Robert Daibert Júnior
E-mail: robertdaibert@uol.com.br
Professor in the Graduate Programs in History and Religious Science at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – UFJF). PhD in History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ). He was Director of the Center for Afro-Brazilian Studies (Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros – NEAB-UFJF) between 2009 and 2014, Coordinator of the Lato Sensu Graduate Course in Afro-Brazilian and African History and Culture: education for ethnic-racial relations, Coordinator of the Lato Sensu Graduate Course in Afro-Brazilian Religions and Religiosities, and Director of the Institute of Humanities at UFJF (2018-2022). He has experience in the area of history and religion, working mainly on the following topics: religion in black intellectual thought, religion and writing of the self, religion and African literature, religion, slavery and abolitionism, and religious experiences of enslaved people.
Main Publications
- A religião dos bantos: novas leituras sobre o calundu no Brasil colonial. Estudos Históricos, (FGV) v. 28, p. 7-25, 2015.
- Eu chamo de outra maneira: a vingança das religiões ancestrais na África Insubmissa de Achille Mbembe. Numen: Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas da Religião, v. 24, p. 7-22, 2021.
- O Livro Sagrado da oralidade na voz de um curandeiro africano. Caminhos (PUC-Goiás), v. 21, p. 59-83, 2023.
- Princesa Isabel entre o altar e o trono: catolicismo e abolicionismo no Projeto de Terceiro Reinado. Curitiba: Appris, 2023.
- Um Pitágoras africano entre o Brasil e o exílio: André Rebouças e a crença na evolução do cosmos (1888-1893). Varia História (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, v. 39, n. 80, maio-agosto, p. 1-33, 2023.