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Ruth Cardoso Chair
CAPES, FAPESP, Columbia University and the Fulbright Commission have established a new visiting professorship for Brazilian scholars in honor of the former Brazilian First Lady and renowned sociologist Ruth Cardoso. Learn more about the Ruth Cardoso Chair.
We are honored to welcome Lia Zanotta Machado as our first Ruth Cardoso Professor.
Lia Zanotta Machado is an anthropologist who specializes in feminist movements, violence, and sexual and reproductive rights. She is currently researching the impact of the movement for human and women's rights, as well as rights to cultural diversity, on feminist movements and knowledge. She teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Brasilia, and her most recent book is Institutional Challenges in Combatting Violence against Women in Latin America and the Caribbeam (UNIFEM, 2007).
Masters Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The new Masters program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies begins Fall 2009.