Between gender and the Afro-American diaspora: the academic trajectory of the teacher Martha Campos Abreu

Abstract

Martha Abreu is a professor at the History Institute of the Universidade Federal Fluminense, working at the PPGH and the Professional Master's Degree in History Teaching. She has a degree in History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a master's degree in History from the Federal Fluminense University and a doctorate in History from the State University of Rio de Janeiro.
Campinas. She was a visiting professor at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO and at Georgetown University, as well as a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Training at the State University of Rio de Janeiro-UERJ. She works in the areas of History of Brazil and History of the African Diaspora in the Americas, developing work on the following themes: popular culture, black music, cultural heritage, post-abolition, memory of slavery and racial relations, between the 19th and 20th centuries. She also carries out projects linked to the public history of slavery, coordinating with professors Hebe Mattos and Keila Grinberg, the project Past Presents: memory of slavery in Brazil. She is a consultant for the Pontão de Cultura do Jongo/Caxambu and the Museu Casa do Pontal (Brazilian Popular Art) and coordinated, alongside Monica Lima, the curatorial project of the Museum of Territory in Little Africa/RJ for the Institute of History and Afro Culture -Brazilian – IHCAB.