Marcelo Henrique Leite

Ph.D. (2024) and M.A. (2018) in Social History from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Holds a Bachelor's degree in History from the São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" UNESP, Faculty of Sciences and Letters of Assis (2014). Conducted research within the line "Heritage, History Teaching, and Historiography" in UNIRIO's Graduate Program in History. Was a recipient of the Sandwich Ph.D. Scholarship Abroad (PDSE/CAPES), with an academic internship at the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (UNGS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he investigated educational uses of the Museo Sitio de la Memoria ESMA. Member of the research group Oficinas de História, dedicated to history education and affiliated with various institutions. Taught in basic education from 2014 to 2024, at both lower and upper secondary school levels. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), with funding from FAPESP, conducting research on the memory of political violence in 1932 in São Paulo, focusing on its material traces. His areas of expertise and interest include History Education, Social Memory, Museums, and Difficult Pasts. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)