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Themes in the History and Epistemology of Science, Technology, and Health
Survey of the main debates and themes related to the emergence of scientific disciplines like Algebra, […]
History and Historiography of Science
The historian’s task to analyze science as a collective activity encompassing actors, practices, knowledges, spaces, and […]
Animals in Time and Space
Rather than examine societies or nations, this course takes as its core subject the varied, complex, […]
History of Nature Conservation in Latin America
This course is a seminar organized around questions of human and environmental change in Latin America. […]
The Promise and Challenge of Patagonia
This course provides an in-depth overview of the issues and individuals that have shaped the cultural […]
Historia Ambiental de América Latina
Este curso proponga estudiar tres facetas de la historia moderna del medio ambiente en América Latina: […]
From Coffee to Cocaine: Commodities, Society, and Environment in Modern South America
The commodity-driven settlement of a vast and sparsely populated territory with a commodity-based economic model is […]
Brazil and Nature Protection: Conservation in a Tropical Giant
This course offers an introduction to the evolution of ideas and practices of conservation in Brazil. […]
Technology, Environment, and Medicine in the Americas, 1500-1900
This course examines the relationship between the emerging modern world system and changes in technology, environment, […]
Traditional Medicine, Science, and the Politics of Healing in the Americas
This course examines the history of traditional medicines, the popular attitudes toward them, and the politics […]