Online database of Central American native languages

This collaborative project aims to gather, transcribe, translate, and analyze documents written in Nahuatl or Nawat from Central America during the Spanish colonial period.

Zika, social sciences and humanities

International conference about the role of social sciences in the struggle against Zika. March 30, 2017, ENSP/Fiocruz

Eugenics and sterilization in the United States

In an interview to HCS-Manguinhos, Alexandra Stern, University of Michigan, talks about her initial findings related to ethnic and gender bias in sterilization policies.

The Politics of Vaccination

The article about the yellow fever vaccine in Brazil was written by Jaime Benchimol, member of our scientific editorial council.

Between Germanic and Latin eugenics: Portugal, 1930-1960

Richard Mark Cleminson discusses the participation of Portuguese eugenicists in “Latin eugenics”.

Tuberculosis infantil en Argentina, 1893-1920

El trabajo analiza la vida cotidiana de los ‘niños tuberculosos’ que fueron internados en el Hospital Marítimo, Mar del Plata.

Russian revolution focus

Cambridge University press is providing free access to article and book chapter collections which focus on Russia before, during and after the 1917 revolution.

Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Medicine

The fellow will have teaching and administrative responsibilities in the department’s new online program in the history of medicine.

Viruela y vacuna

La doctora en Historia de la Universidad Católica de Chile Paula Caffarena estudia la difusión de la vacuna contra la viruela en Chile como parte de un proceso global que culminó con la erradicación de la enfermedad.

La obsesión de Salvador Dalí por la ciencia

El pintor acompañó los descubrimientos científicos – la bomba atómica, la estructura del ADN – y siempre lo enseñó en su obra.