Biehl, João

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[V] School of Social Science

Field of Study: Anthropology

Research Description: João Biehl is interested in the ethnography of global health interventions, and his current research explores the role of the Brazilian judiciary in the administration of public health. He also is writing the history of a religious war—the Mucker war—that took place among German immigrants in nineteenth-century Brazil.

Home Institution: Princeton University

Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]SocSci9/1/20026/30/2003
[M]HistSt9/9/20058/15/2006
[V]SocSci9/1/2012current

Position: Faculty Member
Institution: Princeton University

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1999U. of California, Berkeley