July 2025 marked a significant month for the Institute for Research into International Migration & Superdiversity (IRiS) in Brazil, as Dr Angelo Martins Junior represented the University of Birmingham in a series of academic, diplomatic, and community-focused activities across the country. His engagements spanned the Amazon, São Paulo, Campinas, and Brasília, deepening IRIS’ international collaborations... Continue Reading →
The conversation continues: Nando Sigona speaks to Angelo Martins Jr about colonial legacies, social difference and migration
We are now in Series 4 of "Conversations with Iris" podcast/zoomcast. It began at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to stay connected with friends and colleagues around the world and to understand the impact the pandemic was having on migration and migrants. We spoke to researchers, campaigners, civil society organisations, asylum... Continue Reading →
Bolsonaro, Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter: the politics of lockdown in Brazil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjopvgyNGyw In Episode #14 of Conversations with IRiS, Dr Andrea Poleto Oltramari and Dr Josiane Silva de Oliveira discuss the racialised and gendered effects of Covid-19 in Brazil. The Conversation was recorded at the end of June 2020. Dr Andrea Poleto Oltramari, Associate Professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Visiting... Continue Reading →

