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Prof. Jer贸nimo will teach a graduate seminar on 鈥淣ew Brazils in Africa: The 鈥楾hird鈥� Portuguese Empire,鈥� cross-listed between the MA/PhD in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory and the MAT in History.

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, in collaboration with the Department of Portuguese and the Department of History at the 糖心logo入口, is pleased and proud to announce the appointment of Professor Miguel Bandeira Jer贸nimo (University of Coimbra and New University of Lisbon, Portugal) as H茅lio and Am茅lia Pedroso/Luso-American Foundation Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for the Spring 2019 semester.

Prof. Jer贸nimo will teach a graduate seminar on 鈥淣ew Brazils in Africa: The 鈥楾hird鈥� Portuguese Empire,鈥� cross-listed between the MA/PhD in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory and the MAT in History. The course provides an analysis of the historical transformation of the Portuguese colonial empire in Africa since the beginning of the nineteenth century until decolonization. It explores issues such as slavery and forced labor, race relations, colonial science and law, colonial modernization and development, and colonial wars, while dealing also with a comparative assessment of the end of the European colonial empires and the contemporary legacies of imperialism and colonialism.

Prof. Jer贸nimo holds a PhD in History from King鈥檚 College London (2008). He is the author and editor of several books, including The 鈥淐ivilizing Mission鈥� of Portuguese Colonialism (c.1870-1930) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) and A Casa de Estudantes do Imp茅rio: Din芒micas coloniais, conex玫es transnacionais (Edi莽玫es 70, 2017). During his residency at UMass Dartmouth, Prof. Jer贸nimo will also coordinate the organization of an international colloquium on 鈥淗eritages(s) of Portuguese Influence: Histories, Spaces, Texts, and Objects鈥� (April 3 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, April 5 at UMass Dartmouth鈥檚 Woodland Commons).