Vice Dean (International), Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy
Lecturer in National Security Studies
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Reader in Political Economy
Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department
Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Social Sciences and Public Policy
Director of Research, The Marjan Study Group
Reader in Conflict, Security and Development
Lecturer in International History
Lecturer in Leadership, Development, Peace and Security Education
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Professor of Ethics and the Military Profession
Military in Politics in Brazil
The Military in Politics in Brazil Research Network unites scholars interested in researching the
evolutions and implications of the increasing involvement of Brazil's military in the country's politics.
Military in politics in Brazil
Urban violence
Several members of the LAS Research Group collaborate with the Urban Violence Research Network, which is an interdisciplinary, global research network of scholars and public sector researchers working on urban violence. Their goal is to connect researchers, organise workshops, create collaboration opportunities among network members, and increase the visibility of our members’ work.
Urban violence
Study excursion to Italy: Following the steps of Brazilian soldiers in World War II:
Brazil at War: An Unexpected, but Necessary, Ally. / De Carvalho, Vinicius; Ferraz, Francisco Cesar Alves.
The Routledge History of the Second World War. ed. / Paul R Bartrop. New York : Routledge, 2021. p. 445-460. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429455353
Dois fronts da mesma guerra : A exposição de arte moderna brasileira em Londres in 1944 e a Força Expedicionária Brasileira. / De Carvalho, Vinicius Mariano.
In: Problemas Brasileiras, Vol. 56, No. 454, 11.2019, p. 52-54.
O olhar e os olhares de um artista brasileiro na Segunda Guerra Mundial – o “Caderno de Guerra” do pracinha Carlos Scliar. The eyes and sight of a Brazilian artist in WWII - Carlos Scliar's 'Caderno de Guerra' . / De Carvalho, Vinicius Mariano.
Estudos Visuais e Literatura. ed. / Karl Erik Schollhammer; Heidrun Krieger Olinto; Danusa Depes Portas. PUC Rio, 2019. p. 375-394.
O Brasil na Segunda Guerra sob o olhar de um pracinha. A 'Guerra em Surdina', de Boris Schnaiderman. / De Carvalho, Vinicius Mariano.
Memórias da Segunda Guerra Mundial na Literatura, Cinema e Artes. ed. / Volker Jaeckel; Elcio Cornelsen. Jaguatirica, 2018. p. 85-96.
Two fronts of the same war: the Exhibition of Modern Brazilian Paintings in London in 1944 and the Força Expedicionária Brasileira. / De Carvalho, Vinicius Mariano.
6 p. London : Embassy of Brazil in London. 2018, Art Exhibition Catalogue.https://issuu.com/embassyofbrazilinlondon/docs/theartofdiplomacycatalogue
An archival work done by Dr Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho that revealed a series of BBC radio programmes recorded during the war by the BBC correspondent, Francis Hallawell, with Brazilian Soldiers. These programmes, the only audio recordings of Brazilians in Italy during the war, reveals the everyday life of the soldiers. They also have a lot of original songs composed by Brazilian soldiers reflecting on their war experience.
Thinking Inside the Box
Thinking Inside the Box is a co-curricular project at King’s College London between the Brazil Institute, King’s Centre for Strategic Communications, the Department of War Studies and the Department of History. Working in close partnership with University of London’s Senate House Library, the project highlights their largely unknown yet expansive collection of Latin American political posters and pamphlets of the mid-20th century through exhibitions of select pieces. These are accompanied by original written works from both undergraduate and postgraduate students that engage critically with the visual, communicative, historical and political relevance of the materials.
Thinking inside the box
Study excursion to Italy: Following the steps of Brazilian soldiers in World War II
Brazilian participation in World War II is largely unknown. Compared to the United States or United Kingdom, Brazilian engagement was very limited, but Brazil was the only Latin American country to send troops to Europe to fight alongside the Allies against the Germans. 25,000 soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) were deployed in Italy in September of 1944 and fought in the Apennines until the end of the war in May of 1945. Around 400 of those soldiers lost their lives in the conflict.
The Brazilians in Italy left their mark in the regions where the troops were stationed and fought. Several cultural exchanges happened in the region between Emilia Romagna and Tuscany, and the Brazilian presence there is still celebrated and remembered. Many survivors describe the humanitarian approach of the Brazilian troops in relation to the civilian victims of the conflict. The participation in the war also marked Brazilian society, that were not prepared to reincorporate the veterans, several of them suffering from PTSD. The real experience of war also provoked several changes withing the Brazilian military.
In the footsteps of the Brazilian Soldiers in WWII
Instagram post
No Brasil tem (Expedicionários em Ritmos) - Sturmberger Feiertagsmusi
Archival research report
The King’s Observatory for Demoracy in Latin America (KODLA) is a multidisciplinary and diverse platform, composed of academics from King’s, from other universities in the UK and Europe, and from our Latin American partners. We want to conduct collaborative research, produce reports, and other products about the situation and development of democracy in the Latin American region, which includes the examination of the justice system and human rights. We hope to impact policymakers through our events and publications and contribute to the development of democracy in Latin America. This would include helping to build stronger judicial frameworks, creating more transparency within political systems, and strongly advocating for the maintenance and creation of minority rights across the region.
Our main topics of interest at this point in time are Elections, Corruption, Human Rights, Military in Politics, Women in Democratic Leadership, and Indigenous Leadership. These topics will all be analysed from multiple perspectives in order to effectively contribute to the maintenance and promotion of Latin American democracy. Naturally, the rule of law and the justice system would come under this.
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