The journal Navegar (LABIMI/UERJ) explores migration studies through a transatlantic lens. Its 2016 issue, Italianos no Brasil: e-imigração e retorno, revisits Italian communities in São Paulo and beyond, revealing rich cultural exchanges between Italy and Brazil. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
www.labimi.com.br
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The journal Navegar (LABIMI/UERJ) explores migration studies through a transatlantic lens. Its 2016 issue, Italianos no Brasil: e-imigração e retorno, revisits Italian communities in São Paulo and beyond, revealing rich cultural exchanges between Italy and Brazil. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Discover how Italian immigrants shaped Brazil’s cultural and scientific landscape. “Italianos no Brasil” reveals the remarkable contributions of Italians to Brazil’s literature and knowledge from the very beginnings to the 20th century. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Italianos no Brasil
books.google.de
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Discover how Italian immigrants shaped Brazil’s cultural and scientific landscape. “Italianos no Brasil” reveals the remarkable contributions of Italians to Brazil’s literature and knowledge from the very beginnings to the 20th century. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Juegos de miradas (2025, Sapienza Università Editrice) is a free eBook that brings together scholars that explore transatlantic ties between Italy and Latin America through rewriting, identity, cultural transfer, and intertextual dialogue in literature. #academicsky #ItalyBrazil
www.editricesapienza.it
June 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Juegos de miradas (2025, Sapienza Università Editrice) is a free eBook that brings together scholars that explore transatlantic ties between Italy and Latin America through rewriting, identity, cultural transfer, and intertextual dialogue in literature. #academicsky #ItalyBrazil
The Museu da Imigração in São Paulo offers a fascinating oral history project featuring interviews with Italian immigrants. Full transcripts can be accessed online - an invaluable resource for anyone interested in migration stories. #ItalyBrazil
BNPortal
museudaimigracao.bnweb.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Museu da Imigração in São Paulo offers a fascinating oral history project featuring interviews with Italian immigrants. Full transcripts can be accessed online - an invaluable resource for anyone interested in migration stories. #ItalyBrazil
Today, another Italian in Brazilian literature: Machado de Assis often included Italian characters in his works. One example is the fortune teller in A Cartomante. Such figures reveal the cultural presence of Italy within 19th-century Brazilian literature. #ItalyBrazil
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today, another Italian in Brazilian literature: Machado de Assis often included Italian characters in his works. One example is the fortune teller in A Cartomante. Such figures reveal the cultural presence of Italy within 19th-century Brazilian literature. #ItalyBrazil
In the coming weeks, we’ll feature researchers working on projects about Italo-Brazilian relations and transnational circulation processes - key topics of our BRICC-Network. Follow us to explore their inspiring work and insights! #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
January 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In the coming weeks, we’ll feature researchers working on projects about Italo-Brazilian relations and transnational circulation processes - key topics of our BRICC-Network. Follow us to explore their inspiring work and insights! #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Next week, on March 18-19, we’re getting together in Cologne for the next BRICC Network meeting! Looking forward to catching up, exchanging ideas, and hearing about the projects of Luca Bacchini and Jobst Welge. Can’t wait for their input! #ItalyBrazil
March 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Next week, on March 18-19, we’re getting together in Cologne for the next BRICC Network meeting! Looking forward to catching up, exchanging ideas, and hearing about the projects of Luca Bacchini and Jobst Welge. Can’t wait for their input! #ItalyBrazil
New ties between Brazil and Italy are taking shape as projects connect UNICAMP and Italian universities through research in COVID-19 modeling, quantum mechanics, and cultural heritage, fostering collaboration in science, education, and international cooperation. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Research projects connect universities in Italy and Brazil - Jornal da Unicamp
Professor Stefano De Leo received an award from the Italian government for his contribution to programs aimed at international cooperation
jornal.unicamp.br
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New ties between Brazil and Italy are taking shape as projects connect UNICAMP and Italian universities through research in COVID-19 modeling, quantum mechanics, and cultural heritage, fostering collaboration in science, education, and international cooperation. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
The NS Documentation Center Cologne hosts the exhibition The Third World in World War II from March 8, 2025. It highlights the often-overlooked role of soldiers from the Global South, including 25,000 Brazilian troops who fought in Italy in 1944 to help liberate Europe from fascism. #ItalyBrazil
