Join the Gund Institute for Environment for an insightful workshop with Macmillan Visiting Scholar Guilherme Dantas Nogueira

About the Workshop:
Latin America is home to numerous traditional communities, formed by countless Afro and Indigenous peoples. Their traditional thoughts and lifeways are changing along with colonial-modern society; nevertheless they sustain a close connection to nature. Lessons stemming from these broad experiences can teach an alterity perspective on nature conservation, valuable not only in thinking about Afro and Amerindian peoples, but also in considering broader society, including conservation and interactions amongst traditional-modern communities.

Prepared in collaboration with: Ariane de Almeida Rodrigues, Lara de Macedo Monteiro, Lúcio Costa Proença and Vitória Cardoso.

Time/Date: 
Monday, April 13, 2026
12-1:30 p.m.
Farrell Hall Room 006

About Guilherme:
Guilherme’s main research foci are Afro-Brazilian religions and their sociability, women’s leadership roles, and relations with the State in Latin America, through a decolonial perspective. Guilherme’s academic training and leadership roles include:

• Post-Doc in Afro-Latin American Studies from Harvard University
• PhD and Post-Doc in Sociology from the University of Brasilia, with a doctoral fellow period at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Unidad Xochimilco, in Mexico City. 
• Master in Social Sciences – Comparative Studies on the Americas, also from the University of Brasília. Macmillan Visiting Scholar at the Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont. 
• Visiting Research Associate at the Institute for Afro-Latin American Research, Harvard University, where, besides doing research, Guilherme coordinates the Certificate on Afro-Latin American Studies.  
• Executive Director of Calundu – Studies Institute on Afro-Latin American Religions. 
• Editor of the academic journal Revista Calundu. 
• Ogan of the Candomblé community Cabana Senhora da Glória – Nzo Kuna Nkos’i.