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SUMMARY:Between Ideology and Policy: The Development of Medicine and Publi
 c Health in French Indochina\, 1859-1914
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DESCRIPTION:This paper examines the development of medicine and public hea
 lth in French Indochina from the early stages of colonisation to the First
  World War\, with particular attention to the relationship between imperia
 l ideology and colonial policy. French colonial rule has often been charac
 terised by the tension between assimilation and association. However\, the
  extent to which these ideological frameworks shaped concrete medical and 
 public health measures remains unclear.\n\nFocusing on the formation of ad
 ministrative structures and the implementation of health measures\, this s
 tudy argues that colonial health policies were shaped less by coherent ide
 ological principles than by practical constraints on the ground\, includin
 g financial limitations\, administrative capacity\, and local conditions. 
 Measures such as the organisation of medical services\, responses to epide
 mics\, and the provision of healthcare were developed in an ad hoc manner\
 , reflecting immediate needs rather than systematic ideological applicatio
 n.\n\nWhile elements associated with both assimilation and association can
  be identified\, they did not constitute a consistent guiding logic for po
 licy formation. By reconstructing the development of these measures\, this
  paper reconsiders the explanatory power of assimilation and association a
 nd highlights the importance of situating colonial public health within it
 s material and administrative constraints.\n\nMizuki Kitada received her P
 hD from Kyushu University in 2025 and is currently a JSPS-funded postdocto
 ral researcher at The University of Osaka. Her research focuses on the his
 tory of medicine and public health in French Indochina\, particularly the 
 formation of colonial institutions and the governance of epidemics. Her cu
 rrent project explores these issues through comparative analysis of epidem
 ic periods\, network analysis of medical actors including the Pasteur Inst
 itute\, and GIS-based digital humanities approaches.
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LOCATION:Schwarzman Centre - Room 00.063\, Room 00.063 Schwarzman Centre R
 adcliffe Observatory Quarter\, Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG U
 nited Kingdom
SPEAKER:Mizuki Kitada (Osaka)
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