Dr. Zeus Moreno Romero, Professor of Social History, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil, will speak about the challenges facing the incoming administration of Pres. Lula da Silva, including undoing the damage done by the previous president Jair Bolsonaro in terms of indigenous rights, the environment, and democracy.

Dr. Romero participates in research groups on Indigenous and Afro-American Cultures at the University of Barcelona, and on Cooperativism, Rural Development, and Solidarity Enterprises in the European Union and Latin America at the University of Alicante, Spain. He works as an external collaborator with a research group on Contemporary Brazil at the State University of Maringá and as a researcher with the Socio Environmental Geography group at the Federal University of Rodônia, Brazil. He received his Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Barcelona (2011), and his Master’s (2014) and Doctorate (2020) in History from the State University of Maringá in Brazil (2014). He worked for ten years at the Casa América Catalunya cultural institution in Barcelona where he made several educational documentaries on historical topics. His specialty is in the areas of Indigenous History, History of Africa and of the Americas, focusing mainly on History of Indigenous peoples, the Amazon region, History Education, Afro America, Africa and Latin America.

This event is part of a series hosted by the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (ICPJ) Latin America Caucus, the Huron Valley Democratic Socialists of America (HVDSA), and U-M Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACS).

Brazil: A New Cycle of Hope

By Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

Brazil: A New Cycle of Hope

2023 ICPJ Latin America Caucus Speaker Series