With a PhD in History fromThe Open University (1995), Marcos Bretas is an associate professor of History of Brazil at the Institute of History at UFRJ. He received the CAPES Thesis Award (2005); the Senasp-Anpocs Award for Applied Research in Public Security (1995); and the National Research Archive Award (1995). He is the author of "Ordem na Cidade. The daily exercise of police authority in Rio de Janeiro: 1907-1930" (1997). His research focuses on the history of Brazil's Early Republic, with emphasis on issues related to Rio de Janeiro, police, crime, and prisons.

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Faculty

Marcos Bretas
Associate Professor of History of Brazil (DE)
Ph.D. in History (The Open University, 1995)

Marcos Bretas

Lines of research

History of political cultures and practices

Thematic Clusters

History and violence: memory, trauma and politics of past
Social Movements and Labor Worlds: experience and representations

Advising subjects

Relations between people and the State;
Violence, crime and agents of social control in Brazil in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Ongoing Research

The Testimony as a Window: The Profile of the Affected by and the Repressive Structure of the Dictatorial State in Rio de Janeiro from Testimonies given to the State Reparation Commission of Rio de Janeiro;

Selected Publications

BRETAS, M. L. MAIA, C. N.; Sá Neto, F.; COSTA, M. (Org.). História das Prisões no Brasil. 2. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Anfiteatro, 2017. v. 1. 314p

BRETAS, M. L. MAIA, C. N.; Sá Neto, F.; COSTA, M. (Org.). História das Prisões no Brasil. 2. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Anfiteatro, 2017. v. 2. 317p

BRETAS, M. L.; GALEANO, D. (Org.). Policías Escritores, Delitos Impresos. Revistas Policiales en América del Sur. 1. ed. Buenos Aires: Editorial Teseo, 2016. v. 1. 506p .

BRETAS, M. L.; CARNEIRO, D. F.; ROSEMBERG, A. (Org.). História, Violência e Criminalidade: Reflexões temáticas e narrativas regionais. 1. ed. Uberlândia: Editora da UFU, 2015. v. 1. 332p .

BRETAS, M. L.; ROSEMBERG, A.. A história da polícia no Brasil: balanço e perspectivas. TOPOI, v. 14, p. 162-173, 2013.

Other Info

National Archive Research Award 1995 with the book “The war of the streets: people and police in the city of Rio de Janeiro.”

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