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  • February 14, 2019
    Talk
    Only by Invitation
    1130 hrs

    Topic: Recent Trends in Brazilian Politics

    Speaker: Prof. Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos, Adjunct Professor at the Department of International Relations, University of Sao Paulo

    Chair: Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, IDSA

    Venue: Boardroom # 104, First Floor

    About the Speaker

    Name: Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos

    E-mail: faboroso@gmail.com

    Academic degree: Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) in Economic History, University of São Paulo, 2011.

    Post-Doctorate at CNRS, Paris, France, 2017-2018.

    Current Position: Adjunct Professor, Department of International Relations, Federal University of São Paulo. Since 2013.

    Previous Academic post: Visiting Professor at the History Department at Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), 2012-2013.

    Selected publications

    Books

    • A history of the South American Pink Tide (1998-2016). (Uma história da onda progressista sul-americana) São Paulo: Elefante, 2018.
    • Forthcoming English edition by Brill, on the Studies in Critical Social Sciences series, August 2019.
    • Forthcoming Spanish edition by Plural, 2019.
    • Origins of radical thought and politics in Latin America (Origens do pensamento e da política radical na América Latina). São Paulo: UNICAMP University Press, 2016.
    • Beyond PT. The crisis of the Brazilian left in Latin American perspective. (Além do PT. A crise da esquerda brasileira em perspectiva latino-americana). 2 ed. São Paulo: Elefante, 2016; 2017.
    • Forthcoming French Edition by Éditions Syllepse, September 2019.

    Book Chapters

    2017. United Republic of soybeans: Brazilians and agrobusiness in Paraguay and Bolivia. In: Secreto, Veronica; Vazelesk, Vanderlei (Org.). Agrarismos: Estudos de história e sociologia do mundo rural. Rio de Janeiro: Mauad, 2017.

    2015. "Brazil´s place in Latin America and vice-versa" (O lugar do Brasil na América Latina e vice-versa). Published online with other awarded essays on a contest sponsored by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) in 2015.

    2014. "The brasiguayos issue and dilemmas of the Brazilian regional influence" (A questão dos brasiguaios e os dilemas da influência regional brasileira). In: Desidera Neto, W. Estrutura Socioeconômica e Políticas para a Integração da América do Sul. Brasília: IPEA.

    Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals (recent ones)

    1.“Neo-development of Underdevelopment: Brazil and the Political Economy of South American Integration under the Workers’ Party” Globalisations, 2018

    2. “Where is the Cuban Revolution going? Dilemas faced by primitive socialism”. México: Contextualizaciones Latinoamericanas, v. 9, p. 1-13, 2017.

    3. "Neodevelopmentalism or neoliberalism: regional integration and ideology” (Neosenvolvimentismo ou neoliberalismo: integração regional e ideologia). Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Economia Política, v. 45, p. 43-69, 2017.

    Research Grants

    1. 2017/2018. Scholarship for Post Doctoral research "The political economy of regional integration in the Global South: Brazil, India and South Africa” as part of the project "Work in Brazil and France; The meaning of changes and the changes of meaning”, agreement Capes/Cofecub call Nº. 16/2015, process aprooved: 8063-15-0 - 2016/2020, coordinated by Aparecida Neri de Sousa e Régine Bercot.

    2. 2017-2019: "The political economy of regional integration in the Global South: Brazil, India and South Africa”. Supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de São Paulo (FAPESP)

    3. 2014-2016: "Neo-Developmentalism or Neoliberalism: Brazil and the meaning of South American integration". Supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de São Paulo (FAPESP)

    4. 2011-2012: "Territorial conflicts and potencial litigations in South America". Research referred to the project "Socioeconomic structures and policies to the South American integration" which was undertaken by eight scholars from different institutions nation-wide, supported by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in Brasilia.

    5. 2006-2011: “Origens of radical thought and politics in Latin America: a comparative study of José Martí, Juan B. Justo and Ricardo Flores Magón”. PHD Research at University of São Paulo (USP). Supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de São Paulo (FAPESP)

    Awards

    1. 2015. Honorable mention in Latin American essay contest "Ruy Mauro Marini" promoted by Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) on the subject: "Regional integration process in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges, perspectives and horizons". 2015

    2. 2011. 1st place in public contest: "Political and Socioeconomic Strucutures for Regional Integration", sponsored by IPEA. Oct 2011

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