Past Member
Joao Jose Reis
Funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of study
History of Brazil, Nineteenth Century, Slavery
Website
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João Jose Reis is interested in the history of slavery in Brazil, particularly urban slavery, collective and individual resistance, biographies of ex-slaves, among other themes. At IAS, Reis will be working on a book-length biography of a Hausa slave who obtained freedom to become a rich merchant and slaveowner in nineteenth-century Bahia.
Visits
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Spring
Degrees
University of Minnesota
Ph.D.
1982
University of Minnesota
M.A.
1979
Honors
2017
Life-Time Work (Brazilian Academy of Letters)
2010
Order of National Scientific Merit (Brazil's Ministry of Science & Technology)
2007
Honorary Foreign Life-time Membership (American Historical Association)
Appointments
IAS
2024
School of Historical Studies Fellowship