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 Leverhulme Trust & Isaac Newton Trust Research Fellow at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, and a Research Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

Previously, I was a D. Kim Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the same department, and before that, a Research Associate at the Centre for the Social History of Health & Healthcare, University of Strathclyde. I completed my Wellcome Trust-funded PhD in History at University College London, during which I also served as a Visiting Research Fellow at Tohoku University. 

I am a global historian working on the interplay between medicine, science, and religion in Late Imperial and Republican China, with my latest research delving into the transnational history of the mind sciences, mental health, and alternative therapies in modern East Asia and South America. A growing interest of mine is uncovering the contributions of laypeople 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 committed to decolonising research and pedagogy within the history of science, medicine, and East Asian studies.