Rio Branco Chair
On 10th October 2011, Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton signed an agreement to create a new Rio Branco Chair in International Relations at the University of Oxford.
The agreement between the University of Oxford Brazilian Studies Programme, the Instituto Rio Branco and the Brazilian higher education agency CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) will bring to Oxford, for three months every year, a senior Brazilian academic specializing in the international relations of Brazil. The successful candidate will be based at the Brazilian Studies Programme and will conduct research and organize academic events on the international emergence of Brazil.
The President of CAPES, Jorge Almeida Guimarães and His Excellency, Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe signed the agreement alongside the Vice Chancellor. The agreement was made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Rajeev Misra.
Also in attendance at the signing ceremony:
- Mark Herndon, Head of Development-International
- Professor Ian Neary, Head of the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
- Dr Timothy J. Power, Director of the Brazilian Studies Programme and Latin American Centre
- Counsellor Helena Gasparian, Head of the Cultural Section, Embassy of Brazil, London
- Professor Andrew Hurrell, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations
- Loren Griffith, Acting Director of International Strategy
- Nina Tomlin, International Strategy Officer
A call for applications (edital) will be issued on the CAPES website in 2011.
Photos: Gemma Turvey