Unisinos Postgraduate - History (MA/PhD) - In person - São Leopoldo
Academic Master

History (MA/PhD)

In person - São Leopoldo

Location

São Leopoldo

Duration

2 years

Course recommended by Capes

Grade 5

Overview

Unisinos Graduate Program in History is rated by Capes with a score of 5. It has been in operation since 1987, and its focus is Latin American Historical Studies. The Program favors research with a transnational vocation, valuing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary orientations, as well as the search for excellence at an international level. .

The program maintains the História Unisinos Journal (ISSN: 2236-1782), with an A1 rating in Qualis Periódicos, nd RHLA, Latin American History Magazine (ISSN 2238-0620), B3, a space for action and student training activities. It also maintains the Latin American Historical Studies Collection [EHILA], which has published more than 45 volumes so far.

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Emphasis: Studies on Latin America History

The PPGH focuses on “Latin American Historical Studies”, privileging interdisciplinary research from local, regional, or transnational perspectives. We host expertise in contemporary and earlier periods of Latin America's history, and it identifies us in the set of the country's postgraduate courses. Our program prioritizes this area of studies to establish exchanges and collaborative actions with institutions nationally and internationally.

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Lines of action

Dedicated to the study of different American indigenous cultures and societies in their historical specificity, addressing long-running processes as well as time-specific events. This area of study addresses the internal dynamics of formation and transformation of these societies, as well as the relationships they establish with each other or with Western societies. Research focuses on the actors and social change processes generated in the interaction of cultural codes of indigenous and Western societies, in terms of conflicts as well as mediations and negotiations, and their impact on the intellectual production and contemporary political debate.

From different perspectives and approaches, analyzes the action of civil and ecclesiastical institutions in indigenous societies, the evangelization process and religious movements arising from interethnic and intercultural contact. This area of study also addresses the tangible and intangible culture of these societies, as well as the formation of memories about them and their listing as cultural heritage.

The history of Latin America is characterized by the inflow of migrant populations from other continents. From the 16th century until the 20th century, these populations have undergone a continuing process of appropriation and incorporation of territories, which was a mobile and at times fluid line towards the hinterland, putting the native populations into contact with the groups that landed here. The agents of this movement, involving at time conflicting interrelations, are under the auspices of institutions such as the State and the Church, and have acted in the configuration of societies over the centuries, both in rural and urban spaces.

In this sense, this area of study focuses on the occupation of territories in America, the migrations and relationships between population groups, as well as the internal dynamics of specific groups. It addresses issues such as the colonization of America; intercultural contacts; family, gender and generations; community organizations, sociability and religiosity; slavery and African-descent populations; immigrants and descendants; ethnic identity and interethnic relationships; population mobility and economic organization.

This area of study conducts research into issues located in the fields of politics and culture, addressing them both independently and in the dynamic interrelation of these dimensions. Preferred topics for analysis are those relating to political and cultural practices, conflicts and representations, production and dissemination of ideas, intellectual projects associated with different traditions of thought, whether individual or collective, secular or religious, institutional or not.

This area of study is also interested in themes that establish connections with memory practices and policies. Considering the historicity of the phenomena and processes in question, this area of study covers, from a privileged point of observation, the Latin American space, its internal interfaces (regional and/or national) and the dialog with other spaces, outside the subcontinent.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

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Master's Degree Curriculum

The master's degree consists of 24 credits, including thesis. Students are required to complete courses of Seminar on Research (4 credits) and optional courses (20 credits). Development of the thesis will be throughout the course.

PROFESSORS

The student of the History Graduate Program has at your disposal a faculty composed mostly of masters, doctors and post-doctor, with national and international training and recognized professional experience.

Ana Paula Korndörfer

Ana Paula Korndörfer

Doutora em História
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Hernan Ramiro Ramirez

Hernan Ramiro Ramirez

Doutor em História
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Isabel Aparecida Bilhao

Isabel Aparecida Bilhao

Doutora em História
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Jairo Henrique Rogge

Jairo Henrique Rogge

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PhD in History from UNISINOS, developing research in the areas of Prehistoric and Historical Archeology, Indigenous History, Memory and Cultural Heritage.

Maria Cristina Bohn Martins

Maria Cristina Bohn Martins

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