Socialist Medicine

SocMed Podcast: Gabriela Alves Miranda

Gabriela Alves Miranda holds a doctorate and masters degree in History of Science and Health from the Oswaldo Cruz House (COC-Fiocruz). Her research interests focus on the history of science and health in Brazil; the history of Republican Brazil; the history of communism in Brazil; the role of intellectuals, scientists, and physicians in the 20th century; the Cold War and Latin America. She has experience as an iconographic researcher for publication and audiovisual media.

SocMed Podcast: Mary Brazelton

In this episode of the Socialist Medicine Podcast, Luis Aue meets with Mary August Brazelton, Associate Professor in Global Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine at Cambridge University. They discuss her take on the end of China’s Zero Covid policy, the history of mass vaccination campaigns in China, and how her work challenges global-health common sense.

SocMed Podcast: Lukas Engelmann

In this episode of the Socialist Medicine podcast, Nils Graber speaks with Lukas Engelmann of the University of Edinburgh about his research into the history of epidemiology and epidemic modeling. Engelmann presents his latest research revisiting the steep rise of epidemic modeling and infectious disease dynamics since the 1970s. Lukas Engelmann is a Chancellor’s Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is a historian of medicine and epidemiology, asking how historical forms of knowledge production bear on contemporary politics of health.

SocMed Podcast: Máté Rigó

In this episode of the Socialist Medicine podcast, Alila Brossard Antonielli meets with Máté Rigó of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich to talk about his book project, Silenced Colonizers, which explores the entangled history of the French Foreign Legion in the Indochina War. Máté Rigó is a professor at the Department of History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is currently working on two research projects examining the connections between societies in Southeastern and East Central Europe and the Global South.

SocMed Podcast: Sandrine Kott

In this episode of the Socialist Medicine Podcast, Luis Aue meets with Sandrine Kott from Geneva University to talk about her book, "A World More Equal: An Internationalist Perspective on the Cold War." We explore how the Cold War influenced international organizations, revealing a surprising focus on and competition over issues of equality. We also speak about Sandrine's career trajectory, what inspired her to write this book and the scholars and works that have shaped her research.