Speaker:
Prof. Francesco Cassata
Full Professor in Contemporary History, University of Genoa
Presentation:
"Reconstructing 'Dante's Race': Fabio Frassetto and the International Committee for Anthropological Standardization (SAS)."
The lecture will be delivered in English.
Suggested Readings:
Iris Clever, Jaehwan Hyun, Elise K. Burton, "People in Motion: Introduction to Transnational Movement and Transwar Connections in the Anthropological and Genetic Study of Human Populations", Perspectives on Science, 30, 1 (2022): 1-12.
Link: https://direct.mit.edu/posc/article/30/1/1/108148/People-in-Motion-Introduction-to-Transnational
Iris Clever, "Miriam Tildesley and the Anthropological Politics of Standardizing Racial Measurements", Perspectives on Science, 30, 1 (2022): 13-47. Link: https://direct.mit.edu/posc/article-abstract/30/1/13/108142/Miriam-Tildesley-and-the-Anthropological-Politics
To learn more about Prof. Cassata, please click here.
This group examines the history of the evolutionary synthesis of genetics and natural selection, and its impact upon agriculture, and theories of race and eugenics.
Meetings are held in Portuguese.
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Upcoming Meetings
Friday, January 17, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EST
Friday, February 21, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EST
TBA
Friday, March 21, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
TBA
Friday, April 18, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
TBA
Friday, May 16, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
Speaker
Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Learn more: Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira - GPSankofa
Presentation:
Details coming soon
Suggested Readings:
- Ferreira, G. C. (2024). The captain’s social policy: Bolsonarism, neo-Malthusianism, eugenics, and militarization in Brazil. Serviço Social & Sociedade, 147(2).
Read the article here.
For more information about Prof. Ferreira, click here.
Past Meetings
Hello everyone!
Today, December 18, I am substituting the old file for a new one.
Now, you have my paper "The use and abuse of genetic? Agriculture and Eugenics in Brazil and the United States early Twentieth Century" that I will present at noon (EST) [14 horas no Brasil]. To get the paper, click on the "Readings" tab.
I have just downloaded the English version (pp.1-11) and the Portuguese version (pp.12-23).
I apologize for the eventual mistakes in both versions.
See you soon,
Robert.
Robert Wegner, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Group Conveners
William deJong-Lambert
William deJong-Lambert is a Professor of History at Bronx Community College, CUNY who will be spending the spring semester 2025 teaching at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul as a Fulbright scholar while researching a biography of Theodosius Dobzhansky.
Paula Habib
Paula Habib is a Professor of History at the Federal University Fluminense (UFF/Brazil). Habib´s research specializes in history of agriculture, genetics, history of biology and eugenics during the first decades of the 20 th century. She holds a Ph.D. in History of Science and Health by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Marcelo Lima Loreto
Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (Institute of Latin American Studies), United States. 2022-2023. Science journalist working for Folha de São Paulo and other media. Research fellow at the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 2021-2022. Project, here. Ph.D. in History of Science by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2019, Brazil. Dissertation thesis, here.