Event held to open up personal archives of Jorge Zahar, an important name in the social sciences

On March 31, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ School of Social Sciences (FGV CPDOC) is holding an event to officially open up the personal archives of Jorge Zahar, a prominent social sciences editor at publishing company Zahar Editora. This public event will take place at 2 pm in FGV’s main building.

As part of celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the founding of FGV CPDOC, the school’s Archive Center announces the opening up of the personal archives of editor Jorge Zahar (1920-1998), donated by his family in January 2020. After three years of meetings, organization and classification work, these archives will be freely available to the public as of March 2023.

To mark this moment, FGV CPDOC is holding an event featuring two discussions to examine the life story of Zahar and the research potential offered by his personal archives, in relation to both Brazil’s editorial history in the 20th century and memories of social sciences in the country.

Event program:

2 pm – Opening Remarks

• Celso Castro, dean of FGV CPDOC
• Ana Cristina Zahar, editor
• Thais Blank, coordinator of FGV CPDOC’s Archive Center
• Renan Marinho de Castro, documentation and information analyst, FGV CPDOC’s Archive Center

2:30 pm – Discussion 1 – Biographical Challenges of an Editor – How Can We Profile Jorge Zahar?

• Paulo Roberto Pires, journalist and writer
• Sérgio Ricardo França Silva, doctoral student, FGV CPDOC
• Marcelo Moutinho, journalist, writer and master’s student, FGV CPDOC

4 pm – Discussion 2 – Researching in Archives: Different Perspectives of the Jorge Zahar Archives

• Fabiano Cataldo, professor, Federal University of Bahia
• Marco Aurélio Fiocchi, doctoral student, FGV CPDOC
• Bernardo Buarque, professor, FGV CPDOC

To take part in the event, please sign up here.

Venue:
FGV’s main building
190 Praia de Botafogo, 10th floor, Auditorium 1028, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro