Notícias

DEATH NOTE - PROFESSOR MARIA ASSUNTA CAMPILONGO - FORMER DIRECTOR OF IFCH

Dear Academic Community,   We deeply regret to inform you of the death of Professor Maria Assunta Campilongo, former Director of IFCH from 1992 to 1996.   We express our deep gratitude to your dedication to IFCH and our complete solidarity with your family and friends.     Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Human...

Religious Studies Center (NER) turns 30

SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE FOR PRAE IMPROVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP - COMPUTER LABORATORY

The Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences makes this Notice public for registration in the selection process for the Improvement Scholarship, under the terms established here. Access the notice at the link below: Notice

SELECTION FOR ADMISSION TO THE MASTERS AND DOCTORATE OF PPG-HISTÓRIA UFRGS

SELECTION IS OPEN FOR ADMISSION TO THE MASTERS AND DOCTORATE OF PPG-HISTÓRIA UFRGS Registration for the selection of candidates for the master's and doctoral programs of the Postgraduate Program in History (PPG-History) of the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences at UFRGS is open until October 4th. Among the total number of vacancies, 45% (14 in the...

Launch of the book "The Enemy of the Apocalypse"

On October 5, 2026, researcher Felipe Catalani will be in Porto Alegre for the launch of his book The Enemy of the Apocalypse. It is an annotated translation of Günther Anders’ “Theses for the Atomic Age.” The book will be discussed by Giovanni Zanotti, professor at the University of Coimbra, and Bruno Ruffier, doctoral student at the...

City, Race and Gender | Meeting with the Minister of Racial Equality, Rachel Barros

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), through the research and extension groups LUTA, TERRA, BAOBÁ, TRAMAS PERIFÉRICAS and the Pro-Rectory of Affirmative Actions and Equity (PROAE/UFRGS), will receive the Minister of Racial Equality, Rachel Barros, on September 24th. Master and PhD in Sociology, she has been producing studies and...

LECTURE - THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL THEORY TODAY

NAU IFCH invites for Assessment 2026

Transformation of Brazilian criminal dynamics through the expansion of factions

Open to the entire UFRGS community.  

Professor Eros Carvalho publishes new book: "Ecological cognition: skillfully unveiling affordances"

CARVALHO, E. M. Ecological cognition: skillfully uncovering affordances. Florianópolis: NEL/UFSC, 2026. Since the 1960s, the cognitivist paradigm has become central in studies of the mind and cognition. A fundamental assumption of this paradigm is that cognition is the computational manipulation of representations. Cognitivism is consistent with the...