Epidemics
Diseases and epidemics in the hispanic world
Epidemics and disease are constant events faced by human societies. Therefore, the time frame of the project “Enfermedades y epidemias en el mundo hispánico del Siglo de Oro”. Medical situations and social perceptions in viceroyal Peru, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, responds to the historical and cultural relevance of this period both in the structure of political and social relations, with the first modern mass society, and in the panorama of epidemics, arriving from Europe or occurring in the Viceroyalty of Peru, which experienced a remarkable outbreak in this period.
Objectives
- To edit textual source materials from the Siglo de Oro in the Old and New World related to epidemics and epidemic diseases, mainly measles, diphtheria, syphilis and melancholy.
- Contribute to the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- To analyze the circumstances related to epidemics and diseases spread in other times and historical and social contexts to detect some useful lessons to help us in times of crisis.
- Organize congresses and publish monographs in academic journals on the subject.
Work Team
Dr. Ignacio Arellano Ayuso
Founder and director since 1990 of the Siglo de Oro Research Group (GRISO), he is a professor at the University of Navarra. He has been a tenured professor at the University of León and professor at the University of Extremadura, Spain.
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Dr. Martina Vinatea
Martina Vinatea holds the position of principal professor within the Department of Humanities at the University of the Pacific. She obtained her Doctorate in History from the University of Navarra, a Doctorate in Hispanic Philology from the National University of
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Dr. Fernando Rodríguez Mansilla
Professor of Spanish Golden Age at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, New York) and associate member of the GRISO of the University of Navarra.
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Dr. Leonardo Sancho
Professor of the School of General Studies and the Graduate Program in Literature at the University of Costa Rica. Founder of the Transdisciplinary Studies Group on Literature and Medicine.
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