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Black counsciousness

A selection of articles that address, from a historical perspective, racial issues in Brazil and the sad slave past that had deep and lasting consequences to our society.

Call for papers: Circulation and Exchange in Science and Diplomacy

The DHST Commission of Science, Technology and Diplomacy (STAND) exists to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary historical studies on the relationships between science, technology and diplomacy. STAND invites researchers for their 3rd Conference of the DHST Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy entitled “Circulation and Exchange in Science and Diplomacy”, from 19 to 21 July, 2023, at University of São Paulo.

AIDS, Activism, and International Agencies in Brazil, 1987–1996

Marcos Cueto, Science editor of HCSM, published with Gabriel Lopes, “Braiding Public Health and Human Rights: AIDS, Activism, and International Agencies in Brazil, 1987–1996” Latin American Research Review (2022). This article examines the emergence of a synergy that allowed the early development of what was once considered the best anti-AIDS program in the developing world.

A global player from the South

By 1910, the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires had firmly established itself in the transnational networks of zoos. This article is part of the dossier Cultura Material de la Ciencia Iberoamericana: museos jardines y gabinetes científicos.

Jornadas Vacuna y vacunación. Miradas históricas y sociales sobre la construcción de la confianza 

Convocatoria de propuestas: Exposiciones de 20 minutos con formato híbrido (presencial y virtual), de especialistas vinculados a la historia de la salud y la enfermedad, la sociología de la ciencia y la antropología social, así como la epidemiología, estadística y otras disciplinas.

Medicina y cultura visual: la fotografía en revistas científicas en Argentina, 1890-1915

El rol de la fotografía en la producción de conocimiento experimental.