The Academic Master’s Degree in History, Politics and Cultural Assets aims to train high-level professionals who are up-to-date regarding the methodological and epistemological debates that characterize the field of History and Social Sciences, with an emphasis on the historical dimension of social phenomena and the adoption of an interdisciplinary perspective. These professionals are expected to join national and international networks of knowledge production, dimensions considered crucial both for the quality of academic production and for the training of teaching staff at their different levels, in particular higher education. Please visit the website of the Graduate Program in History, Politics and Cultural Assets (PPHPBC), https://cpdoc.fgv.br/pos/mad/historico, for more information.

Course duration: 24 months

RESEARCH LINES
Institutions and policy: Research on institutions and politics is at the root of FGV CPDOC’s identity and marks the production of a significant number of professors linked to the Program. The subject of the analysis comprises, fundamentally, the actions, practices and perceptions of social groups and institutions, as well as individuals. Studies in this line contribute to a better understanding of the processes of institutional construction and decision making in the structure of public power; explore the role of political and social leaders, as well as their multiple and complex interfaces with broader political institutions; discuss public policies and their social reflexes in the construction of citizenship, and give academic solidity to the studies of biographies and personal trajectories.

Memory and culture: The history of memory and the central place it occupies in processes of constitution of social identities are key dimensions to the work developed by a large number of professors in the Program. This line of research brings together investigative itineraries that address the concepts of heritage, culture (material and immaterial), tradition, and representation, conceived based on different supports and languages. The topics range from Brazilian social thinking to football, from museums to film and television, and from popular festivals to civic celebrations, for example. In addition, it should be noted that an important part of the research developed in this line is based on FGV CPDOC’s tradition of developing methodologies for the treatment of archives and the constitution of oral history collections, always in line with the critical reflection on the social processes of production and circulation of historical sources.

International relations: This research line comprises a series of research and analysis activities on the transformations of the international order, foreign policies of nation states, and the international performance of non-state stakeholders. Research activities include not only those that are exclusively in the field of International Relations, but also studies that draw on conceptual frameworks from other fields of knowledge – such as history, sociology, economics, and law – with the aim of understanding phenomena of history and international politics. Topics addressed in this research line include global transformations and emerging powers, regional integration processes and foreign policy of the European Union, comparative foreign policies, international security, and global history.
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All students accepted in the Academic Master’s degree will be exempt from monthly tuition and fees.

PERMANENT PROFESSORS
Américo Oscar Guichard Freire
•    PhD in History – UFRJ
–    History of Rio de Janeiro
–    Political History of Republican Brazil

Angela Moreira Domingues da Silva
•    PhD in History – FGV CPDOC
–    Authoritarianism in Brazil
–    History of the Judiciary Branch

Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda
•    PhD in Social History of Culture – PUC-Rio
–    Brazilian Social Thought
–    Social History of Sports

Celso Corrêa Pinto de Castro
•    PhD in Social Anthropology – UFRJ
–    Tourism and cultural heritage
–    Theory of culture

Eduardo Jordão de Achilles Mello
•    PhD in Political Science – London School of Economics
–    Political Economics of Development
–    Comparative Politics

 Jairo Cesar Marconi Nicolau
•    PhD in Political Science – IUPERJ
–    Brazilian politics
–    Political parties, elections and behavior

 Jaqueline Porto Zulini
•    PhD in Political Science – USP
–    Comparative political institutions
–    History, politics and institutions

 Jimmy Medeiros
•    PhD in Public Policy, Strategy and Development – IE/UFRJ
–    Public Policy
–    Social Protection

João Marcelo Ehlert Maia
•    PhD in Sociology – IUPERJ
–    Brazilian Social Thought
–    Sociology of Culture

Márcio Grijó Vilarouca
•    PhD in Political Science – IUPERJ
–    Executive-Legislative Relations
–    Brazilian political institutions

Marco Aurélio Vannucchi Leme de Mattos
•    PhD in History – University of São Paulo
–    History of Republican Brazil
–    Civil society institutions

Matias Spektor
•    PhD in International Relations – University of Oxford
–    International Relations
–    Research methods in Social Sciences and History

Martina Spohr
•    PhD in Social History – UFRJ
–    Political History of Republican Brazil
–    History Archives and Methodology

Oliver Stuenkel
•    PhD in Political Science – Duisburg-Essen University – Germany
–    International Relations
–    Foreign policy of emerging powers

Paula Elena Vedoveli Francisco
•    PhD in History – Princeton University
–    Global History
–    International Financial History

Sérgio Praça
•    PhD in Political Science – USP
–    Brazilian Political Institutions
–    Bureaucracy and Politics

Silvia Monnerat Barbosa
•    PhD in Social Anthropology – National Museum/UFRJ
–    Urban Anthropology
–    Anthropological theory

Thaís Blank
•    PhD in Communication and Culture – UFRJ
–    Visual Culture
–    Film and History

Vivian Fonseca
•    PhD in History, Politics and Cultural Assets – FGV CPDOC
–    Heritage, Memory and History Teaching
–    History of Sports

Course Coordination: Prof. Angela Moreira