José Augusto Pádua
Associate Professor of Brazilian History (DE)
PhD in Political Science (IUPERJ, 1997)

José Augusto Pádua

Lines of research

Thematic Clusters

History nature and territories
Intellectual History, the History of Ideas, and the History of Science

Advising subjects

Environmental History (especially related to forests and other Brazilian biomes);
History and biodiversity;
Territorial and regional history;
History of Science and the Anthropocene;
History of environmental policies.

Ongoing Research

Brazil in the history of the Anthropocene
Comparative environmental history of the Brazilian territory.

Selected Publications

PÁDUA, José Augusto; KALTMEIER, Olaf; SANDOVAL, Maria e ZARRILLI, Adrián, Orgs., Land Use: Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America I, 1 ed., Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press, 2024, 443p .

PADUA, José Augusto e CARVALHO, Alessandra Izabel de, A Construção de Um País Tropical: uma Apresentação da Historiografia Ambiental sobre o Brasil. História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, v. 27, n. 4, p. 1311-1340, 2020 

PADUA, José Augusto; SOLURI, John.; LEAL, Claudia, Orgs., A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America. 1. ed. New York: Berghahn, 2018, 297p 

PADUA, José Augusto. As Bases Teóricas da História Ambiental. Estudos Avançados (USP. Impresso), v. 24, p. 81-101, 2010.

PADUA, José Augusto. Um Sopro de Destruição: Pensamento Político e Crítica Ambiental no Brasil Escravista (1786-1888). 1. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor, 2002, 318p.

Other Info

Vice-President of SOLCHA – Latin American Society of Environmental History

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