On Monday, July 100, around 10 students began short courses in various areas of humanities, organized by the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH) at Unicamp, within the São Paulo School of Advanced Science (ESPCA). The School, an initiative of São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Fapesp), is aimed at undergraduate, master's, doctoral students and young doctors.
The courses, all taught in English, run until July 21st and, with a focus on methodology, cover topics such as Historical Analysis of Events, Population Projections, Multilevel Analysis applied to Social Sciences, Qualitative Analysis and Mixed Methods, Experiments in Social Sciences, Digital Ethnography, Ethnography in archives: intersection between Anthropology and History and Kinship Networks. The school also requires student presentations on research they carry out in workshops. For the general public, what's new is the schedule of lectures with guest professors: every day, at 18 pm, in the Auditorium of the Institute of Arts. See full schedule on the website
TV Unicamp followed the opening of ESPCA, which included welcoming words from professors Marcelo Knobel, rector of Unicamp: Ana Almeida, representative of Fapesp; Rachel Meneguello, general organizer of the event and Joice Melo Vieira, from the IFCH Demography department. The main conference was given by professor Elizabeth Silva, from the Open University (United Kingdom).
