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The influence of the ideas produced by the cabinet of Cesar Lombroso in Turin on the debate on deviance, crime, degeneration and race on the young social sciences in Latin America is undeniable. It is especially so for the period 1889-1930 that in Brazil anticipates the creation of universities proper. Come and join us in this interesting and informative talk.

LIVIO SANSONE is a professor of Anthropology and Afro-Brazilian Studies at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. He is the author, among other books, of Blackness without Ethnicity: constructing race in Brazil Palgrave, 2013). He is the head of the Factory of Ideas Program – an advanced international course in ethnic and African studies – and coordinates the Digital Museum of African and Afro-Brazilian Heritage – www.museuafrodigital.ufba.br.