NS-Dokumentationszentrum Köln - The Third World in World War II
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March 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The NS Documentation Center Cologne hosts the exhibition The Third World in World War II from March 8, 2025. It highlights the often-overlooked role of soldiers from the Global South, including 25,000 Brazilian troops who fought in Italy in 1944 to help liberate Europe from fascism. #ItalyBrazil
Do you know that Giuseppe Ungaretti spent five years in Brazil? From 1937-1942, the Italian poet taught literature at the USP and became familiar with Brazilian culture. During this time, his brother and his son died – two painful experiences, he later turned into poetry. #ItalyBrazil
March 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Do you know that Giuseppe Ungaretti spent five years in Brazil? From 1937-1942, the Italian poet taught literature at the USP and became familiar with Brazilian culture. During this time, his brother and his son died – two painful experiences, he later turned into poetry. #ItalyBrazil
Did you know that Nelson Pereira dos Santos hired two Italians (father and son) for several of his films? Manfredo and Arduino Colasanti came to Brazil in 1947, and the son (Arduino) even played various leading roles for dos Santos, for example in Como era gostoso o meu francês. #ItalyBrazil
June 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Did you know that Nelson Pereira dos Santos hired two Italians (father and son) for several of his films? Manfredo and Arduino Colasanti came to Brazil in 1947, and the son (Arduino) even played various leading roles for dos Santos, for example in Como era gostoso o meu francês. #ItalyBrazil
The italian scholar Roberto Francavilla dedicated his recent book to a famous voice in Brazilian literature: Clarice Lispector. Città senza demoni, reflects on her time in Bern and reveals how exile shaped her introspective prose and transformed alienation into a powerful literary force #ItalyBrazil
Città senza demoni - Roberto Francavilla - Feltrinelli Editore
www.feltrinellieditore.it
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The italian scholar Roberto Francavilla dedicated his recent book to a famous voice in Brazilian literature: Clarice Lispector. Città senza demoni, reflects on her time in Bern and reveals how exile shaped her introspective prose and transformed alienation into a powerful literary force #ItalyBrazil
Now you know all our members. From now on, we’ll use the Monday postings to show you some books we find interesting. Always on #ItalyBrazil, of course. #academicsky
July 15, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Now you know all our members. From now on, we’ll use the Monday postings to show you some books we find interesting. Always on #ItalyBrazil, of course. #academicsky
In 1927, Alcântara Machado described the Italian communities of São Paulo in his book Brás, Bexiga e Barra Funda. Click on the link to read it. #ItalyBrazil
fundar.org.br
September 12, 2024 at 7:05 PM
In 1927, Alcântara Machado described the Italian communities of São Paulo in his book Brás, Bexiga e Barra Funda. Click on the link to read it. #ItalyBrazil
Over the next few days, we’ll introduce three museums/archives in Italy! First up: Memoria e Migrazioni in Genova. This museum explores the history of Italian emigration, highlighting the journeys, challenges, and cultural impact of millions who left Italy in search of a new life. #ItalyBrazil
MEM - Memorie e Migrazioni - Home page
MEM - Memorie e Migrazioni
www.memoriaemigrazioni.it
March 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Over the next few days, we’ll introduce three museums/archives in Italy! First up: Memoria e Migrazioni in Genova. This museum explores the history of Italian emigration, highlighting the journeys, challenges, and cultural impact of millions who left Italy in search of a new life. #ItalyBrazil
Dr. Daniela Ortiz dos Santos is an architectural historian exploring transatlantic influences. In Italian Roots in Latin American Architectural History, she examines how Italian ideas shaped Latin American architecture, questioning historiographical narratives. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Goethe-Universität — Dr. Daniela Ortiz dos Santos
www.kunst.uni-frankfurt.de
February 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dr. Daniela Ortiz dos Santos is an architectural historian exploring transatlantic influences. In Italian Roots in Latin American Architectural History, she examines how Italian ideas shaped Latin American architecture, questioning historiographical narratives. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Discover Una escursione Botanica nell’Amazzonia by Luigi Buscalioni — a vivid 1901 account of botanical exploration in the Amazon, blending scientific insight with rich travel narrative. Now available via USP's digital library:
#ItalyBrazil
#ItalyBrazil
Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin: Una escursione Botanica nell'Amazzonia
digital.bbm.usp.br
May 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Discover Una escursione Botanica nell’Amazzonia by Luigi Buscalioni — a vivid 1901 account of botanical exploration in the Amazon, blending scientific insight with rich travel narrative. Now available via USP's digital library:
