Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America The Mecila – Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America examines past and present forms of social, political, and cultural conviviality in Latin America and the Caribbean. It employs conviviality as an analytical concept to describe ways of …
Image Credit: Dafne Sampaio Dieter Grimm visits Mecila in São Paulo At the invitation of Mecila – Maria Sibylla Merian Center Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America, the renowned German justice, Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Dieter Grimm, participated in a special seminar at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP) on 23th November. Grimm …
We are happy to announce our next International Workshop “Conviviality in unequal societies: the knowledge dimension” to be hosted at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (La Plata), on 28th and 29th November. During the two-day event scholars from various Latin American, German and international institutions will discuss how the production and …
MIASA Call for Applications: Fellowships (Junior/Senior) The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to the topic of ‘Sustainable Governance’. MIASA’s three research foci are: sustainable environmental transformation, sustainable conflict management, and sustainable democracy. In its first call for short-term fellowships, MIASA welcomes applications from excellent researchers to join the …
29.09 – Presenting Mecila at the Jornadas Alemãs We are very happy to have participated in the third edition of the Jornadas Alemãs, a series of events organized by the Consulate General of Germany São Paulo to commemorate the Day of German Unity (3 October). The many activities celebrating the end of the separation between West and …
Interested in the work of Peter Wade? Then don’t miss his latest Working Paper about “Mestizaje and Conviviality in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico”. Working Papers
No dia 31 de agosto será realizado o seminário Protestos: Instituições Políticas, Mobilização Social e Violência, em parceria com o PPGS e o Cebrap. A programação conta com 4 mesas sobre os seguintes temas: “Protesto e Violência”, “Movimentos Sociais e Instituições”, “Arenas do Ativismo: Estudos do Movimento Feminista” e “Os Portestos de 2013 em São Paulo”. …
El Workshop Internacional está siendo organizado por: Doctorado en Estudios Sociales Interdisciplinarios de Europa y América Latina, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la UNLP y Universität Rostock, Centro Universitario Argentino Alemán y Mecila. Los invitados son los Centros asociados de posgrado Brasil-Argentina, FaHCE/UNLP-IFCS/UFRJ y los Grupo de Estudios en Sociología Cultural, CIMeCS-IdIHCS. Nuestro Investigador Principal, Juan …
During his recent visit to the city of São Paulo, the newly-elected president of Freie Universität Berlin, Professor Günter M. Ziegler, had the opportunity to visit Mecilas working spaces at the University of São Paulo (USP) as well as meet with representatives of the Agency for National and International Academic Cooperation (Aucani) of USP. President …
Check out the new Working Paper by Arjun Appadurai “The Risks of Dialogue.” Working Papers
