06/09/23

The UV Publications Service has just published the book Pensar la medicina con la historia. Homenaje a la professor María José Báguena Cervellera, edited by Carmel Ferragud and José Ramón Bertomeu.

Sixteen researchers, many of them members of the López Piñero Interuniversity Institute, 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 lecturer 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 from the area of biomedicine and from history, anthropology or 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 prominent 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.

Table of contents in Dialnet

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

27/07/23

August timetable

•    Researchers room and staffed services (loan, consultation, etc.): 

From August 1 to 4 and from August 28 to 31:  

8:30 am to 2:30 pm.

July 31 and September 1 the room will remain closed in the afternooon. 

•    Study room:

From August 1 to 4 and from August 28 to 31:

8:00 am to 8:00 pm.

You can also see the summer timetable at the rest of libraries.