Holds a degree in History by the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2003), a Master’s degree in Social History (2005) and a PhD in Social History (2009) both by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is currently Associate Professor at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. He has experience in the field of History, with emphasis on Modern History: researching the following topics: Global History, Portuguese Empire, colonial Brazil, rebellions, manumissions, mercantile circuit, credit and social hierarchy.

Research line:

Power’s Relationship, Work and Cultural Practices

Interest areas:

Social hierarchy, mercantile circuit, economics system and credit at the colonial Brazil; Economic and Social History of the Portuguese Empire (secs XVI-XVIII); rebellions at the Portuguese America; Manumissions and slavery at the colonial Brazilian.

Research Projects in Progress:

The Atlantic Economy: the financing of the slavery system in comparative perspective, Brazil, Caribbean century XVII and XVIII

The gold movement: slave merchants and businessmen at the financing of gold economy, 1711 – 1756

Research Laboratory:

Slavery Systems in the Modern Age: economy, politic and society – centuries XVI and XIX

Objectives: The laboratory studies the slavery societies of the Modern Age between the centuries XVI and XIX, mainly those created in the Portuguese America and in the region of Caribbean. The bibliography about the theme has already understood that those societies shows a complexity of economics, politics and socials relations that overcome the classics dichotomies as such master x slave, labour x profit etc. Currently, we know that the slave was a social actor with his owns strategies orientated to make his slavery lime less miserable as possible. On the other hand, the masters most certainly adopted a subtle and refined negotiation with his slaves because these slaves were the main support of the authority, social prestige etc of these masters. Besides the, the slavery systems inserted in a society of Ancient Regime had a own economic logic that not necessary was ruled by the idea of profit. The laboratory studies these societies booth concentrated in they own logic as in a comparative perspective. The objective is to contribute with the debates and discussions between researchers of this theme.

Leader: Carlos Leonardo Kelmer Mathias (UFRRJ)

Researchers: Carlos Eduardo Coutinho da Costa (UFRRJ), Carlos Gabriel Guimarães, Carlos Leonardo Kelmer Mathias (UFRRJ), Fernanda Fioravante Kelmer Mathias, João Luís Ribeiro Fragoso (UFRJ).