Hello!

I am Luis Fernando Bernardi Junqueira, but you might also know me as 林友樂 – pronounced Lin Youle in Mandarin or Lam Yau Lok in Cantonese – or as ルイス (in Japanese).

Born and raised in Brazil, I have called Ponte Serrada, Florianópolis, Nanjing, Shanghai, London, Sendai, Livorno, Glasgow, Hong Kong and Cambridge my home. 

Currently, I am a D. Kim Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, and a Postdoctoral Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

Previously, I was a Research Associate at the Centre for the Social History of Health & Healthcare, University of Strathclyde. I completed a Wellcome Trust-funded PhD in History at University College London, during which I also served as a Visiting Research Fellow at Tohoku University. Having passed my PhD defence with no revisions, I was awarded my doctoral degree in October 2023.

I am a global historian working on the interplay between science, medicine and religion in Late Imperial and Republican China, with my latest research delving into the transnational history of esotericism, psychology and mental health in modern East Asia and the history of alternative therapies in South America. A growing interest of mine is uncovering the contributions of laypeople (i.e., non-experts) in generating health, psychological and scientific knowledge, both in East Asia and around the world.

Coming from the Global South myself and having been trained as a global historian in eight countries, I am deeply committed to decolonising research and pedagogy within the history of science, medicine and psychology.