The IEAT Darcy Ribeiro Chair, dedicated to the theme of Sovereignty, Education and Politics, with the support of Federal Deputy Patrus Ananias, pays tribute to Darcy Ribeiro for his decisive contributions in the areas of anthropology, education and Brazilian culture, and as founder of the University of Brasília, where a new concept of interdisciplinary knowledge emerged.

Leonardo Avritzer (Department of Political Science - FAFICH/UFMG)

Patrícia Maria Kauark-Leite (Department of Philosophy FAFICH/UFMG)

Ailton Krenak - Brazilian indigenous leader, environmentalist, writer and philosopher, Member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, CALAS-IEAT Professor (2021)

Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça (Department of Political Science - FAFICH/UFMG)

Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque (FACE - CEDEPLAR/UFMG)

Adriane Vidal Costa (Department of History - FAFICH/UFMG)

Eduardo Soares Neves Silva (Department of Philosophy - FAFICH/UFMG)

Júnia Ferreira Furtado (Department of History - FAFICH/UFMG)

Coordinator: Leonardo Avritzer (FAFICH/UFMG)

Postdoctoral Fellow: Anna Luiza Colli (PhD from Bergische Universität Wuppertal and Charles University Prague)

Scientific Initiation Fellow: Gabriel Caetano Avritzer (Undergraduate in Social Sciences/UFMG)