“How does a story about two doctors reveal the social, political, and ethical divisions that typified Brazil during the Cold War?”So begins today’s story from Dr. Eyal Weinberg.For further reading: Eyal Weinberg, “‘With colleagues like that, who needs enemies?’: Doctors and Repression under Military and Post-Authoritarian Brazil,” The Americas 76 (2019): 467-505.

Race and Violence in Early Modern Spain

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