PPGAS News
Julio Cesar Talhari discussed topics from his doctoral thesis (defended in Sep./24) about the Museu Paulista, in an interview with the FFLCH-USP Scientific Dissemination website (2/14/25): https://www.fflch.usp.br/
Silvana de Souza Nascimento, from the Department of Anthropology, provides a historical overview of this field of study and shows how it has grown over the years
Number of vacancies: 20
Regular course:Social History Program
Mini-bio of the Professor. Instructor: Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia. He holds a degree in English Philology from the University of Barcelona (1985), a master's degree in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of Technology (1989), and a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1997). He was awarded a John… Read more
Yara de Cássia Alves, a graduate of the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo (PPGAS/USP), received the Lélia Gonzalez Award for the best doctoral thesis defended in the area of Social Anthropology in the years 2022-2023.
The award ceremony took place during the 34th Brazilian Anthropology Meeting, from July 23 to 26, in Belo Horizonte, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The thesis entitled “In the tracks of the past: seams of time in the construction of kinship and sociality among quilombolas in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais” has as its central objective to explore the notion of “trace,” which broadly seeks to revive the past in the present, expressing itself in different ways in spaces, festivals, bodies, etc.
“The thesis has an ethnographic approach and was written after approximately six months of fieldwork, divided into different stays that were related to specific events that take place in the local calendar, such as the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black Men, the time of… Read more
Vagner Gonçalves da Silva launches on the USP Open Books Portal a work in which he records collective experiences of listing terreiros in São Paulo https://www.livrosabertos.
TRAINING PROGRAM IN ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH PROJECTS – 2/2024.
"Training Program in Academic Management of Research Projects" 2/2024 from PRPI - USP Pro-Rectory of Research and Innovation.
Scholarship to work on the thematic projects “From the heart of wars to the poetics of plasticity: creation and engagement in artistic thought in African contexts from the 1980s to the present day” (FAPESP 22/05923-9) and “Arts and semantics of creation and memory” (FAPESP 20/07886-8).
The scholarship holder must mainly: Participate in training activities, collaborate in the management of project activities such as implementation of tools, organization of meetings, logistical support for events and management financial.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Hold a PhD from any institution, national or foreign.
2. Not be a beneficiary of a scholarship from other programs or other funding agencies.
3. Not have an employment relationship.
4. Have experience in the area of knowledge of the projects.
5. Professors,… Read more
Luiz Paulo Ferreira Santiago discussed topics from his master's thesis (defended in May/24) about funk dances in S. Paulo, in an interview with Rádio USP (7/17/24): https://jornal.usp.br/radio-
For other details, see also (26/6/24): https://www.fflch.usp.br/
Registration is open for PPGAS students/graduates to participate as a volunteer in the Prepara PPGAS extension course: Workshops for Entrance Selection in 2024/25.
The workshop is aimed at people applying for the program's selection process and the activities will include tutorials on research projects in a virtual format.
Registration: 3 to 7 July 2024.
Link:https://forms.gle/3sFw2L26DPQqvyAR7
Project presentation meeting: 10/7/2024 at 7pm.
This is also an initiative of CoPAF – Permanent Affirmative Action Commission of PPGAS-USP.
Participate!
If you have any questions, send an email to colectivopreparappgas.usp@gmail.com