Articles & chapters
Recognizing outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.
About the program
The prizes recognize scholarly articles and chapters in edited volumes that make significant contributions to understanding Brazil.
Who it supports
Eligible work may be published in English or Portuguese. Membership, publication dates, and category requirements are specified in each call.
Applications and nominations
Eligibility rules, required materials, deadlines, and submission instructions are published when the next cycle opens. Please consult the current call before preparing an application or nomination.
Past recipients
2025–2026
Humanities
Mariana Joffily
“Sessenta anos do golpe de 1964, que história é essa?”
Novos Estudos CEBRAP 43, no. 3 (2024)
Humanities · Honorable Mention
Cassia Roth and Robson Pedrosa Costa
“Maria Simoa, Who Birthed Twenty-Four Children”: Slavery, Motherhood, and Freedom on the Benedictine Estates, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1866–1871
Hispanic American Historical Review 103, no. 1 (2023)
Social Sciences
Mary Lorena Kenny
“Irreconcilable Differences? A Reckoning with Confederado History in Brazil”
Práticas da História 16 (2023)
Social Sciences · Honorable Mention
Jacob Blanc
“Memory Scripts and Life History in the Shadow of Brazil’s Dictatorship”
Journal of Latin American Studies 56 (2024)
2021–2022
Humanities
Marc Hertzman
“Making Their Own Mahatma: Salvador’s Filhos de Gandhy and the Local History of a Global Phenomenon”
Race and Transnationalism in the Americas, University of Pittsburgh Press
Humanities · Honorable Mention
Jamie Lee Andreson
“African Territoriality in Brazilian Cultural Heritage Policies”
Journal of Africana Religions 10, no. 2 (2022)
Social Sciences
David de Micheli
“Racial Classification and Political Identity Formation”
World Politics 73, no. 1 (2021)
Social Sciences · Honorable Mention
Vanessa Castañeda
“Mucamas or Baianas? Black Female Empowerment and Cultural Representation in Bahia”
The Latin Americanist 65, no. 1 (2021)