The Brazilian Academy of Science is organizing a free international seminar on “Society and Nature – dialogue between natural and social scientists on the challenges of sustainability”. It will take place from 30 September to 1 October 2014. This unprecedented encounter aims to promoting the dialogue between social and natural scientists to discuss...

The National Library of Medicine, offers an online collection with books, documents and researches produced in the US, Canada, Latin American and the Caribbean between 1610 and 1920. Subject areas include women’s health, infant care, mental disorders and homeopathy.

Six books that help readers to better understand themselves and the world around them have been selected as the shortlist for The Royal Society Winton Prize for  popular science Books. The winner will be announced on 10 November,  2014. The author of the winning book will receive £25,000.  The first chapter of each book is available to download for free at...

Th Journal Historia Crítica is calling for unpublished articles in either English, Spanish or Portuguese about music and sound in the historical and social framework.

The AAHM welcomes submissions on any aspect of the history of health and healing, pertaining to any eras or region of the world.

El portal www.fundacionmapfrehistoria.org es un portal bilingüe – español y portugués – dedicado a la historia contemporánea de América Latina del Instituto de Cultura de la FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE de Espana & esta dirigido a impulsar la difusión y el conocimiento de la Colección de libros sobre América Latina en la Historia...

Are you planning to attend the PCST Conference in Salvador, Brazil, 5-8 May 2014?

Last month the first Cuban physicians arrived in Brazil under a new government programme to work in underserved parts of the country, both rural and urban. Francisco Eduardo de Campos tells Claudia Jurberg why the Mais Médicos (More Physicians) programme is necessary.

Observed by Arthur Neiva in Rio de Janeiro in 1907, the biological and social resistance of malaria sufferers to preventive and curative treatment with quinine was corroborated three years later by Oswaldo Cruz during the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railway in the Brazilian Amazon. Likewise in 1910, ailing German workers were transferred from Brazil to...

Viena, del 18 al 23 de septiembre de 2014 Convocado por La Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (ADHILAC Internacional) y la Sociedad de Investigación sobre América Continental y el Caribe (FGKK), KonaK de Viena El Congreso se celebrará en los idiomas inglés y/o español. Las propuestas deben enviarse al portavoz del comité...