DR. ISABEL CRISTINA FERREIRA DOS REIS
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Dr. Isabel Cristina Ferreira dos Reis is a leading Brazilian historian. Her research specializes in the Afro-Brazilian family during slavery. To invite Dr. Reis to your organization for an unforgettable presentation on Black history in Brazil, you can email her at: [email protected] She speaks fluent English.
Dr. Reis received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) in Brazil. In 2007 she was awarded a doctorate in social history from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas City, São Paulo, where she defended a dissertation on the subject of “The Black Family in Slavery: Bahia, 1850-1888.”
Dr. Reis has been teaching at the university level since 1996 and is currently a member of the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) in Cachoeira, Bahia, where she directs courses on the History of Brazil, History of Bahia and Black History in Brazil. Dr. Reis is also a member of the Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros do Recôncavo da Bahia (NEAB – UFRB) and professor of the Programa de Pós-graduação em História Regional e Local in Universidade do Estado da Bahia (PPGHIS - UNEB). Her current research interests include the Black Family in the Slavery Society and Black Diaspora; 19th century Bahian History; and Afro-Brazilian History and Culture. She is author of the book Histórias de Vida familiar e Afetiva de Escravos na Bahia do Século XIX (Histories of Slave Family and Emotional Life in 19th Century Bahia) published in 2001.
Dr. Reis has also studied and lectured in the United States, India and Senegal. She will be visiting the U.S. for one year beginning November 2013.
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Dr. Isabel Cristina Ferreira dos Reis is a leading Brazilian historian. Her research specializes in the Afro-Brazilian family during slavery. To invite Dr. Reis to your organization for an unforgettable presentation on Black history in Brazil, you can email her at: [email protected] She speaks fluent English.
Dr. Reis received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) in Brazil. In 2007 she was awarded a doctorate in social history from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas City, São Paulo, where she defended a dissertation on the subject of “The Black Family in Slavery: Bahia, 1850-1888.”
Dr. Reis has been teaching at the university level since 1996 and is currently a member of the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) in Cachoeira, Bahia, where she directs courses on the History of Brazil, History of Bahia and Black History in Brazil. Dr. Reis is also a member of the Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros do Recôncavo da Bahia (NEAB – UFRB) and professor of the Programa de Pós-graduação em História Regional e Local in Universidade do Estado da Bahia (PPGHIS - UNEB). Her current research interests include the Black Family in the Slavery Society and Black Diaspora; 19th century Bahian History; and Afro-Brazilian History and Culture. She is author of the book Histórias de Vida familiar e Afetiva de Escravos na Bahia do Século XIX (Histories of Slave Family and Emotional Life in 19th Century Bahia) published in 2001.
Dr. Reis has also studied and lectured in the United States, India and Senegal. She will be visiting the U.S. for one year beginning November 2013.