Adriana Chira

Postdoctoral Fellow, WIGH
Assistant Professor of Atlantic World History, Emory University

Adriana Chira is a scholar of law and land tenure in rural...

Lori De Lucia

Visiting Fellow Fall 2021, WIGH
Berensen Fellow, I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Spring 2022
Heinz Heinen Fellow at Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Bonn University

Lori De Lucia is a historian who specializes in the history of slavery in the early modern Mediterranean, with a focus on networks connecting...

Zach Sell

Visiting Fellow, Spring 2020, WIGH
Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ), Brown University
Associate Producer, Firelight Films

Zach Sell received his PhD in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently an associate producer for Firelight Films...

Marcelo Ferraro

PhD Candidate in History, Universidade de São Paulo
Global Fellow at Harvard University, Spring 2015 and Fall 2019

Marcelo Ferraro has a degree in Law, History and Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, where he was also granted a... Read more about Marcelo Ferraro

Website

LabMundi Website

marcelo178@gmail.com

Felipe Alfonso

PhD Candidate in History, Universidade de São Paulo
Global Fellow at Harvard University, Spring 2019

Felipe Rodrigues Alfonso has a Bachelor's Degree in History at the University of Sao Paulo with partial completion at the University Paris-Sorbonne IV, a... Read more about Felipe Alfonso

University webpage

Samantha Payne

Samantha Payne is a historian of the United States and Latin America, with particular interests in slavery, emancipation, race and capitalism. Her...

Martine Jean

Visiting Fellow 2018-2019, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations
Visiting Fellow, Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center, Harvard University

During her stay at the WCFIA, Martine Jean will complete her monograph on the advent of the penitentiary in Brazil with a focus on the Casa de Correção (...

Pepijn Brandon

Visiting Fellow 2017-2018, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations
Senior Researcher, International Institute of Social History
Assistant Professor, History Department, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Research Interests: The history of Dutch capitalism in global comparative perspective; war and economic development; and slavery.

Website

pepijn.brandon@iisg.nl

J. Bohorquez

Fellow, Weatherhead Initiative on Global History (spring 2016). PhD, Department of History, European University Institute.

Research interests: History of Europe during early modern times, particularly the political economy of the Iberian Empires; global capital; merchant networks; slave traffic; Asian trade; and global cities.

1727 Cambridge Street
room E209
Cambridge, MA 02138

jesus.bohorquez@eui.eu

p: (617) 495-0928

Marcelo Ferraro

PhD Candidate in History, Universidade de São Paulo
Global Fellow at Harvard University, 2015

Marcelo Ferraro has a degree in Law and in History from the University of São Paulo and is currently a student in the graduate program in social history....

Norberto Ferreras

WIGH Fellow 2019-2020 & 2013-2014
Professor of American History, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Norberto O. Ferreras is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Latin American...

Heeho Kim

WIGH Visiting Scholar, Fall 2013
Professor of Economic History, Kyungpook National University, Korea

Research Interests: Slavery (Nobi) and labor markets in Chosun Korea, the 17th-19th century; money and prices in Chosun...

Westenley Alcenat

WIGH Associate 2015-2016
PhD Candidate in History, Columbia University

Westenley (Wes) Alcenat is a PhD candidate in history at Columbia University in New York City. His research interest is in comparative U.S and Caribbean...

Tâmis Parron

Assistant Professor of History, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
2016-2017 Volkswagen Global Fellow, WIGH

Tamis Parron is the WIGH Volkswagen Global Fellow. He received his PhD from the University of Sao Paulo in 2015, where his...