Current Member
Mariana Candido
Elizabeth and J. Richardson Dilworth Fellow
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Africa/ Angola
Home Institution
Emory University
Website
Mariana Candido is a specialist in West Central African history during the era of the transatlantic slave trade. At IAS, she will work on a new book on the history of women in what is now Angola from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It will examine African women's multiple roles, including as political, religious, and economic agents.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
–
Spring
Degrees
York University, Toronto
Ph.D.
2006
El Colegio de Mexico
M.A.
2000
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
B.A.
1997
Honors
2023
Berlin Prize
2022
Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, UK
2022
Social Justice Provost Grants/ Emory University
2021
Luso-American Foundation Fellowship
Appointments
Emory University
2023
Professor
Emory University
2020–2023
Associate Professor
American Academy in Berlin
2023
Berlin Fellow