Reviewing history

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January 2021

Three years ago we launched a new section in our journal: historiographical review. The aim was to offer a profound and panoramic perspective of what has been achieved on selected themes and what needs more investigation. Since then we have published four historiographical reviews. We hope that these articles will become an educational tool for graduate students.

We have published four historiographical reviews on topics such as International exhibitions, feminism in the history of science, yellow fever in Latin America and environmental history in Brazil. 

In the first one, International expositions: a historiographic approach from Latin America (HCSM vol.24 no.3 jul./set. 2017) Nelson Sanjad, researcher at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi and professor at Universidade Federal do Pará, examines the historiography of international exhibitions, the first of which was held in London, in 1851. These events were seen as geopolitical phenomena of modernity to which are associated the rise of middle classes, nationalist and colonialist movements.

In The historiography of yellow fever in Latin America since 1980: the limits of presentism Mónica Garcia, profesor at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, identifies two major trends in the narratives related to the disease: the fever as an agent of historical changes or linked to power relations.

A historiographic essay on the history of women, medicine, and gender, by Ana Paula Vosne Martins, profesor at Universidade Federal do Paraná, presents  some of the most important works and approaches that marked this historiography with a focus on writings in the English language.

And, finally, a review of environmental historiography on Brazil, written by José Augusto Pádua, Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and Alessandra Izabel de Carvalho, of Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, presents an overview of books on Brazilian environmental history, including topics such as forests, agriculture, biodiversity, urban dynamics and environmentalism.
Two articles were funded with grants from the Wellcome Trust.

References and stories:

SANJAD, Nelson. International expositions: a historiographic approach from Latin America. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos [online]. 2017, vol.24, n.3, pp.785-826. ISSN 1678-4758.

GARCIA, Mónica. The historiography of yellow fever in Latin America since 1980: the limits of presentism. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos [online]. 2019, vol.26, n.2, pp.623-641.  Epub June 19, 2019. ISSN 1678-4758.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-59702019000200014.

MARTINS, Ana Paula Vosne. Women, male doctors, and female historians: a historiographic essay on the history of women, medicine, and gender. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.1, pp.241-264.  Epub Mar 23, 2020.

PÁDUA, José Augusto and CARVALHO, Alessandra Izabel de. A construção de um país tropical: uma apresentação da historiografia ambiental sobre o Brasil. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Out 2020, vol.27, no.4.

Contribuciones originales a la historia de la medicina Una entrevista con Mónica García, profesora de la Universidad del Rosario, sobre los enfoques y narrativas de la historiografía de la fiebre amarilla en América Latina.

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