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Arbeit, Leistung und Gesundheit wurden im Nationalsozialismus ideologisch gefasst. E.W. Baader (1892-1962) setzte sich fuer eine fachliche Expansion und politische Aufwertung der Arbeitsmedizin ein. Er profitierte davon, dass renommierte Fachkollegen juedischer Herkunft vertrieben wurden. Indem er seine klinisch-kasuistische Sichtweise gesundheitspolitisch und universitaer zu verankern suchte, schloss er sich auf verschiedenen Handlungsfeldern der NS-Ideologie an, war in den Kriegsjahren als Sanitaetsoffizier auch fuer die gesundheitlichen Verhaeltnisse in dem belgischen KZ Breendonk zustaendi

The article focuses on the scientific discourse on the origin of AIDS and the distribution of the disease and the HI virus between the United States (US) and Haiti. After the syndrome later called AIDS had first been described in 1981, several risk groups were named by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US, among them recent Haitian immigrants to the US. As the scientific world developed theories on the origin of the new disease - and, after its discovery, the HI virus - members of the scientific community deemed a spread from Haiti to the US possible. Others considered a distribution vice versa more likely, namely that the disease might have moved from the US to Haiti. This study analyses the scientific discourse in mostly medical publications released between the years 1982 and 2016. They include research papers, letters to the editor in medical journals, anthologies or monographs, and publications of the CDC. It addresses not only the way the disease's origin was discussed, but also the underlying - and resulting - narratives of stigma and blame. The article aims to contribute to a better understanding of the elements shaping discourses in the scientific world when facing a newly emerging infectious disease, and the social implications these discourses have.

Research communication has been gaining public attention in recent years. Therefore, medievalists also need to focus on the transfer of their research topics to the public both within and outside the university. Based on current political demands calling for a change in communication culture, the article first of all deals theoretically with two different concepts of research communication, by distinguishing between forms of translation and those of popularization. Numerous public events, exhibitions, and cooperative projects with cities, schools, adult education centres, museums, and other educational institutions show that knowledge about the Middle Ages has been transmitted to interested laypersons for a long time. The authors see a particular challenge in the alterity of medieval culture, which at the same time provides an excellent opportunity for transferring research findings into society. The fascination with medieval materiality facilitates the transfer of knowledge by those disciplines that work with concrete objects, addressing issues of visuality and aesthetic experience. The article pinpoints conditions, strategies, and perspectives of successful research communication in medieval studies, and when focussing on current topics, the authors refer to concrete occasions and regional examples, showing why medieval research is still relevant today. ; Research communication has been gaining public attention in recent years. Therefore, medievalists also need to focus on the transfer of their research topics to the public both within and outside the university. Based on current political demands calling for a change in communication culture, the article first of all deals theoretically with two different concepts of research communication, by distinguishing between forms of translation and those of popularization. Numerous public events, exhibitions, and cooperative projects with cities, schools, adult education centres, museums, and other educational institutions show that knowledge about the Middle Ages has been transmitted to interested laypersons for a long time. The authors see a particular challenge in the alterity of medieval culture, which at the same time provides an excellent opportunity for transferring research findings into society. The fascination with medieval materiality facilitates the transfer of knowledge by those disciplines that work with concrete objects, addressing issues of visuality and aesthetic experience. The article pinpoints conditions, strategies, and perspectives of successful research communication in medieval studies, and when focussing on current topics, the authors refer to concrete occasions and regional examples, showing why medieval research is still relevant today.

Wie keine andere Berufsgruppe waren Mediziner in die nationalsozialistische Rassen- und Vernichtungspolitik involviert. So beteiligten sich Ärzte als Kliniker, Wissenschaftler und Gutachter an Zwangssterilisationen, Krankenmorden (NS-"Euthanasie") und Menschenversuchen in den Konzentrationslagern. Ärzte wirkten aktiv und fast ausnahmslos freiwillig mit am Holocaust und am Völkermord an Sinti und Roma. Im Zentrum des Bandes steht die Frage, wie Ärzte und auch Ärztinnen im "Dritten Reich" zu Tätern wurden. Thematisiert wird zudem die bis heute reichende Rezeptionsgeschichte dieser unheilvollen Geschehnisse. Die Autorinnen und Autoren des Bandes verwenden mentalitäts-, kultur- und ideengeschichtliche Ansätze; hinzu kommen sozialpsychologische Deutungsversuche und (gruppen)biografische Analysen.