IU School of Liberal Arts

William H. Schneider

Campus Address: CA 406
Phone: (317)274-7220
Email: whschnei@iupui.edu
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Appointments

Professor of History
Director of Medical Humanities

Education

B.A. Stanford University 1967
M.A. Duquesne University 1970
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1976

Academic Interests

History of science and medicine, French history and twentieth-century Europe; global health history; humanitarian assistance

Awards

Fulbright Scholar, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health

Publications

An Empire for the Masses: The French Popular Image of Africa, 1870-1900(Greenwood Press 1982);
Quality and Quantity: The Quest for Biological Regeneration in 20th Century France (Cambridge University Press 1990);
(editor)Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine: International Initiatives from World War I to the Cold War (Indiana University Press 2002)
The Story of One Life, co-editor of translation and annotation of autobiography of Ludwig Hirszfeld (Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2010)
The History of Blood Transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (Cambridge, OH: Ohio University Press, fall 2013)