Dr. Silvio Almeida is a Tinker Visiting Professor at Columbia University's Institute of Latin American Studies. He holds a PhD from the University of São Paulo School of Law and is founder and president of the Luiz Gama Institute, which provides legal advice and citizenship training to vulnerable populations in Brazil. He is the author of Structural Racism (São Paulo, 2018), Sartre: Law and Politics (São Paulo, 2016), and many other publications. Luiz Gama was a Brazilian rábula (self-taught lawyer), abolitionist, orator, journalist, writer, andconsidered a key actor in the abolition of slavery inBrazil. Dr. Almeida will discuss Luiz Gama as a thinker and interpreter of Brazilian social thought. Lunch will be provided. Registration required for both in-person and virtual attendees.
