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Thursday, October 20

CLAS Speaker Series: Gender & Domestic Labor in Brazil
Time:
12:30 pm
Presenter:
Mariana Muaze
Location:
4217 Posvar/Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and International Week along with Ford Institute for Human Security
Contact:
Alexis Takoushian
Contact Email:
art112@pitt.edu

Mariana Muaze is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), and author of the book “Memórias da Viscondessa: família e poder no Brasil Império” (Zahar, 2008), which won the Jorge Zahar Prize and National Archives Research Award in 2007. She is a co-editor of the books: “O Vale do Paraíba e o Império do Brasil nos quadros da Segunda Escravidão” (7 Letras, 2015) and “Segunda Escravidão e o Império do Brasil em Perspectiva Histórica” (Casa Leiria, 2020), with Ricardo Salles, and "O 15 de Novembro e a queda da Monarquia” (Chão, 2019) with Keila Grinberg, and have different articles about slavery, gender, family and childhood in Brazil Empire.