European, German and French History, Cold War, International organizations, Labour and Welfare state, Socialism
Visiting Professors & Scholars
Sandrine Kott

Elise Langan

Elise Langan holds a B.S. from Northwestern University, an M.S. from the University of Southern California and a Ph.D. in Social Studies Education from New York University. She is an Associate Professor at Bronx Community College (CUNY) in the Department of Education. Prof. Langan is a Consortium Member with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region and has received grants from the Library of Congress to train teachers on effective ways to teach about the September 11, 2001 attacks. Her work on Asian-American curriculum creation was funded by the Mellon Foundation. Her publications include: Journal of International Social Studies, Teacher Education and Practice, The Journal of Educational Thought, International Journal of Educational Research, and the Journal of Contemporary Research in Education.
Luiz Bernardo Pericás

Luiz Bernardo Pericás holds a degree in History from George Washington University, a PhD in Economic History from USP, a postdoctoral degree in Political Science from FLACSO (Mexico), where he was a visiting professor, and from IEB/USP. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is the author of several books, such as Mystery Train (São Paulo, Brasiliense, 2007) and the novel Cansaço, the Long Station (São Paulo, Boitempo, 2012; adapted for the theater), among others. With his book Caio Prado Júnior: a political biography, he won the Juca Pato Prize - Intellectual of the Year (2016), granted by the Brazilian Union of Writers (UBE) and the Jabuti Prize - best biography (2017), by the Brazilian Chamber of Books ( CBL). His most recent book is Che Guevara and the Revolutionary Struggle in Bolivia (São Paulo, Boitempo, 2023, 415 pages). He is a professor of Contemporary History at the University of São Paulo (USP).