History

History

The slave trade in the United Kingdom

Researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have identified more than 800 articles about fugitive slaves published in British newspapers

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RETROSPECT

German engineering

Germans boosted the development of the urban infrastructure in São Paulo in the 19th century.

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SBPC

Battles never ending

The Society works to gain recognition for researchers and plays an active role in some of the great science debates in Brazil

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History

The atheism of Fritz Müller

In 1848, naturalist Fritz Müller asked the University of Greifswald to excuse him from making the traditional oath to God during his graduation ceremony

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Paleontology

Rare dinosaur sold for €1.13 million

An auction lead to a discussion about the recent trend of treating fossils as works of art

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PHOTOGRAPHY

History in conflict

A new book gathers images of revolts, revolutions, and civil wars, and composes a historical narrative about Brazil

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ARCHAEOLOGY

The age of milk

Hunter-fisher-gatherers who lived in the coastal regions of Santa Catarina State 3,000 years ago breastfed children until 2 years of age

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History

Princeton revisits its history of slavery

Project investigates the institution's involvement with slavery in the country

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Hans Asperger

Pediatrician and Nazi collaborator

historian Herwig Czech showed that the pediatrician aided and supported the Nazi regime and was rewarded with professional opportunities

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Interview

Paulina Alberto: Black activism in the twentieth century

A book explores why black intellectuals first relucted to endorse the ideals of racial harmony, then abandoned them altogether

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HISTORY

Paths to freedom

On the 130th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil, studies reveal the different roles of those involved in the process

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COVER

More people in the rainforest

New archaeological sites and evidence of plant domestication support the idea that pre-Columbian Amazonia was densely populated

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Computation

Data scientists reconstruct the rhetoric of the French Revolution

Researchers used data mining techniques to analyze transcripts of 40,000 speeches made at the National Constituent Assembly

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SOCIETY

From the factory floor to the floor of Congress

Researchers review the history of the struggles of Brazil’s feminist movements

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Anthropology

The Bororo on screen

Researchers suggest that a film made by the Rondon Commission in 1916 may have been the first ethnographic documentary

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INTERVIEW

Maria Ligia Coelho Prado: Unanswered questions in Latin America

The historian talks about identity, wars of independence and interpretations of the region’s development

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RETROSPECT

For a return to former glory

At its 200th anniversary, Brazil’s National Museum is looking to reclaim its important role in disseminating natural sciences in Brazil

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Profile

Eduardo Góes Neves

Archaeologist from MAE-USP summarizes his studies on how intense human occupation has shaped the Amazon forest

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Retrospect

A time of chaos

100 years ago, Spanish flu wreaked havoc worldwide, killing 30 million people and 35,000 in Brazil alone

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URBAN PLANNING

An ambivalent mayor

A study suggests that Pereira Passos’s reform of downtown Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the previous century was designed to integrate, rather than exclude, the lower classes

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LITERATURE

Modernism revisited

Researchers rethink the São Paulo avant-garde movement's place in the Brazilian cultural scene

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History

Brazilian rarities in Washington

Some 60,000 items that could be of interest to Brazilian and Portuguese literature and history researchers have been made available in Washington D.C., USA

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Archaeology

Charred Neanderthal Tools

Excavations resulted in the discovery of a number of tools indicating that Neanderthals used fire to shape wooden objects earlier than previously thought

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Genetics

The origins of malaria in South America

The main parasite that transmits malaria in Brazil and other South American countries, may have arrived on the continent between 25,000 and 10,000 years ago

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History

Seeking freedom and survival

Slave women used strategies to purchase their liberation and obtain employment

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Occupation of primordial “Brazil”

Evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers inhabited all major regions of Brazil roughly 10,000 years ago

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History

Fleas, lice, and the plague in the Middle Ages

Some studies suggest that fleas and lice carried by humans may have helped spread the plague during the second pandemic

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Retrospect

For the mad, the madhouse

The first insane asylums in Brazil were built in the mid-nineteenth century in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

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INTERVIEW

Olival Freire Junior: A teller of controversial stories

A historian discusses the important role of dissent for the advancement of scientific knowledge

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OBITUARY

Historiographical pioneer

Historian leaves an important legacy for understanding the abolition of slavery in Latin America

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