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Junia Furtado

Home Country

Brazil

The Journey Home as Mission: The Brazilian Mulatto Priests Cipriano Pires Sardinha and Vicente Ferreira Pires and their Expedition into Dahomey, 1796-1797

Program

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

Program Country

Brazil

Grant Activity Type

Lecturer, Research

Discipline

History

Specialization

Latin America & Caribbean History

Academic Year

2022-2023

Dates

August 2022 - December 2022

Flex

Scholar type

Non-U.S. (Visiting) Scholar

Project Title

The Journey Home as Mission: The Brazilian Mulatto Priests Cipriano Pires Sardinha and Vicente Ferreira Pires and their Expedition into Dahomey, 1796-1797

Scholar Information

Grantee

Junia Furtado

Title

Full Professor Graduate Studies in Histo

Institution

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Host Institutions

Institution

Yale University

Faculty

Stuart Schwartz