17/08/2020
LECTURER – SILVIO ALMEIDA
Silvio Almeida is associate professor of law and philosophy, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil, and associate professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Business Administration, also in São Paulo, where he teaches corporate ethics and anti-discrimination compliance. Holder of a PhD from the University of São Paulo School of Law, Silvio is director of Mackenzie Law School’s Inclusion and Diversity Project, which prepares black students for careers in Brazil’s major law firms. He has also directed Mackenzie’s collaborative research initiatives on “State and Law in Brazilian Social Thought” and “State, Law, and Racism.”
Silvio is founder and president of the Luiz Gama Institute, which provides legal advice and citizenship training to vulnerable populations in Brazil. He has lectured extensively in Brazil and internationally on ethics, corporate challenges in times of crisis, and the fight against racism. He is the author of Structural Racism (São Paulo, 2018), Sartre: Law and Politics (São Paulo, 2016), and many other publications.
Pogge received his Ph.D. from Harvard University with a dissertation supervised by John Rawls. Since then he has published widely on Kant and in moral and political philosophy, including various books on John Rawls and global justice.O presente trabalho foi realizado com apoio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES/PrInt/UPM) – Código de Financiamento CAPES-PRINT745884P
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This event and all publications are financed in part by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES/PrInt/UPM) – Finance Code CAPES-PRINT745884P Mackpesquisa Research Fund/ Mackenzie Presbyterian University; ASAP Global - Justice Program at Yale University and Albert Schwitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University