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Prof. Dr. Cláudio Pinheiro

Rio de Janeiro Federal University

Institute of History, Rio de Janeiro University & Sephis Programme

African History

Member of the International Faculty at the University of Cologne

E-mail: c.pinheiro(at)sephis(dot)org

Web: Rio de Janeiro University; Sephis Program

Research Interests
  • Colonialism
  • Postcolonialism
  • Slavery
  • India
  • Knowledge circulation
  • Epistemology
  • Social Theory
Short CV
Since 2016
Professor of African History, Institute of History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Since 2013
Chairman, Sephis Programme (South-South Exchange Programme for the Research on the History of Development) Amsterdam/Rio de Janeiro 2010 – 2013
Associate Professor, The Social Sciences and History School, FGV, Rio de Janeiro 2006 – 2010
Ad-hoc counselor, the Brazilian Ministry of Education with regards to Higher Education Issues on India, IBSA and the BRICS countries 2007 – 2009
Associated Fellow, Depart. of Anthropology, Campinas State University, Brazil 2001 – 2004
Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Estacio de Sa University, Rio de Janeiro