The Unicamp University Council (Consu) unanimously approved this Tuesday (31), the granting of the title of Professor Emeritus to literary critic Roberto Schwarz and anthropologist Guita Grin Debert.
Schwarz was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1938. The following year, the family, of Jewish origin, emigrated to Brazil, due to the political situation in Europe. Roberto Schwarz studied Social Sciences at the University of São Paulo (USP) and completed a master's degree at Yale University, in the United States. He then became a professor at USP.
In 1969, he went into exile in France, having completed his doctorate at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Scholarship holder at Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, was a visiting professor at Harvard University. In 1978, he began his career as a professor at Unicamp, occupying a chair in the Department of Literary Theory at the Institute of Language Studies (IEL).
"His books, which were translated in the United States, became classics in the field and became mandatory reading in literary theory courses around the world," said professor Márcio Seligmann-Silva, president of the special commission to designate the title. "He has a unique career and is one of the most prominent people in the field in Latin America. The recognition from the University is absolutely deserved", concluded Professor Seligmann.
Guita Debert
Anthropologist Guita Grin Debert spent more than 38 years at Unicamp. Professor Maria Filomena Gregori, who was part of the special commission to approve the title, highlights some highlights of her career.
"His academic and scientific contributions to complex issues such as family, life course, violence, gender, aging, as well as his institutional engagement, have been recognized inside and outside Unicamp", said the professor.
In 2000, Guita received the Jabuti Prize for the book A reinvention da old age. In 2002, she was awarded the Zeferino Vaz academic award, which, according to Filomena, reveals her commitment to student training. Furthermore, in 2020 she was awarded the Roquette Pinto Medal, from the Brazilian Anthropology Association.
Guita's international work was also intense, having taught courses at universities such as Columbia and Colorado (USA), the Sorbonne Institute for Development Studies (France) and the Universities of Bologna (Italy) and Lisbon (Portugal).
"From the beginning of her career, she had a very vigorous institutional commitment to Unicamp", assesses Filomena. Guita Debert was head of the Department of Anthropology, coordinator of several areas of doctorate in Social Sciences and the master's degree in Anthropology. The honoree is also an associate researcher at the Gender Studies Center (Pagu) and frequently worked with funding agencies.
