Section: Research Student Profiles
Joćo Rangel de Almeida
- Name Joćo Rangel de Almeida
- Organisation
- Science Studies, School of Social and Political Studies
University of Edinburgh - Address
- Rm 3.01, Chisholm House High School Yards Edinburgh UK EH1 1LZ
- joao.ra@ed.ac.uk
- Research Interests
- URL
- http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/research_student_profiles/science_and_technology_studies/rangel_de_almeida_joao
PhD Title
The International Sanitary Conferences and the construction of a modern field of international public health
In my research, I look at the International Sanitary Conferences (1851-66) as social locales where meanings and practices associated with cholera were negotiated at an international level. The International Sanitary Conferences (ISC) emerged from the growing recognition in nineteenth-century Europe of the need for cooperation between nations in approaching and tackling the problem of epidemic diseases such as cholera. Summoned by the French government, the 1851 International Sanitary Conference can be seen as a turning point in the history of the internationalization of public health where rules and practices, i.e. a community was established.
Current Degrees
2006 MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies, University of Edinburgh
2003 MA (Hons) Sociology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Research Interests
History of diplomacy of public health. Medicine and Politics. International conferences. Quarantine. Aetiological debates. 19c European history. Global public health.
Supervisors
Steve Sturdy (Science Studies Unit/Genomics Forum)
Roger Davidson (Social History)
Personal webpage
Miscellaneous
João is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
João is now back to Edinburgh after a productive year as a visiting student at University of Pennsylvania - Department of History and Sociology of Science
This page was published on 17 September 2009