CfP: Worlds of Nature and Medicine
Since
the sixteenth century New World and in particular Iberian and Latin
America knowledge has been critical to the modern making of ‘nature’ and
‘medicine’. Nevertheless, this long history of the making of new
knowledge is not fully recognized in canonical narratives of the
histories of science and medicine, which still emphasize European and
North-American ‘discoveries’ and pay little attention to the
transoceanic circulation of knowledge and people. At this two-day
workshop, leading historians from around the world will present new
research on the emergence and development of concepts and practices
related to natural history and materia medica in the New World from the
sixteenth to the twentieth century, illuminating the connections between
global and local processes in natural science and medicine.
Papers
can be presented in Portuguese, English and/or Spanish. Submit title,
100-word abstract, and 2-page CV, by MARCH 1, 2017 to LAGLOBAL Network
Facilitator José Guevara at jose.guevara@postgrad.sas.ac.uk. Informal inquiries may be addressed to LAGLOBAL Director, Mark Thurner (University of London) at mark.thurner@sas.ac.uk and Marcos Cueto cuemarcos@gmail.con (Fiocruz).
Contact Email: jose.guevara@postgrad.sas.ac.uk