Joana Salem Vasconcelos

Visiting Professor of Economic History at Federal University of ABC and Permanent Professor at the Postgraduate Program in World Political Economy (UFABC). PhD in Economic History at University of São Paulo (USP), Master in Economic Development at State University of Campinas UNICAMP (2013) and Graduated in History at USP (2010). Visiting Schollar at University of California, Irvine (2017-2018). Coordinating Editor of Latin American Perspectives (http://latinamericanperspectives.com/). Associated researcher at the Center of Studies of Latin American Agrarian History (Centro de Estudios de Historia Agraria de América Latina, CEHAL), in Chile. Works with Latin American Studies in XXth and XXIth centuries: the history of agrarian reform and socialist revolutions in Cuba and Chile; dependence and underdevelopment theories; history of the marxist thought; Paulo Freire's pedagogy history. Was Content-Coordinator and Pedagogical Supervisor of the WebSite Memorias da Ditadura from Instituto Vladimir Herzog (http://memoriasdaditadura.org.br/ ). Has experience with historical research in many different archives in Brazil, Cuba, Chile and United States. Has one-decade experience with university and high school teaching; works with Popular Education and educacion for the human rights. Is author of the book "Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution. Dilemmas of the Peripheral Socialism" (Brill, 2023 Haymarket, 2024, originally in Portuguese by Alameda, 2016). Is co-author of the book 'Cuba and the economic policies of the peripheral socialism. Recent reforms in historical perspective' (Routledge, 2024). Is co-editor of the books 'Cuba no século XXI: dilemas da revolução' (Elefante, 2017); 'La Vía Chilena al Socialismo 50 Años Después: Historia y Memoria' (CLACSO, 2020); and 'Paulo Freire e a Educação Popular: esperançar em tempos de barbárie' (Elefante, 2023). Email: joana.salem@gmail.com (Source: Lattes Curriculum)