The Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH) invites the academic community and the general public to a lecture with Argentine writer Ulises Gorini, who will be in Brazil for the first time. Author of The Mothers' Rebellion: History of the Mothers of Praça de Mayo, Gorini participates in the Porto Alegre Book Fair and will carry out a special activity...
October 31, 2025Student João Pedro Theves Knopf, from the Social Sciences course at UFRGS, was awarded at the 37th Scientific Initiation Salon in the area of Human Sciences for his work “Between likes and crimes: the role of social networks in the activity of criminal factions”, supervised by professor Rochele Fellini Fachinetto. The study investigates how social...
October 31, 2025On November 1st, at 5pm, the book launch of Fanon and the Algerian Revolution: how the African anti-colonial struggle forged the voice of the damned of the earth, by Walter Lippold, published by Autonomia Literária. The event will be held at Livraria Taverna, located at Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana (Rua dos Andradas, 736 – Centro Histórico...
October 31, 2025The Philosophy course at UFRGS had wide participation and was highlighted at the UFRGS 2025 Salon, an event that brought together the editions of the 37th Scientific Initiation Salon, the 21st Teaching Salon and the 1st Postgraduate Salon. The awarded and recognized works reveal the vitality of research and teaching in Philosophy, addressing topics ranging from logic...
October 28, 2025Professor Enrique Serra Padrós, from the Department of History at IFCH/UFRGS, will be honored with the posthumous launch of his book The dictatorships of national security against children, on November 14th, at 2:30 pm, in the Auditorium Érico Verissimo (Clube do Comércio – Rua dos Andradas, 1085, 2nd floor, Center), during the 71st Book...
October 23, 2025The Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH) is present at the 37th UFRGS Scientific Initiation Hall, which takes place between the 20th and 23rd of October 2025, bringing together students and advisors from all departments of the institute. The research presented reflects the breadth and thematic diversity of the IFCH areas, covering topics such as politics...
October 23, 2025The dissertation “A transnational nationalism? Case study of the New Resistance, a Brazilian neofascist organization”, by Ramiro Soares Valdez, supervised by professor Marcelo Kunrath Silva, from the Postgraduate Program in Sociology at UFRGS (PPGS/UFRGS), received an honorable mention in the Brazilian Competition for Theses and Dissertations in Social...
October 21, 2025The thesis “Non-religious Christianity: an ethnography of coaching in churches, prisons and public security corporations in Brazil”, by Taylor Pedroso de Aguiar, supervised by professor Emerson Alessandro Giumbelli, from the Postgraduate in Social Anthropology from UFRGS (PPGAS/UFRGS), received an honorable mention in the Brazilian Competition for Theses...
October 21, 2025Event is supported by the Goethe-Institut and takes place this Monday, October 20th, at 7pm Published on the UFRGS website on October 17, 2025, at 4:34 pm The project “Philosophy and Literature: Links and Intertexts” carries out a new edition of its lecture cycle, promoting dialogue between two fundamental areas of thought and artistic creation....
October 20, 2025On October 21st, at 7pm (Brasília time), the debate “Evidence-based cities: the use of data to design policy” will take place, broadcast live on the UN-Habitat Brasil channel on YouTube (watch here). The meeting is part of the Urban Circuit 2025, promoted by UN-Habitat with support from the Ministry of Cities and the Federal Government, and brings...
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