PhD student in Education
“Eu sou tudo o que eles não esperavam”: mulheres negras entre agência e estrutura racial.
PhD student in Latin American Studies
“Bola Sete and the legacy of misrepresentation in Bossa Nova – A Story of Racism, Narrative Building and Cultural Cancelation”
PhD student in Philosophy
“Gilda de Mello e Souza on Anita Malfatti: Challenges of a woman artist in the first phase of Brazilian modernism”
PhD Candidate in History
“The Forgotten Voices of Democracy: Black Political Activism under Brazil’s Military Rule.”
The Jon M. Tolman Award is designed to assist students with their conference-related expenses. This award is sponsored by BRASA and is intended for students who will present at BRASA 2024 Congress. The award for Brazil-based recipients traveling to the US to attend the BRASA conference will be the price of one economy-class round-trip ticket with $1200 limit. Awards for US-based recipients to cover travel expenses are for $500.
The committee will provide 4 awards. These awards will be given to 2 students based in Brazil and 2 students based in the USA/North America. Applicants are required to be BRASA members at the time of submission. Applications should include the following items:
Please submit all documents as a single PDF document to BRASAprizes@tulane.edu. The reference letter can be submitted separately, in this case please make sure to add the candidate name on the file name.
In the SUBJECT line, please write: Your full name + 2024 Tolman Award Application
Partial applications or applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Deadline for application: January 15, 2024
Awards will be announced by February 1, 2024 and recipients will be recognized at the closing ceremony at BRASA XVII.