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Café História is a Brazilian platform dedicated to the public dissemination of historical knowledge. Since 2008, it has brought together historians, researchers, students, and history enthusiasts through accessible, well-researched content that connects the past to present-day issues. With articles, interviews, opinion pieces, and educational resources, Café História seeks to promote critical thinking and foster a more in-depth understanding of history beyond academic circles. On this page, you’ll find a selection of our content available in English. Welcome!

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The military dictatorship in Brazilian contemporary fiction – Interview with Berttoni Licarião

“Through literature we can learn to perceive the other, not scientifically as we would treat an object of study, but as a desire for otherness that renews the world and humanizes our differences.”

18 de abril de 2020

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The Peace of Westphalia: a landmark for international relations

Treaties signed in the mid-seventeenth century are seen as the beginning of a new international order.

29 de janeiro de 2020

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The historian as an enemy: interview with Antoon De Baets

The Belgian historian analyzes cases of censorship, persecution and even deaths of historians by governments and regimes that have tried to control the writing of history.

25 de novembro de 2019

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Public History and its Multiple Engagings: Interview with Tanya Evans

cording to Tanya Evans, professor at the University of Macquarie (Sidney, AU), “we need to explain how our knowledge is constructed and the methods we use in clear and concise ways to people not trained as historians through the academic pathways we

11 de novembro de 2019

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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from a Historian’s Perspective

Georgetown Environmental History recently sat down with renowned Brazilian environmental history professor José Augusto Pádua in Rio de Janeiro to have a conversation about fires and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. The historian was asked about the relationship between fires and deforestation,

10 de outubro de 2019

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Consuming history: genealogy, public history, and other engagements with the past

Jerome de Groot, Professor at University of Manchester, talks about the ways we consume the past, either through a History lesson, or through a sold DNA test. Groot is a reference in the field of Public History.

12 de agosto de 2019

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The military dictatorship in Brazilian contemporary fiction – Interview with Berttoni Licarião

The Peace of Westphalia: a landmark for international relations

The historian as an enemy: interview with Antoon De Baets

Public History and its Multiple Engagings: Interview with Tanya Evans

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from a Historian’s Perspective

Consuming history: genealogy, public history, and other engagements with the past