Women in sciences, a historiographical reflection

On International Women Day, we selected articles that offer a historiographical reflection on women’s contribution to science and technology.

Tensiones de género en la protección de la infancia

María Soledad Rojas Novoa analiza las condiciones de emergencia del movimiento americano de protección de la infancia a principios del siglo XX.

A Brazilian Perspective in the History of Geology and Disasters

Maria Margaret Lopes and Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça Figueirôa affirm that Brazil has been living under the impact of severe environmental, cultural, and political disasters for centuries.

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University 

The Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine seeks applicants for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Closing date for applications is March 31, 2020.

Race in science: a paradoxal idea

Evelynn Hammonds, Chair of the Department of History of Science at Harvard University, presents some of the most important works and approaches that marked the historiography of race, specially in the United States.