Newsletter #259

AGENDA

Sustainability

Meeting discusses the role of academia in the search for sustainable solutions for cities

Two activities of the seminar 'Environment, Health and Sustainability in Global Cities' will gather experiences and promote dialogues on academic studies and interventions that can improve the quality of life in metropolises. Portuguese geographer Paula Santana will present the case 'Euro-Healthy: Shaping European Policies to Promote Health Equity,' which has the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its focus of action, on February 20, at 9.00 am, at the IEA-USP. There will be live webcast for this session. At 2.00 pm, at USP's School of Public Health (FSP), the SDGs will once again be the theme of a roundtable, which will discuss how universities can head their scientific production to solv e local problems, focusing on issues such as security, resilience, sustainability and inclusive cities.

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Arts

Marcel Duchamp's relationship with Brazilian artist Maria Martins is the theme to an event at the SESI Theater

The relationship between French-American painter and sculptor Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) and Brazilian artist Maria Martins (1894-1973), and the dialogue of the work of the creator of readymades with other languages, such as film and literature, will be explored during the event 'Ready Made in Brasil: Entre Trópicos,' on February 7, from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm, at the SESI Theater, in São Paulo, with live webcast. The event will feature the film 'Maria - Não Esqueça que Eu Venho dos Trópicos' (2017), directed by Francisco C. Martins, followed by a lecture by Argentine professor and writer Raúl Antelo, author of the book 'Marcel com Maria: Duchamp nos Trópicos' (2010).

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JOURNAL

'Estudos Avançados' #91 addresses the 100 years of the Russian Revolution, urbanism and psychoanalysis

The centennial of the Russian Revolution is the subject of one of the three dossiers that make up issue 91 of IEA's journal 'Estudos Avançados,' launched at the end of 2017. Under the coordination of Bruno Barreto Gomide, professor of Russian literature at USP's Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences (FFLCH), the collection has articles that discuss the cultural, political and social history of the revolution, written by researchers from the United Kingdom, Brazil and Argentina. In addition to it, two other dossiers complement the issue: one on urbanism, coordinated by designer Ricardo Ohtake, and another on psychoanalysis. Last year, the Institute's journal had the most hits among similar publications in the SciELO platform.

RESEARCH

Jerry Hogan launches a book on behavioral study he has written as IEA's visiting professor

Ethologist Jerry Hogan, Professor Emeritus from the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto and a visiting professor at the IEA from August 2013 to July 2015, gave an interview during his short stay in São Paulo in early January. Released last November by the Cambridge University Press, his book 'Study of Behavior - Organization, Methods and Principles' integrates the various fields of behavioral study, especially ethology and experimental psychology, into common basic language.

Marina Massimi and Mario de Vivo are the Institute's new senior professors

Specialist in history of psychology Marina Massimi and biologist Mario de Vivo, both from USP's Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at the Ribeirão Preto campus (FFCLRP), are the new senior professors of the IEA. Massimi will resume her research of recent years and will organize publications and seminars. De Vivo will write the book 'Taxonomies of the Mind: The Biological and Cultural Structure of Who We Are.' The IEA Senior Professor category is intended for retired professors who wish to continue developing research, teaching and extension activities.

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'Interculturalities,' a dossier of the last issue of USP's Journal, has been organized by Sylvia Dantas, a reseacher of the IEA

Issue 114 of USP's Journal has launched a dossier that seeks to reflect on the tragedy of Syrian and African refugees, and the challenge of combating xenophobia, racism and intolerance. Entitled 'Interculturalities,' it has been organized by Professor Sylvia Dantas, coordinator of IEA's Intercultural Dialogues Research Group, and is composed of articles by members and guests who gave lectures at the group's events. They are researchers from diverse areas who observe and question human displacements in the globalized world. 'According to the United Nations, about 244 million people live in a country other than the one they were born in, an increase of 41% compared to the year 2000. Of these, almost 20 million are refugees,' explains Dantas.

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INSTITUTIONAL

The IEA has new headquarters within USP's campus

The new headquarters of the IEA-USP are located in the space where the University Council, the General Secretariat and some bodies of the President's Office previously functioned. With an area that is 170% larger than the space currently occupied by the Institute, the site has been totally refurbished. 40 researchers will now be able to work simultaneously and organize meetings, seminars and conferences for 120 people in the IEA Auditorium (former University Council room) or for 60 people in the Alfredo Bosi Room. The inauguration ceremony of the new premises took place on January 18.

INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS DA USP / INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES OF USP

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