About Aarhus University
Niels Brimnes
Associate Professor
School of Culture and Society - History, subject
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 5
building 1461, 526
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: +4587162215
Select Publications:
Languished Hopes. Tuberculosis, the State and International Assistance in Twentieth-Century India, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2016, xiv + 318 pp.
(With Christian W. McMillen) 'Medical Modernization and Medical Nationalism: Resistance to Mass Tuberculosis Vaccination in Postcolonial India, 1948-1955', Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 52, 1 (2010), s. 180-209
'Variolation, Vaccination and Popular Resistance in Early Colonial South India', Medical History, vol. 48, 2 (2004), pp. 199-228.
'Beyond Colonial Law. Indigenous Litigation and the Contestation of Property in the Mayor's Court in Late Eighteenth-Century Madras', Modern Asian Studies, vol 37, 3 (2003), pp. 513-550.
Constructing the Colonial Encounter. Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India, Richmond: Curzon Press, 1999, viii + 280 pp.
Research areas
- Empires and colonies cultural encounters India
- Globalisation decolonizatoin India
- History of medicine India tuberculosis vaccinations
- Social history cultural encounters India public health
- Published
Scandinavian entry points to social medicine and postcolonial health: Karl Evang and Halfdan Mahler in India
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
En global begivenhed? Betragtninger over Alma-Ata konferencen i 1978
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Comment/debate/letter to the editor › Research
- Published
Rallying around the magic wand: Visions of social medicine, public health and disease control in India 1946-1957
Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Decentering community-based health care. Regional perspectives on the Alma-Ata conference on Primary Health Care
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Situating Primary Health Care between the Call for a New International Economic Order and the Basic Needs Approach
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Globale Perspektiver på den Industrielle Revolution
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Styr på historien: Familien Schimmelmann
Press/Media: Press / Media
Misforståelser i debatten om Danmarks slavefortid
Press/Media: Press / Media
Slavegjorte og sukker var vigtige kilder for rigdommen i 1700-tallets København
Press/Media: Press / Media
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