Updated: Sun, 10/06/2024 - 10:30

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.

Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

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Ashley GIRTY

Ashley GIRTY
Contact Information
Email address: 
ashley.girty [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Biography: 

Ashley Girty is a doctoral student at McGill University. Her dissertation, “Literary Entertainment and Medicine in Early Modern Europe" examines literature and medicine as co-constitutive fields, surveying sermon, drama, and other such entertainments as sites of healthcare commentary in an era of medical professionalization, while also tracing how health concerns permeated reading practices, theatre-going, and the consumption of literary entertainment in the early modern period.

Degree(s): 

Ph.D., McGill University (exp. 2018)
M.A., University of Windsor, 2011
B.A. (Hons), University of Windsor, 2009

Current research: 
  • Literary depictions of doctors and doctoring
  • Disease, metaphor, and moral philosophy
  • Early modern sermon
  • Early modern reading and theatre-going practices as they relate to health maintenance
  • Literary aspects of early modern medical advertising and pageantry
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