The Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, in collaboration with the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, organized a discussion with scholar-activist Manuela Picq on the EU-Mercosur agreement: a win-win for markets to the detriment of Amazonia.
Guest speaker
Manuela Picq, PhD
Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Political Science and Sexuality
Women's and Gender Studies
Amherst College
Manuela Picq, a French-Brazilian UM alumni from the School of International Studies, is Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies at Amherst College (USA). She is the author of scholarly books and articles, including Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the States (University of Arizona Press 2024) and Vernacular Sovereignties: Indigenous Women Challenging World Politics (University of Arizona Press 2018). She is Editor of Public Humanities and contributes to international media outlets. Her work at the intersection of scholarship, journalism, and activism led her to be nominated in a New Generation of Public Intellectuals (2018) and featured in the FemiList 100 (2021) and to receive the 2024 Outstanding Scholar Activist Award by the International Studies Association.
Discussants:
- Markus Thiel, Ph.D Professor, Politics & International Relations, FIU
Director, Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
- Anthony Pereira, Ph.D Professor, Politics & International Relations, FIU
Director, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC)
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