Coordination - São Paulo and Berlin (FU Berlin)

Tomaz Amorim

Academic Manager

Tomaz Amorim

Tomaz Amorim holds a bachelor’s degree in Literary Studies and a master’s degree in Literary Theory and History from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), with an exchange internship at the UzK. He holds a PhD in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from the USP, with an exchange internship at Humboldt University. He completed post-doctoral internships at the Unicamp and at the FU Berlin (in the Excellence Cluster “Temporal Communities”). He worked as Pedagogic Coordinator at UNEAFRO-Brazil and Guest Coordinator at the São Paulo International Film Festival. He is a poet, literary translator and writes cultural criticism in several Brazilian media outlets.

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Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615
04015-051 São Paulo, Brazil

Joaquim Toledo Jr.

Academic Editor

Joaquim Toledo Jr.

Our Scientific Editor, responsible for the Working Papers Series and other publications, holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). He was chief editor of Novos Estudos Cebrap (2010-15), visiting researcher at the University of Chicago (2008), associate researcher at the Philosophy Department of Unicamp (2018), and postdoctoral researcher at the Philosophy Department of the Universidade de São Paulo (2019-20). He joined Mecila’s coordination office team in 2020.

+55 11 55740399 | 118
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Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615
04015-051 São Paulo, Brazil

Melanie Metzen

Event and Outreach Coordinator

Melanie Metzen

Our Events and Outreach Coordinator has a degree in Social Communication (2013) from the Universidade de São Paulo, and a postgraduate (lato sensu) degree in Business Administration (2018) from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She worked in the publishing market before turning to corporate communications in 2017 when she joined the communications team of the Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Brasil-Alemanha. She joined Mecila’s team in São Paulo in 2018.

+55 11 55740399 | 118
[email protected]
Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615
04015-051 São Paulo, Brazil

Marina Falcão Motoki

Coordination Assistant

Marina Falcão Motoki

Marina, our project assistant, holds bachelor degrees in Chemistry and Social Sciences from the USP. She worked at Reporter Brazil’s educational program Escravo, nem pensar! (2010 – 2014) and was a project assistant at the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education (2016-2020). Marina holds an international certification in Social Programs and Projects Management and has been part of Mecila’s team in São Paulo since 2021.

+55 11 55740399 | 118
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Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615
04015-051 São Paulo, Brazil

Henriette Laila Mönch

Project Assistant

Henriette Laila Mönch

Henriette Laila Mönch holds a Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural European and American Studies from the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and a Master of Arts in Management of Cultural and Non-Profit Organisations from the Distance and Independent Studies Center (DISC) of the TU Kaiserslautern. After her long-term occupation as coordinator for academic cooperation, events, and public relations for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and as visa assistant at the German Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, she worked at the Career Service of the FU Berlin (2019-2020) as coordinator for Qualification in Mentoring and Tutoring, and Event Management. She joined Mecila’s administrative staff in April 2021.

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Freie Universität Berlin
ZI Lateinamerika-Institut
Geschäftstelle Boltzmannstr. 1
Raum 006 | 14195 Berlin, Germany

Coordination - Cologne (UzK)

Milagros Pacco

Project Coordinator and data manager

Milagros Pacco

Milagros Pacco studied History and Digital Humanities and obtained her master’s degree (2015) at the Universität zu Köln (UzK). During her studies, she worked as a student assistant in the department for Iberian and Latin American History at the Institute of History of UzK, in the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, and in the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) at UzK.
She has been a research assistant at the department for Iberian and Latin American History at the Institute of History of UzK since July 2017. As a research assistant, she is involved with academic and coordination tasks and developing and establishing the Research Data Management infrastructure at the Maria Sibylla Merian Centre (Mecila) at UzK.

+49-221-470-5480
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Kompetenznetz Lateinamerika – Mecila c/o Iberische und Lateinamerikanische Abt. Historisches Institut
Universität zu Köln Albertus-Magnus-Platz | 50923 Köln, Germany

Jessica Wiegel

Project Assistant

Jessica Wiegel

Jessica Wiegel trained as a bilingual Commercial Assistant at the Institute of Economics and Administration – Berufskolleg für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung, Siegen, Germany (2006) with a focus on administration and economy. She worked at the administration of the University of Siegen in 2016. Since 2017 she has been working at the University of Cologne administration as an administrative assistant in different projects. She joined the Mecila team at Cologne in July 2020.

+49-221-470-5480
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Universität zu Köln Albertus-Magnus-Platz | 50923 Köln, Germany

Aline Correa

Academic Assistant

Aline Correa

Aline Correa holds a Master’s degree in sociology from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), she specialises in Epistemologies of the South from the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and is a PhD candidate at the Latin American Regional Studies of UzK. Since July 2021 she has collaborated with Mecila as an academic assistant, providing research support.

+49-151-2225-2400
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Universität zu Köln Albertus-Magnus-Platz | 50923 Köln, Germany

Felix Engel

Academic Assistant

Felix Engel

Felix Engel studied history and ethnology and completed his master in public history in 2021. He has worked in the Department of Iberian and Latin American History and in the Global South Studies Center at the UzK.
Since July 2021, he has been part of the Cologne team as an academic assistant.

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Universität zu Köln Albertus-Magnus-Platz | 50923 Köln, Germany

Coordination - Berlin (IAI)

Isabel Barea Navarro

Project Assistant

Isabel Barea Navarro

Isabel Barea Navarro holds a degree in art history and a master’s degree in cultural heritage management from the University of Zaragoza, with a postgraduate Erasmus course at the University of Vienna. She has extensive experience in project management, both local and international, in the cultural, tourism, and events sectors. Since September 2020, she is part of Mecila as an assistant for the administrative and financial management of the subproject Medialities of Conviviality and Information Infrastructure at the IAI.

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Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Potsdamer Straße 37
10785 Berlin, Germany

Anna Levin

Librarian - Mecila Information Infrastructure

Anna Levin

Anna Levin has been a librarian at the IAI Berlin for over 30 years.

She stepped into her supportive role at Mecila in April 2020 and is responsible for the acquisition, cataloguing, and supply of selected materials in analogue and digital formats. She is also in charge of the electronic reading room designed for Mecila members.

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Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Potsdamer Straße 37
10785 Berlin, Germany