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Heritage, territory and memory at Fiocruz headquarters

The relationship between territory, memory, and heritage on the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation’s headquarters campus and its surroundings is analyzed in the second supplement of volume 30 of HCSM.

Élites letradas y cultura científica en Bolivia, 1876-1879

Este artículo analiza la formación de una cultura científica entre los intelectuales de La Paz (Bolivia) durante los años previos a la guerra del Pacífico, partiendo del estudio de grandes periódicos locales.

The story of aspirin

This National Library of Medicine exhibition traces the impact of aspirin from its ancient precursors, through world wars, to modern medicine in this curated collection, with selections in multiple languages.

A poster as a place of memory

This articles analyses posters of educational campaigns against Hansen’s disease in the second half of the 20 Century in the state of São Paulo.

The Forgotten and Unforgotten ‘Spanish’ Flu of 1918-1919

See the review written by María-Isabel Porras of the book Pandemic Re-Awakenings: The Forgotten and Unforgotten ‘Spanish’ Flu of 1918-1919, Edited by Guy Beiner.

Call for thematic dossiers: HoST – Journal of History of Science and Technology

The editors of HoST – Journal of History of Science and Technology, are receiving proposals for two thematic issues to be published in 2025. Proposals might deal with both established and emerging areas of scholarship.