Objectif The biologisation of national belonging is one of the most underrated features of Romanian and Hungarian historiographies. While nationalism, conservatism and liberalism have benefited from sustained interpretation, discussions of racism, Social Darwinism and eugenics are ignored topics in the scholarship of these countries. Interest in race, Social Darwinism and eugenics was, however, more widespread in Hungary and Romania than historians have noted. While Western European eugenics is well documented, little is known about its Central European counterpart. My general interest in this project is to integrate Romanian and Hungarian eugenics within the general international debate. More specifically, I try to demonstrate that: (a) Any perspective on the professionalization of medical doctors in Hungary and Romania between 1918 and 1940 is extremely limited unless it incorporates racial thinking and eugenics and discusses the role played by medical doctors and medical associations in disseminating these sets of ideas; (b) The scientific version of nationalism medical doctors envisioned cannot be completely comprehended unless it discusses the ways racial and eugenic concepts have influenced the national politics of Hungary and Romania and it inquires into how discourses on national medicalisation and sanitation gained ascendancy in the domestic politics of these states; (c) Finally, the discussion of anti-Semitism in the interwar period in Hungary and Romania should include the modalities by which volkish biomedical ideology was used to legitimise anti-Semitic politics within the medical profession. Using the methods of social and intellectual history, this project will unveil one of the most ambitious programmes of `national medicalisation¿ in Central Europe. A very interesting, if unusual, perspective on the biologisation of national belonging in Hungary and Romania will emerge by analysing the eugenic agendas proposed by medical doctors between 1918 and 1940. Champ scientifique humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryhumanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencessocial sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiesracial inequalitysocial sciencessociologyanthropologyhumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionreligions Mots‑clés Anti-Semitism Bio-Politics Birth Control Ethnic Nationalism Eugenics Medical Profession Public Health Racism Sterilization Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Thème(s) MOBILITY-2.1 - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) Appel à propositions FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement EIF - Marie Curie actions-Intra-European Fellowships Coordinateur OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Gipsy Lane, Headington OXFORD Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée
