Recent Posts

Applying a southern solvent

An interview with Warwick Anderson, a leading historian of science, medicine and race at the University of Sydney.

Latin eugenics in a transnational context

This thematic issue of HCS-Manguinhos revisits the concept of Latin eugenics in different historical circumstances.

Effects of changes in psychiatric classifications

Fernando Tenório discusses the changes in diagnostic classification of mental disorders and its increasing medicalization.

Brain and culture

Since the 1990s, several disciplines have emerged at the interface between neuroscience and human sciences.

Los orígenes de la psiquiatría en España

Enric J. Novella discute el proceso de formación de la psiquiatría española, sus actores clave y sus influencias internacionales.

Una desgracia anunciada

En entrevista a DW, Marcos Cueto analiza el brote actual de fiebre amarilla en Brasil desde una perspectiva histórica.