21/12/23

Publication of the book "Las políticas de la locura. Psiquiatría y sociedad en la España de Franco" (Madness politics: psychiatry and society in Franco's Spain), by Enric Novella

Professor of History of Science at the Universitat de València and IILP researcher Enric Novella has just published the monograph "Las políticas de la locura. Psiquiatría y sociedad en la España de Franco" (Madness politics: psychiatry and society in Franco's Spain) within the prestigious collection Historia y Memoria del Franquismo of Publicacions de la Unversitat de València. Attached is the text of its editorial presentation.

In recent years, the study of the evolution of psychiatric discourses and practices during the Franco regime has become a relevant chapter in the historiography of science in 20th century Spain. Although this evolution unfolded in changing coordinates and included very different aspects (such as the cultivation of clinical-theoretical speculation, the introduction of therapeutic novelties, the institutional strengthening of the specialty or the dissemination of the new mental health ideology), the Franco regime was above all a period in which mental medicine was particularly conditioned by the prevailing socio-political framework. Considering the main axes along which the political and social dimension of psychiatry was articulated throughout the forty years of dictatorship (ideology, doctrine, government, management and citizenship), this monograph offers a new overall interpretation of the peculiar "psychopolitical" constellation of Franco's Spain as a complex and protean amalgam of reactionarism, conservatism, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, technocracy and (finally) civic overflow.

15/12/23

Library closed on the afternoons of December 21 and 22

The Researchers' Room of the Biblioteca Historicomèdica will be closed on the afternoons of December 21 and 22.

The Study Room will maintain its usual opening hours.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

11/12/23

Christmas timetable 2023

On the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Biblioteca Historicomèdica will have the following opening hours:

• Researchers' room and staff-assisted services (lending, room consultation, etc.): Closed from 23 December to 7 January, both included, except on 27, 28, and 29 December, which will be open from 8:15 am to 2:30 pm.
 

• Study room: Closed from 23 December to 7 January inclusive, with the exception of 27, 28, and 29 December, which will be open from 8:00 to 20:00.

On the 8th of January it will reopen with the usual opening hours. You can also see the Chirstmas timetable in the rest of libraries.

Merry Christmas!!

04/12/23

Library closed next december 7

The Biblioteca Historicomèdica (Historical Medical Library) will be closed next Thursday, December 7. You will have at your disposal the Study Room on the first floor and in its usual schedule.

We apologize for the inconvenience

08/11/23

Book presentation: Carmel Ferragud and José Ramón Bertomeu (eds.), Pensar la medicina amb la història. Homenatge to Professor María José Báguena Cervellera

Publications of the Universitat de València, 2023.

Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 5 pm. Auditorium, Palau Cerveró

Zoom: https://uv-es.zoom.us/j/96349408410

Speakers:

José Ramón Bertomeu i Carmel Ferragud (Universitat de València), editors of the book.

María Isabel Porras Gallo (University of Castilla-la Mancha).

Rosa Ballester Añón (Emeritus Professor of History of Science, Miguel Hernández University).

Sixteen researchers have collaborated in this volume that pays tribute to Professor María José Báguena, who was a member of the Institute since its foundation, as well as a professor in the Department of History of Science and Documentation for many years. The book reflects the changes that the history of medicine has undergone during the last decades. The topics, characters and spaces have been expanded. New sources have been introduced, the number of professionals has increased and the educational itineraries have also broadened, both in the area of biomedicine and in history, anthropology and sociology. Finally, and partly as a result of these changes, new readerships have emerged, from health personnel and medical students to patient associations, activist groups and the general public.

Professor María José Báguena Cervellera (1956-2021) has been a witness and protagonist of all these changes throughout more than forty years of full dedication to the history of medicine. His works have revolved around topics such as the history of diseases, epidemics, vaccines, hygiene or Valencian medicine, among many others. These issues can be traced in the chapters of this collective book, which is the continuation of a long dialogue between the authors and Professor Báguena.

The book thus offers an overview of the new trends in the history of medicine, which María José Báguena contributed to promoting with a large number of academic publications, supervised theses and multiple teaching and dissemination activities. The authors of these chapters show our recognition and appreciation to our late colleague through small samples of our most recent research. The chapters dialogue with the Valencian historic-medical tradition that Professor Báguena cultivated with the double perspective coming from her intimate knowledge of traditional techniques and the creative assimilation of new historiographic currents. In addition to a small posthumous tribute, this book is also an introduction to the diverse ways of thinking and writing the history of medicine during the first decades of the 21st century.

More details: https://puv.uv.es/pensar-la-medicina-amb-la-historia.html