#ItalyBrazil
#ItalyBrazil
Did you know Rio’s famous Parque Lage was once a private mansion? In the 1920s, industrialist Henrique Lage and his wife, Italian opera star Gabriella Besanzoni, transformed it into a neoclassical palace with the help of Italian architect Mario Vodret. #ItalyBrazil
Parque Lage |
parquenacionaldatijuca.rio
June 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Did you know Rio’s famous Parque Lage was once a private mansion? In the 1920s, industrialist Henrique Lage and his wife, Italian opera star Gabriella Besanzoni, transformed it into a neoclassical palace with the help of Italian architect Mario Vodret. #ItalyBrazil
Thousands of families from Veneto emigrated to Brazil at the turn of the XIX-XX. This story is documented and preserved in the museum Museo Interattivo delle Migrazioni in Belluno. Thank you for this great job! #ItalyBrazil
MIM Belluno | Museo interattivo delle Migrazioni
www.mimbelluno.it
March 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thousands of families from Veneto emigrated to Brazil at the turn of the XIX-XX. This story is documented and preserved in the museum Museo Interattivo delle Migrazioni in Belluno. Thank you for this great job! #ItalyBrazil
The Italian town of Vittorio Veneto is celebrating 150 years of mass emigration to Brazil. Several events are planned, among them an exposition, conferences, and theatrical performances. More details on the leaflet. The exposition is about to close, but there are two events in December. #ItalyBrazil
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Italian town of Vittorio Veneto is celebrating 150 years of mass emigration to Brazil. Several events are planned, among them an exposition, conferences, and theatrical performances. More details on the leaflet. The exposition is about to close, but there are two events in December. #ItalyBrazil
Angelo Agostini (1843-1910) was an Italian-Brazilian artist and comic pioneer. He was born in Italy and came to Brazil at the age of 16. Agostini's works reflected the social and political reality of 19th century in Brazil and contributed to establish comics as an art form. #ItalyBrazil
Angelo Agostini - Wikipedia
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August 1, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Angelo Agostini (1843-1910) was an Italian-Brazilian artist and comic pioneer. He was born in Italy and came to Brazil at the age of 16. Agostini's works reflected the social and political reality of 19th century in Brazil and contributed to establish comics as an art form. #ItalyBrazil
Patrícia Peterle’s edited volume on literary translations (see link) discusses the circulation of Italian/Brazilian literature on both sides of the Atlantic. The articles underline mutual reception and influence and cultural-historical connections between the two countries. #academicsky #ItalyBrazil
mobile.repositorio.ufsc.br
September 16, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Patrícia Peterle’s edited volume on literary translations (see link) discusses the circulation of Italian/Brazilian literature on both sides of the Atlantic. The articles underline mutual reception and influence and cultural-historical connections between the two countries. #academicsky #ItalyBrazil
What a coincidence (is it?) that our network started in 2024, cause this year we are celebrating 150 years of Italian migration to Brazil 🎉. It was 21st Feb. 1874 when 386 Italians reached Espírito Santo - the beginning of an intense relationship that continues to shape Brazil until now #ItalyBrazil
150 ANOS DA IMIGRAÇÃO ITALIANA NO BRASIL – Consolato Generale d'Italia San Paolo
conssanpaolo.esteri.it
May 1, 2024 at 1:46 PM
What a coincidence (is it?) that our network started in 2024, cause this year we are celebrating 150 years of Italian migration to Brazil 🎉. It was 21st Feb. 1874 when 386 Italians reached Espírito Santo - the beginning of an intense relationship that continues to shape Brazil until now #ItalyBrazil
Letizia “Tita” Patriarca is a 2025 Junior Fellow at Mecila @mecila.bsky.social. The project explores how translation, migration, and identity shape the political framing of sex workers across Brazil and Italy, focusing on affect, language, and transnational belonging. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Junior Fellows - Mecila
Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America
mecila.net
April 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Letizia “Tita” Patriarca is a 2025 Junior Fellow at Mecila @mecila.bsky.social. The project explores how translation, migration, and identity shape the political framing of sex workers across Brazil and Italy, focusing on affect, language, and transnational belonging. #ItalyBrazil #academicsky
Another historical figure of the Italian-Brazilian relations is Teresa Maria Cristina (1822-1889), Empress of Brazil and born in Naples. She married Emperor Pedro II in 1843 and became known for her charity work and her support of Italian immigration to Brazil. #ItalyBrazil
July 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Another historical figure of the Italian-Brazilian relations is Teresa Maria Cristina (1822-1889), Empress of Brazil and born in Naples. She married Emperor Pedro II in 1843 and became known for her charity work and her support of Italian immigration to Brazil. #ItalyBrazil