Dr. Merle Weßel

Postdoc

Ethik in der Medizin

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Research and projects

Current position(s)

Wissenschaftlichte Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc), Ethik in der der Medizin, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Former position(s)

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Nordische Geschichte, Universität Greifswald
Doktorandin, Centre for Nordic Studies, Universität Helsinki

Publications

Monographs (and dissertation)

An Unholy Union? Eugenic Feminism in der Nordic Countries, ca. 1890-1940, Dissertation, Helsinki 2018.

Articles

"Water under the Bridge? A Historical Argument for Regulatory Failure in the Case of Primodos and other 'Hormone Pregnancy Test' Drugs (HPTs)", mit Olszynko-Gryn, Jesse, Jülich, Solveig, Bjørvik, Eira, Cyrille, Jean. In: Reproductive Biomedicine & Society 6 (2018) S. 34-44. (peer-reviewed)

"Feminismi ja positiivinen eugeniikka Pohjoismaissa maailmansotien välisenä aikana." (Feminism and Positive Eugenics in the Nordic Countries in the Interwar Period). In: Sukupuolentutkimus - Genusforskning lehti 31 (2018), S. 65-70. (peer-reviewed)

"Primodos - Hormonaalinen raskaustestaus Suomessa." (Primodos – Hormonal Pregnancy Testing in Finland) In: Tieteessä tapahtuu 2 (2018), S. 15-22.

"Concept of ´Nordic race` in German and Nordic Racial-Theoretical Research in the 1920s." In: Nordeuropaforum (2016), S. 29-49. (peer-reviewed)

"Castration of Male Sex Offenders in the Nordic Welfare State in the Context of Homosexuality and Heteronormativity; 1930- 1955." In: Scandinavian Journal of History 40/5 (2015), S. 591-609. (peer-reviewed)

Edited volumes

Kananen, Johannes, Bergenheim, Sophy, Wessel, Merle (Hrsg.), Conceptualising Public Health. Historical and Contemporary Struggles over Key Concepts, London: Routledge, 2018.

Areas of research

Medizingeschichte, Medizin- und Bioethik, feminist theory, Gender Studies, Geschlechtergeschichte, Körpergeschichte, postcolonial theory, Poststrukturalismus

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