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Research
I am an historian specializing in the history of colonialism and the history of global health, most often based on cases related to India and South Asia. My first monograph Constructing the Colonial Encounter. Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India (Curzon Press 1999 and Routledge 2019) investigates encounters between local elites and colonial authorities in eighteenth-century South India. My second monograph, Languished Hopes. Tuberculosis, the State and International Assistance in Twentieth-century India (Orient BlackSwan 2016) provides an analysis of colonial and independent India’s attempt to control tuberculosis. I also have a broad interest in the history of Danish colonialism. My current research interest focusses on the career of former WHO Director-General Halfdan Mahler and the programme of ‘primary health care’, which he strongly promoted.
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Thursdays 15:15 - 16:15
Cancellation might occur due to research leave.
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Keywords
- Social history
- India
- cultural encounters
- public health
- History of medicine
- India
- tuberculosis
- vaccinations
- Empires and colonies
- India
- cultural encounters
- Globalisation
- India
- decolonizatoin
Areas of expertise
- History of global health
- India
- Tuberculosis
- Primary Health Care
- Colonialism
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Projects
- 2 Active
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Afmagt i Danmark: En humanistisk undersøgelse af afmagtens former, manifestationer og potentialer i det 21. århundrede
Rytter, M. (PI), Gram-Skjoldager, K. (Project manager), Thorup, M. (Project manager), Christensen, H. R. (Project manager), Larsen, S. A. E. (Project manager), Andersen, R. S. (Participant), Dyring, R. (Participant), Dalsgård, L. (Participant), Nygaard, B. (Participant), Stage, C. (Participant), Kjerkegaard, S. (Participant), Fabian, L. (Participant), Brimnes, N. (Participant), Kofoed, J. (Participant), Khawaja, I. (Participant) & Frederiksen, M. D. (Participant)
09/09/2024 → 31/12/2029
Project: Research
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BIOSINQ: Centre for Biosocial Inquiries
Seeberg, J. (Project manager), Brimnes, N. (Participant), Roepstorff, A. (Participant), Wentzer, T. S. (PI), Flora, J. (Participant), Swanson, H. A. (Participant) & Mc Loughlin, E. T. (Participant)
EU kommissionen, AUFF NOVA, Novo Nordisk Foundation
01/10/2020 → …
Project: Research
Research output
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Sygdom og historie - Sundhedskriser og sygdomsbekæmpelse som historiefaglige redskaber
Brimnes, N., 2024, In: TEMP. Tidsskrift for historie. 29, p. 154-164 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research
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Negotiating Social Medicine in a Postcolonial Context: Halfdan Mahler in India 1951-61
Brimnes, N., Jan 2023, In: Medical History. 67, 1, p. 5-22 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Slaveejerens død: 1782
Brimnes, N., Mar 2022, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 100 p. (100 Danmarkshistorier).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Rallying around the magic wand: Visions of social medicine, public health and disease control in India 1946-1957
Brimnes, N., 2023, Health and Development. Borowy, I. & Harris, B. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 175-200 (Yearbook for the History of Global Development, Vol. 2).Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Epidemihistorie
Bek-Thomsen, J. & Brimnes, N., Jun 2024, Epidemihistorie . Wium Olesen, N. (ed.). Nord Academic, p. 5-13 (TEMP. Tidsskrift for historie; No. 28).Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Dansk kolonihistorie
Brimnes, N. (Lecturer)
23 Oct 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Dansk kolonihistorie
Brimnes, N. (Lecturer)
2 Sept 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Decentering community-based health care. Regional perspectives on the Alma-Ata conference on Primary Health Care
Brimnes, N. (Organizer)
7 Sept 2023 → 8 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Situating Primary Health Care between the Call for a New International Economic Order and the Basic Needs Approach
Brimnes, N. (Lecturer)
31 Aug 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Globale Perspektiver på den Industrielle Revolution
Brimnes, N. (Lecturer)
18 Aug 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Misforståelser i debatten om Danmarks slavefortid
22/03/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Slavegjorte og sukker var vigtige kilder for rigdommen i 1700-tallets København
10/03/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Kolonihistorikere: Vestindisk Pakhus er et fremragende sted til et kolonihistorisk museum (med Søren Rud, Gunvor Simonsen)
29/11/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Indslag om tillid til vacciner gennem tiden, DR, 21 Søndag
18/04/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media