Exploring the History of Health, Culture and Medicine in Colombia
Research dedicated to understanding the historical relationships between health, disease, medicine, and citizenship, with a particular focus on Colombia and the broader Latin American experience.
Research
About me
Where public health, citizenship, and state power intersected in twentieth-century Colombia.
A history of public health, social transformation, and citizenship in Colombia.
Publications on:
Academic Articles
[01]
«Peticiones de residentes y mujeres públicas en torno a la zona sexual de Cali».
Jalil, Hanni. 2024. «Peticiones de residentes y mujeres públicas en torno a la zona sexual de Cali, 19301940». HiSTOReLo. Revista De Historia Regional Y Local 16 (36):155-84.
[02]
‘Hygiene, Agriculture, and Men’: Rural Health in 1930s and 40s Colombia”.
Jalil, Hanni. 2023. “‘Hygiene, Agriculture, and Men’: Rural Health in 1930s and 40s Colombia”. EIAL Estudios Interdisciplinarios De América Latina Y El Caribe 34 (2):44-70.
[03]
"Narratives of Health and Well-Being: Disease and Bargaining in Cali, Colombia, 1930– 1940."
Jalil, Hanni. “Narratives of Health and Well-Being: Disease and Bargaining in Cali, Colombia, 1930– 1940.” The Latin Americanist 64, no. 4 (2020): 501-522.
Forthcoming Monograph
Diagnosing the Nation: Public Health, Citizenship, and the State
(University of Nebraska Press, 2027)
Analyzes how 1930s public health initiatives shaped urban and rural social policies, separating populations into "sanitary citizens" and "unsanitary subjects".
Research
Selected Book Reviews:
A selection of published book reviews examining key contributions to the history of medicine, public health, and society in Latin America.
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