TBA
This group examines the history of the evolutionary synthesis of genetics and natural selection, and its impact upon agriculture, and theories of race and eugenics.
Meetings are held in Portuguese.
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Upcoming Meetings
Friday, April 18, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
Friday, April 18, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
TBA
Friday, April 18, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
TBA
Friday, April 18, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
TBA
Friday, May 16, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
Speaker
Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Learn more: Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira - GPSankofa
Presentation:
Details coming soon
Suggested Readings:
- Ferreira, G. C. (2024). The captain’s social policy: Bolsonarism, neo-Malthusianism, eugenics, and militarization in Brazil. Serviço Social & Sociedade, 147(2).
Read the article here.
For more information about Prof. Ferreira, click here.
Friday, May 16, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
Speaker
Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Learn more: Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira - GPSankofa
Presentation:
Details coming soon
Suggested Readings:
- Ferreira, G. C. (2024). The captain’s social policy: Bolsonarism, neo-Malthusianism, eugenics, and militarization in Brazil. Serviço Social & Sociedade, 147(2).
Read the article here.
For more information about Prof. Ferreira, click here.
Friday, May 16, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
Speaker
Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Learn more: Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira - GPSankofa
Presentation:
Details coming soon
Suggested Readings:
- Ferreira, G. C. (2024). The captain’s social policy: Bolsonarism, neo-Malthusianism, eugenics, and militarization in Brazil. Serviço Social & Sociedade, 147(2).
Read the article here.
For more information about Prof. Ferreira, click here.
Friday, May 16, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
Speaker
Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Learn more: Prof. Gracyelle Costa Ferreira - GPSankofa
Presentation:
Details coming soon
Suggested Readings:
- Ferreira, G. C. (2024). The captain’s social policy: Bolsonarism, neo-Malthusianism, eugenics, and militarization in Brazil. Serviço Social & Sociedade, 147(2).
Read the article here.
For more information about Prof. Ferreira, click here.
Group Conveners
William deJong-Lambert
William deJong-Lambert is a Professor of History at Bronx Community College, CUNY who will be spending the spring semester 2025 teaching at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul as a Fulbright scholar while researching a biography of Theodosius Dobzhansky.
Paula Habib
Paula Habib is a Professor of History at the Federal University Fluminense (UFF/Brazil). Habib´s research specializes in history of agriculture, genetics, history of biology and eugenics during the first decades of the 20 th century. She holds a Ph.D. in History of Science and Health by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Marcelo Lima Loreto
Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (Institute of Latin American Studies), United States. 2022-2023. Science journalist working for Folha de São Paulo and other media. Research fellow at the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 2021-2022. Project, here. Ph.D. in History of Science by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2019, Brazil. Dissertation thesis, here.
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