This group examines the history of the evolutionary synthesis of genetics and natural selection, and its impact upon agriculture, and theories of race and eugenics.
 
Meetings are held in Portuguese.

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Upcoming Meetings

Friday, May 16, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT

Speaker
Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Learn more: Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira - GPSankofa
Presentation:
Details coming soon
Suggested Readings:

  • Ferreira, G. C. (2024). The captain’s social policy: Bolsonarism, neo-Malthusianism, eugenics, and militarization in Brazil. Serviço Social & Sociedade, 147(2).

Read the article here.
For more information about Prof. Ferreira, click here.
 

 

 

Past Meetings

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William deJong-Lambert, Bronx Community College (CUNY), “Synthesizing a Synthesis: The Relationship between Theodosius Dobzhansky, Andre Dreyfus, Crodowaldo Pavan and Antonio Brito da Cunha”
 
 

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Marcelo Lima Loreto, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Paper: “Breve ensaio sobre política e ciência".
 

Dear colleagues, sorry for the delay in attaching the text. It can also be accessed through this link:
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1adaAgXemISHpeMDj3ENu0NRHkEF470xf/view>
 
Any questions, just let me know.
 

Below is the link to my thesis if you are interested in additional information that is suggested in the attached text.
 
http://www.hcte.ufrj.br/docs/teses/2019/marcelo_lima_loreto.pdf>

 
 
 
Sincerely,
Marcelo

 

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Lilian Al-Chueyr Pereira Martins, Universidade de São Paulo. Article: Franco, José Monte Sião. 2007. “As Contribuições de Theodosius Dobzhansky Para o Desenvolvimento Da Genética No Brasil ( 1943-1960 ): Um Estudo Bibliométrico.” Filosofia e História Da Biologia, Porto Alegre 203–25. http://www.abfhib.org/FHB/FHB-02/FHB-v02-13-Jose-Franco-M-Siao.pdf>

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Paula Arantes Botelho Briglia Habib, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Infes/UFF), "Breeding, Genetics, and Scientific Dissemination in the Revista de Agricultura (1926-1937)"

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Hello everyone!
 
Today, December 18, I am substituting the old file for a new one.
 
Now, you have my paper "The use and abuse of genetic? Agriculture and Eugenics in Brazil and the United States early Twentieth Century" that I will present at noon (EST) [14 horas no Brasil]. To get the paper, click on the "Readings" tab.
 
I have just downloaded the English version (pp.1-11) and the Portuguese version (pp.12-23). 
 
I apologize for the eventual mistakes in both versions.
 
See you soon,
Robert.
 
Robert Wegner, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 
 
 

Group Conveners

William.deJong-Lambert

William deJong-Lambert

William deJong-Lambert is a Professor of History at Bronx Community College, CUNY who will be spending the spring semester 2025 teaching at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul as a Fulbright scholar while researching a biography of Theodosius Dobzhansky.  

 

PaulaHabib

Paula Habib

Paula Habib is a Professor of History at the Federal University Fluminense (UFF/Brazil). Habib´s research specializes in history of agriculture, genetics, history of biology and eugenics during the first decades of the 20 th century. She holds a Ph.D. in History of Science and Health by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 

marcelo.loreto@gmail.com

Marcelo Lima Loreto

Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (Institute of Latin American Studies), United States. 2022-2023. Science journalist working for Folha de São Paulo and other media. Research fellow at the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 2021-2022. Project, here. Ph.D. in History of Science by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2019, Brazil. Dissertation thesis, here. 

 

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