Emanuel Araújo

Emanuel Araújo or Emanuel Oliveira de Araújo (December 24, 1942 – July 15, 2000), was a Brazilian historian and editor.

Life and career[]

Araújo was born in Santo Amaro, Bahia.^[1] He taught history at the University of Brasília from 1968 to 1971, when he was removed for political reasons, and again from 1989 to his death in Brasília in 2000. In 1995 he was promoted to full professor; after his death, his colleagues successfully petitioned for him to be named professor emeritus.^[1]^[2]

At the University of Brasília, he played an important role in the teaching of ancient history, assisted by knowledge of all the major languages of the ancient world: Latin, Hebrew, Ancient Greek, and Old Egyptian. He also researched and taught the colonial history of Brazil.^[2]

Araújo also worked as an editor, including at the Fundação Getulio Vargas, the National Archives, and [pt]. He was a co-editor of the [pt] and the Enciclopédia Ilustrada do Brasil and published collections of documents. His A construção do livro - Princípios da técnica de editoração ("Construction of the Book: Principles of Editorial Technique"), published in 1986, was influential, and he was head of the University of Brasília Press in 1992 and 1993 and then served on its editorial board until his death.^[2]

Selected publications[]

(1970) O êxodo hebreu: raizes histórico-sociais da unidade judaica
(1986) A construção do livro: princípios da técnica de editoração
(1993) O Teatro dos Vícios: transgressão e transigência na sociedade urbana colonial
(2000) Escrito para a Eternidade: a literatura no Egito Faraônico

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Emanuel Oliveira de Araújo, Professor Emérito da Universidade de Brasília", O Explorador, March 6, 2013, retrieved September 3, 2021 (in Portuguese).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Amado Luiz Cervo, "Emanuel Oliveira de Araújo, Professor Emérito da Universidade de Brasília, post mortem", University of Brasília, December 6, 2002, archived from the original on March 28, 2009 (in Portuguese).

External links[]

Works by Emanuel Araújo in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French)

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[Explorer-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Emanuel Oliveira de Araújo, Professor Emérito da Universidade de Brasília", O Explorador, March 6, 2013, retrieved September 3, 2021 (in Portuguese).

[UnB-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Amado Luiz Cervo, "Emanuel Oliveira de Araújo, Professor Emérito da Universidade de Brasília, post mortem", University of Brasília, December 6, 2002, archived from the original on March 28, 2009 (in Portuguese).

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