Connections II Global and Transnational History Seminar

Connections II
Global and Transnational History Seminar
School of Social Sciences (CPDOC/FGV) and the Center for International Relations of
FGV
In recent decades, under the title of global or transnational, new historiographical debates and
theoretical and methodological approaches of the social sciences, produced in the North Atlantic axis,
took shape by reflecting the new globalization phenomenon, accelerated since the 1970s. On the South,
at the same time, rather than simply importing these new approaches to the reading of History and
renewing a parochial relationship with Europe or the United States, scholars have been developing new
lines of thought which are not limited to Nation-State political boundaries.
Therefore, research in the North and in the South of the so called Western world, have known
new questionings and revaluated connections and exchanges between societies, cultures and spaces
that have been so far underestimated or disregarded.
The main goal of this seminar is to create a forum at FGV’s School of Social Sciences that could
become not only a space for researchers to present studies from the perspectives previously mentioned
here, but also to understand the relationships and create bridges of dialogue between different new
practices of research in social sciences and to contribute to a greater internationalization of Brazilian
academic production.
Session I
August 4th (4 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Auditorium 1333) – Katherine Marino: Professor at Ohio State University
presenting her book project Pan-American Feminism and the Rise of International Women's Rights, 19151946 – followed by a debate session with professor Alexandre Moreli (Center for International
Relations/FGV).
Marino has a Ph.D. from Stanford University and is currently a professor at the Departments of
History and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her academic interests include 21st century
North American history, history of women, gender, and sexuality at the Americas and feminist
transnational movement.
Session II
August 20th (2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Auditorium 1333) – Matthew Connelly: Professor at Columbia University,
presenting the book Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population – followed by a debate
session with professor Alexandre Moreli (Center for International Relations/FGV).
Connelly has a Ph. D. from Yale University. He works with International Relations’ History and Global
History. His publications include: A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence (2002),
Origins of the Post-Cold War Era (2002) e Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World
Population (2008).
Session III
Semptember 9th (2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Auditorium 1333) – Maria Ligia Prado: Professor at Universidade de
São Paulo, presenting the article América Latina: História Comparada, Histórias Conectadas, História
Transnacional – followed by a debate session with professor Marco Vannucchi (Laboratório de Estudos
sobre Instituições - CPDOC/FGV).
Prado has a Doctorate in Social History from USP and is professor at FFLCH/USP. She is specialist
in Latin American History, working at the intersection of the firlds of Political History, Cultural
History, and History of Ideas.
Session IV
October 8th (2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Auditorium 1333) – Marcelino Rodrigues: Associate Professor at
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais presenting the book Quem desloca tem preferência: ensaios sobre
futebol, jornalismo e literatura – followed by a debate session with professor Bernardo Buarque de
Hollanda (Laboratório de Estudos do Esporte - CPDOC/FGV).
Rodrigues has Post Doctorate in Cultural Studies by the Programa Avançado de Cultura
Contemporânea - PACC/UFRJ. He acts in the area of Literary Theory and is researcher of the Núcleo
de Estudos de Acervos de Escritores Mineiros - NEAEM. He has experience in the area of Literature,
with emphasis in the relationship between Literature, History, and Cultural Memory.
Session V
November 5th (2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Auditorium 1333) – Guilherme Mansur: Associate Researcher of the
Center for International Migration Studies (CEMI/IFCH/UNICAMP), presenting the article Migração,
segurança e governabilidade migratória. O papel dos Organismos Internacionais – followed by a debate
session with professor Letícia Ferreira (Laboratório de Estudos sobre Instituições - CPDOC/FGV).
Mansur has a Doctorate in Social Anthropology by UNICAMP, with doctoral internship at the
Department of Social Anthropology and Culture at the University of Viena. He has research
experience in the area of Social Anthropology, with emphasis in Cultural and Political Studies,
International Migration, Tempory Work, Traffic of Human Beings, and Multilateral Organizations.