CfP | 2nd Luso-Brazilian Meeting on the History of Tropical Medicine
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We are pleased to announce
that the 2nd Luso-Brazilian Meeting on the History of Tropical Medicine
(2LBMHTM) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 14-16 October 2015. It is organized by the Interuniversity Center for
the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT) and the Institute of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine (IHMT) of the New University of Lisbon, the Oswaldo Cruz
Foundation (FIOCRUZ) and the Centre for Global Health Histories (CGHH), of the
University of York.
The Luso-Brazilian Meetings on
the History of Tropical Medicine have always sought to strike a balance between
historiographical reflections, which help develop a broader comparative
analysis, and case-studies examining different national, colonial,
post-colonial, international and global contexts. We will continue to favor
both approaches at the 1st meeting. The bulk of historiographical research has
explored the period in the post-World War II. This meeting will work with a
broader focus by examining the roles played by countries like Portugal, Brazil
and Spain, and their connections with imperial and post-colonial research and
practice.
The Scientific Committee
encourages contributions on a range of themes addressing the following topics:
1.
Medical knowledge
and practices: plural histories and traditions
2.
Actors, pathogenic
agents, diseases, and institutions
3.
International
public health policies and networks
4.
Archives and
museums: documents and collections
5.
Tropical medicine
and the environment
6.
Tropical medicine
and bioethics
The 2nd Luso-Brazilian Meeting
on the History of Tropical Medicine welcomes proposals for individual papers,
but preference will be given to organized sessions of three or more papers. We
particularly invite contributions with a transnational dimension concerning the
Historical analyses of the links between tropical medicine and international
health in the post-World War II, in paying particular attention to ideas,
exchanges, technologies and practices in Portuguese-African-Asian-Brazilian
relations, notably by addressing the circulation of ideas and ideologies in the
light of each region’s socioeconomic, political, and administrative
peculiarities, as well as power correlations between markets, nation states and
international agencies.
If you have any questions
related to the scientific programme, paper or session proposals, please, do not
hesitate to contact Isabel Amaral (ima@fct.unl.pt) or Jaime Benchimol (jbench@oi.com.br), the
chairs of the programme committee.
For any other information
please contact the local secretariat (conghmt@campus.fct.unl.pt).
Looking forward to seeing you
in Lisbon!
On behalf of the Local
Organizing Committee,
Isabel Amaral
Jaime Benchimol