XVII Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association

American Exchanges: Ideas and Policies across Brazil and the U.S. 1930s-1970s

Session Submission Type: Complete Panel

Abstract

This panel examines the dynamic interactions of the U.S. and Brazil in the arena of ideas and policy in the twentieth century. What are the networks of connection that have linked thinkers across Brazil and the U.S., and how have Brazilian and U.S. scholars drawn upon currents of thought outside of their own borders? How have scholars from Brazil influenced those outside their borders and what are the international and inter-American dynamics that have shaped their thought? Panelists explore influential intellectuals such as Oliveira Vianna and Josué de Castro in Brazil as well as U.S. scholars Richard Morse and Irving Horowitz to unravel webs of influence and connection. From concepts of communitarian life to theories of development and population growth, the ideas that these thinkers grappled with continue to be influential today across the Americas.

Hybrid session. Link: https://SDSU.zoom.us/j/84770267514

Sub Unit

• XVII Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association

Individual Presentations

• Dr. Josué de Castro and the “Non-Malthusian Coalition” - Eve Buckley, University of Delaware

• Irving Horowitz and the Circulation of Sociological Knowledge between Brazil and the USA - João Marcelo Ehlert Maia, Fundação Getulio Vargas

• An Urban Community: The Shift of the Community Study from Village to Metropolis - Anadelia Romo, Texas State University

• The Good Neighbor Circuits of Rural Sociology: Debating Modernity and Social Reform across the Americas - Thiago Lopes, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Chair

• Anadelia Romo, Texas State University

Session Organizer

• Anadelia Romo, Texas State University