Dr. Eyal Weinberg
Ph.D., The University of Texas at AustinÌý
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Modern Latin America
- Brazil
- Health and Medicine
- Cold WarÌý
- Authoritarianism
Email:Ìýeweinberg@fau.eduÌýÌý
Office Phone: 561-297-3849
Eyal Weinberg is a historian of modern Latin America, with a focus on Brazil. His research explores histories of health, medicine, violence, and authoritarianism in the Cold War period.Ìý
Weinberg’s book, Tending to the Body Politic: Doctors, Medical Ethics, and State Repression in Cold War Brazil, will be published in 2027 with the University of Texas Press.Ìý The book tells the history of the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-1985) through the lens of health and medicine, exploring the role medical professionals played in both facilitating and contesting the dictatorship’s policies. More broadly, it is a study about the complicated relationships between professionals and authoritarian regimes.
Weinberg’s research has appeared in various academic and public history venues, among them The Americas, International Labor and Working-Class History, Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina e el Caribe, and The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. He also served as the guest editor of a special issue of Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina, focused on the new histories of health in modern Latin America.Ìý
At ¼ø»Æʦapp, Weinberg coordinates the Study of the Americas Research Group, which promotes interdisciplinary and hemispheric research about the Americas across the College of Arts and Letters. Weinberg teaches a variety of courses on modern Latin America, with a focus on the histories of health and medicine and the Cold War period. Ìý
Courses
Undergraduate Courses
- Modern Latin America
- Latin American Independence
- Dictatorships and Democracies in Latin America
- Cold War in Latin America
- Health and Disease in Latin America
- History of Civilization
- Introduction to Humanities
- Historical Methods
Graduate Courses
- Cold War in Latin America
- Health and Medicine in Latin America