An Italian mission at the University of São Paulo
Soon after the foundation of the University of São Paulo in Brazil in the 1930s, a group of Italian professors was invited to teach at its Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters. The professors were responsible for organizing the mathematics and physics departments, and for teaching Greek and I...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Mélanges de l’École française de Rome - Italie et Méditerranée modernes et contemporaines
2019
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| Zusammenfassung: | Soon after the foundation of the University of São Paulo in Brazil in the 1930s, a group of Italian professors was invited to teach at its Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters. The professors were responsible for organizing the mathematics and physics departments, and for teaching Greek and Italian languages. History, geography and other human sciences were under the responsibility of invited French professors. German professors were also invited by the new University, and were directed to organize the natural sciences. The path of the Italian mission in Brazil involved different social agents, such as politicians, journalists, scientists, professors and ambassadors acting in a mobilization network, which encompassed different public and personal interests. The main focus of this paper is to discuss the diplomatic relationships between Italy and Brazil in this decade from a transnational perspective, while highlighting the recruitment process of professors between 1934 and 1939, and up to the end of the Italian mission in 1942 when Brazil joined the Axis powers in World War II. |
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