European history, American Historical Association - 2020
- LA&PS Dean’s Award for Distinction in Research, Emerging Researcher category - 2021
“Nautical Manuals and Ships’ Instruments, 1550-1800: Lessons in Two and Three Dimensions.” Routledge Research Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds, 1400-1800: Oceans in Global History and Culture, Claire Jowitt, Craig Lambert, Steve Mentz, eds. (Routledge, 2020)
“Sailors, States, and the Creation of Nautical Knowledge,” chapter in Lauren Benton and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, eds., A World at Sea: Maritime Practices in Global History, 1500-1900 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020)
Review of Smith, Helen and Louise Wilson, eds. Renaissance Paratexts (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011) Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Reforme 38.2 (Spring 2015): 240-242.
“Expert Records: Nautical Logbooks from Columbus to Cook,” Information & Culture: A Journal of History 48 no. 3 (2013), 281-322.
“Regimented Lessons: The Evolution of the Nautical Logbook in France,” Annuaire de Droit Maritime et Océanique (June 2013), 91-115.
“‘Books for the Use of the Learned and Studious’: William London’s Catalogue of Most Vendible Books,” Book History, vol. 11 (2008), 33-57.
Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Calculated Course: Creating Transoceanic Navigators, 1580-1800” Princeton University, 2014.
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | AP/HIST2820 3.0 | A | How to Think About Technology | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/HIST4230 6.0 | A | A History of Reading | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2022 | GS/HIST5701 6.0 | A | Modern Cultural History | SEMR |
I am an associate professor of Early Modern History in York's Department of History. My research and teaching interests include the Renaissance and Reformation, History of the Book and Reading, and the History of Science and Technology.
My recent book, Sailing Schools: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019), is a comparative study of nautical knowledge. How did early modern sailors develop mathematical and technical expertise in the age of exploration and the print revolution? By analyzing rare manuscripts produced by sailors themselves, this study explores the many different ways by which mariners mastered scientific concepts--on shore, in the classroom, and on board ship--and how these practices in turn shaped their societies. Find out more at www.SailingSchoolBook.com.
Degrees
PhD, MA, Princeton UniversityMA, University of Toronto
BA, Harvard University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
Awards
- 2019 John Lyman Book Award, Naval and Maritime Science and Technology (North American Society for Oceanic History), awarded to Sailing School - 2020
- 2020 Leo Gershoy Award for the best book in the fields of 17th- and 18th-century western European history, American Historical Association - 2020
- LA&PS Dean’s Award for Distinction in Research, Emerging Researcher category - 2021
All Publications
“Nautical Manuals and Ships’ Instruments, 1550-1800: Lessons in Two and Three Dimensions.” Routledge Research Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds, 1400-1800: Oceans in Global History and Culture, Claire Jowitt, Craig Lambert, Steve Mentz, eds. (Routledge, 2020)
“Sailors, States, and the Creation of Nautical Knowledge,” chapter in Lauren Benton and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, eds., A World at Sea: Maritime Practices in Global History, 1500-1900 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020)
Review of Smith, Helen and Louise Wilson, eds. Renaissance Paratexts (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011) Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Reforme 38.2 (Spring 2015): 240-242.
“Expert Records: Nautical Logbooks from Columbus to Cook,” Information & Culture: A Journal of History 48 no. 3 (2013), 281-322.
“Regimented Lessons: The Evolution of the Nautical Logbook in France,” Annuaire de Droit Maritime et Océanique (June 2013), 91-115.
“‘Books for the Use of the Learned and Studious’: William London’s Catalogue of Most Vendible Books,” Book History, vol. 11 (2008), 33-57.
Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Calculated Course: Creating Transoceanic Navigators, 1580-1800” Princeton University, 2014.
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | AP/HIST2820 3.0 | A | How to Think About Technology | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/HIST4230 6.0 | A | A History of Reading | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2022 | GS/HIST5701 6.0 | A | Modern Cultural History | SEMR |
