The Perseu Abramo Foundation, through its Training Department, is promoting the free online course “Revisiting the History of Brazil: Debates and Conflicts.” Curated by Professor Dulce Pandolfi of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the initiative, which includes a certificate of completion, will feature fourteen recorded lectures with renowned academics and researchers from various higher education institutions.
“We will promote a fascinating journey through Brazilian history, critically and panoramically addressing more than five hundred years of our trajectory. We will explore events, struggles, and challenges that marked our past, questioning traditional views on the idea of a peaceful and egalitarian country. To this end, we will address the formation of the nation in the colonial period, going up to contemporary debates on democracy, authoritarianism, and inequality. Thus, we propose a profound reflection on the factors that shaped and continue to shape our society,” says Jorge Bittar, Director of Training at the Perseu Abramo Foundation.
To register, follow these steps:
Access https://ead.fpabramo.org.br/ and log in.
Then, simply click on this link to go to the course: https://ead.fpabramo.org.br/course/view.php?id=361.
Afterwards, click on “Register now” to become a student of this course.
Schedule
The complete schedule for each of the fourteen classes, listed below, is also available here.
May 8th – Inaugural lecture “Brazil: a biography”, with Lilia Schwarcz (ABL/University of São Paulo – USP). The lecture will be available on the Perseu Abramo Foundation’s YouTube channel.
Module I: From the Portuguese Crown to the Brazilian Crown
May 15th – Functioning of the slave system in Portuguese America, with Ynaê Lopes da Silva (Federal Fluminense University – UFF).
May 22 – Indigenous Peoples and the Construction of Brazil, with Vânia Losada (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRRJ/University of Brasília – UnB).
May 29 – Republican Ideas and Revolts in the Colony and the Empire, with Heloísa Starling (Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG).
June 5 – Slavery and Citizenship in Monarchical Brazil, with Hebe Mattos (UFF/Federal University of Juiz de Fora – UFJF).
Module II: From the Republic of the Colonels to the Dictatorship of the Generals
June 12 – From the Republic of the “Colonels” to the Revolution of 1930, with Cláudia Viscardi (UFJF).
June 19 – The Vargas Era and the Labor Pact, with Angela de Castro Gomes (UFF/Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO).
June 26 – The Democratic Experiment: Rural and Urban Conflicts, with Mário Grynszpan (UFF).
July 3 – The Jango Government, the Basic Reforms, and the 1964 Coup, with Dulce Pandolfi (UFRJ).
Module III: From Dictatorship to Democracy
July 10 – The Military in Power, with João Roberto Martins (Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCAR).
July 17 – Democratic Transition: Social Movements and the “New” Unionism, with Paulo Fontes (UFRJ).
July 24 – Transitional Justice in Brazil, with Angela Moreira da Silva (UFF).
July 31 – Times of Neoliberalism and the Crisis of the Left, with Daniel Aarão Reis (UFF).
7/8 – Closing lecture “Bolsonarism and Lulaism”, with Renato Lessa (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio).
