Spring 2014

Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães is Professor of Sociology at the University of São Paulo, Titulaire of the Chaire brésilienne de sciences sociales Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, and is a Senior Researcher at Centro de Estudos da Metropole, supported by FAPESP (Fundação de Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) and Senior Research of CNPQ (Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa). He has a PhD in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison (1988), and was president of the Brazilian Sociological Society from 1996 to 1998. He does research on racial, national and class identities, Black social movements, affirmative actions, and Black intellectuals. He has published among others books: Preconceito Racial – Modos, Temas, Tempos. São Paulo, Ed. Cortez, 2008; Classes, raças e democracia, São Paulo, Editora 34, 2002; Racismo e anti-racismo no Brasil, São Paulo, Editora 34, 1999; 2nd Edição 2005.