Dr. Emily Wakild publishes “A Moderating Force: Conserving Nature in National Parks in Patagonia and Amazonia”
Dr. Emily Wakild has recently published her new book, A Moderating Force: Conserving Nature in National Parks in Patagonia and Amazonia, with Oxford University Press. From the author: “The book starts with a simple premise. Over the past century, landscapes across South American fundamentally changed. As forests were felled, cities and highways built, and agricultural land […]
Dr. Gerardo Morales Jasso et al publish new edited volume on the history of Mexican environmental science
The Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental UNAM has recently published an edited volume on the history of Mexican environmental science, coordinated by Gerardo Morales Jasso, Alejandro Bonada Chavarría and Pedro S. Urquijo Torres, entitled Las ciencias ambientales en México, Aproximaciones a su historia. This interdisciplinary collection of essays seeks to explore the origins, interests, […]
Going into the field: an interdisciplinary method for the history of circulation, by Diego Ortúzar
El estudio de las circulaciones en espacios periféricos desde una perspectiva material ha sido abordado principalmente por investigaciones de las ciencias sociales, en particular desde la antropología y la geografía, con un fuerte anclaje en el trabajo de terreno. Una vasta literatura en esa línea ha analizado, por ejemplo, los efectos sociales de la llegada […]
Eve Buckley publishes chapter in edited volume on science and technology in Brazil
Dr. Eve Buckley of the University of Delaware has recently published a chapter in the edited volume, Ciências e tecnologias num Brasil (in)dependente. From the editors: “This book discusses the history of the production of science and technologies in Brazil, considered as part of the process of cultural configuration and consolidation following the nation’s independence in 1822. […]
Carlos Sanhueza-Cerda Publishes New Book on Chilean Observatory’s Technical Workers
Dr. Carlos Sanhueza-Cerda of the Universidad de Chile has recently published his book entitled The Day Laborers of Science. Technical Work at the Astronomical Observatory of Chile (1852–1927). This book fills a significant gap in the historiography of science by examining the overlooked contributions of non-astronomical personnel in the early National Astronomical Observatory of Chile. […]
Special History and Covid-19 | We need more and better relativism, not less
In this blog post, Dr. Karin Rosemblatt argues that historians can help combat scientific denialism by increasing transparency about how science actually works and elucidating science’s inevitable relationship with politics and culture. ~ ~ ~ For some time, political actors on the right have been deploying lies to further their political goals, and scientific findings […]
Eve Buckley Publishes New Research on Cold War Population Control Debates
Dr. Eve Buckley of the University of Delaware has recently published a research report based on her archival work at the Rockefeller Archive Center on population control debates during the Cold War. “Inspired by a Brazilian critique of overpopulation concerns emanating from the United States during the early 1950s, this project examines debates about the […]
Teaching on Latin America and the Environment: Online Pedagogy Workshop
Registration is open for a one-day, online pedagogy workshop on integrating Latin American and Caribbean history of science and environmental history into teaching in adjacent fields. The workshop aims to inspire historians to teach about Latin American science and environment, with a specific focus on the nineteenth and twentieth-century periods. Participants will come away with […]
Gabriel Lopes Appointed Co-editor of Manguinhos
Gabriel Lopes, a researcher at the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz), has been appointed co-editor of História, Ciência, Saúde — Manguinhos. He will share this role with Marcos Cueto until December 2025. Beginning in January 2026, Lopes will assume full responsibility as editor, with an initial four-year term, renewable. Lopes holds a PhD in the […]
Chris Heaney Wins Bolton-Johnson Prize from Conference on Latin American History
Congratulations to Chris Heaney, whose book Empires of the Dead: Inca Mummies and the Peruvian Ancestors of American Anthropology was awarded the Bolton-Johnson Prize from the Conference on Latin American History for books published in 2023! The Bolton-Johnson Prize is awarded for the best book in English on any significant aspect of Latin American History […]
Angélica Márquez-Osuna Wins the 2024 SKLAC Dissertation Prize
The SKLAC Dissertation Prize committee recently met to review the submissions of scholars from around the world. We read dissertations on everything—from the environmental history of Mexican deserts to Latin American futurism/s to the role of museums in communicating the urgency of the Anthropocene. We would like to take a moment to acknowledge the hard […]
Lydia Crafts and Diana Montaño Receive the Inaugural SKLAC Article Prize!
History of Science Society Forum for Science and Knowledge in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 Article Prize The Forum for Science and Knowledge in Latin America and the Caribbean (SKLAC) congratulates Diana Montaño and Lydia Crafts, co-winners of the 2023 article prize. This year’s prize committee read twenty articles of extraordinarily high quality, submitted […]