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An "Elusive" Phenomenon: The "Normal" Female Sex Drive
Beginning in the 1880s, inspired in particular by feminists’ challenges to the state regulation of prostitution, female sexuality became the subject o
The Bare Necessities: Histories of Provisioning from the Second World War to the Present
The Bare Necessities: Histories of Provisioning from the Second World War to the Present (Deadline 25. Februar 2018)
Jan 8, 2018The Bare Necessities: Histories of Provisioning from the Second World War to the Present
The Bare Necessities: Histories of Provisioning from the Second World War to the Present (deadline February 28, 2018)
Jan 8, 2018Contesting the "Laws of Life": Sexual Science and Sexual Politics in the Early Twentieth Century
At the turn of the twentieth century, sex, its regulation, and its role in underwriting social order, were politicized as never before. Across Europe,
Presentation | Jan 25, 2018 | 14:00 to 15:30
Scientific Journals under Franco. Legitimated Scientific Knowledge and Its Places and Actors
MoreAt the Front Door? Women Scientists at the Humboldt University, 1946–1961
The project investigates the conditions faced by female academics at the University of Berlin from its reopening in 1946 until 1961. It asks whether t
Taking Poo Samples to School was an Essential Part of South Korea's Modernization
No 7
A North Korean soldier recently escaped across the demilitarised zone, the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, and a remnant of the July 1953 ceasefire to the Korean conflict. On his arrival in South Korea, much was made of the precarious state of his health. Following surgery to treat the soldier’s wounds, his South Korean medical team made an interesting update. The patient was in recovery, but his body remained filled with intestinal parasites, taken as a sign of North Korea’s underdeveloped public health system. One worm reportedly reached 27cm in length, indicating that it had been living in the man’s gut for a significant amount of time.
John P. DiMoia
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Taking Poo Samples to School was an Essential Part of South Korea's Modernization
No 7
A North Korean soldier recently escaped across the demilitarised zone, the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, and a remnant of the July 1953 ceasefire to the Korean conflict. On his arrival in South Korea, much was made of the precarious state of his health. Following surgery to treat the soldier’s wounds, his South Korean medical team made an interesting update. The patient was in recovery, but his body remained filled with intestinal parasites, taken as a sign of North Korea’s underdeveloped public health system. One worm reportedly reached 27cm in length, indicating that it had been living in the man’s gut for a significant amount of time.
John P. DiMoia
More
Eugenics and the Discourse on Reproductive Rights of African American Women in the Twentieth Century
From the very beginning, reproductive rights and thereby motherhood of African American women have been subject to interference from the outside and a