The Department of Politics and International Relations, the Centre for International

Studies and St Cross College, University of Oxford present:

Global Thinkers of the International

Discussion SeriesThe Portuguese-speaking world: Joaquim Nabuco

Organised with support from the Oxford University Press John Fell Fund and incollaboration with the African Studies and Latin American Centre, Oxford School

of Global and Area Studies

Date: Friday 25 October

Time: 5:30 pm - 7 pm Venue: St Cross College

Convenors: Professor Richard Caplan, Dr Marina Perez De Arcos and Sharinee Jagtiani

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Speaker: Leslie Bethell

Professor Leslie Bethell is a leading expert on 19th and 20th century Latin

America, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College and founder of the

Centre for Brazilian Studies, Oxford.

Thinker: Joaquim Nabuco (1849-1910)Nabuco was a Brazilian writer, statesman, and a leading

voice in the abolitionist movement of his country. One of

his most significant works in this regard is the book  O

Abolicionismo, published in 1883. He was the first Brazilian

ambassador to the United States from 1905–1910 marking

a significant shift in Brazil’s role in the world arena.

Having realised the importance for Brazil and other South

American nations to develop a united relationship with

North America, he became a proponent of Pan-

Americanism. Like many other thinkers in this series, his

voice has not made its way into mainstream International

Relations.