Newsletter #294

CHAIRS

Muniz Sodré is the first holder of the Otavio Frias Filho Chair

"A multiform inquiry about the existence and consistency of the Brazilian people." This will be the main issue to be analyzed in the cycle of lectures that sociologist Muniz Sodré will coordinate in the Otavio Frias Filho Chair as first holder of this new research initiative at the IEA, resulting from an agreement between USP and the newspaper "Folha de S.Paulo." Author of 45 books, including three fiction books, and considered the most important communication researcher in the country, Sodré is one of the founders of the School of Communication at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, from which he is a professor emeritus.

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Chair of Basic Education is renamed in honor of Alfredo Bosi

The Chair of Basic Education, a partnership between the IEA and Itaú Social, will henceforth be called Alfredo Bosi Chair of Basic Education in honor of the professor and historian of Brazilian literature who died in April. The reappointment was announced by the general coordinator of the Chair and deputy director of the Institute, Roseli de Deus Lopes, at the event "Alfredo Bosi's Presence," held in the last week of August. On the occasion, she highlighted Bosi's affinity with the subject addressed by the Chair and his importance for education in the country.

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JOURNAL

Environment and cultural heritage are the highlights of "Estudos Avançados" #102

"Energy and Environment," "Hybrids of Knowledge," and "Religious Spaces" are the dossiers of the latest issue of IEA's journal, whose digital edition is now available for free download on the online platform SciELO. Among the topics covered by 16 articles there are: monitoring of air quality in Brazil, wind energy production, biodiversity, adaptation to climate change, water governance, Jesuit heritage between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and places of black Catholicism in the capital of São Paulo in the 19th century.

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COLLECTION

Highlights of IEA's 35-year history

The military coup of 1964 and its aftermath were the subject of "Estudos Avançados" #80 in 2014

Seven years ago, when the political-military coup in Brazil completed 50 years, the then editor of the journal "Estudos Avançados," Alfredo Bosi, devised a special issue to recall the moment that, for him, is part of the personal and collective memory of some but appears only as a historical fact for others. "Hence the opportunity for a dossier that reconstitutes the event and enlightens the younger generations and those already at mature age," he highlighted in the editorial. There were 13 texts of different formats on the political, social, and economic context in which the coup took place, as well as on resistance, censorship, artistic production, and the performance of the national and international press in relation to the regime imposed by the military. The material is available in full and free of charge on SciELO.

AGENDA

September 2, at 8:30 am - Methodological and Modeling Challenges of Indexes and Indicators

A seminar that is part of the UrbanSus Cycle of the USP Global Cities Synthesis Center. The event's objective is to support the Center's research production. Watch live.

September 3, at 2:00 pm - Environmental Policy, Climate Crisis, and Social Construction of the Future

Eda Tassara, from IEA's Environmental Policy Research Group, coordinates a seminar in defense of the world's population re-education in favor of sustainability. Watch live.

September 8, at 4:00 pm - 40 Years of the National Environmental Policy: Reminiscences, Reality, and Perspectives

This event of the UrbanSus Cycle of the USP Global Cities Synthesis Center will launch a book of the same name with 50 articles by 74 authors. Édis Milaré coordinates the publication. Watch live.

September 9, at 9:00 am - Urban Sustainability – Small and Medium Municipalities in the Territorial Planning based on the UN SDGs

A webinar of the UrbanSus Cycle of the USP Global Cities Synthesis Center aimed at proposing reflections that guide urban and rural policies. Watch live.

September 9, at 3:00 pm - Brave New Thoughts - Conversations

Eugênio Bucci, Giselle Beiguelman, Massimo Di Felici, and Muniz Sodré will discuss the impact of the rapid digital evolution on society, with moderation by Carlos Vogt and coordination by Lucia Santaella, holder of the Oscar Sala Chair. Watch live. Watch live.

September 14, at 2:00 pm - The Chaco Jesuit Reductions in the 18th Century – A Critical Review of Historiography

Carlos Daniel Paz, from the National University of the Center of the Buenos Aires Province (UNCPBA), will present a critical review outline in which he takes up some practices and signs of the "ego-histoire française." Watch live.

INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS DA USP / INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES OF USP

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