Vinícius Bivar is a historian, specializing in 20th-century political history, history of political ideas, and transnational history, with a focus on the connections between Europe and the Americas. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern History (Freie Universität Berlin), holds an MA in European History, Politics and Society (Columbia University, 2016), and a BA in History (University of Brasília, 2013). Vinícius is also a former fellow of the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC.
His current research examines the Foreign Policy of the Nazi regime for the Americas with a focus on Nazi international campaign against communism in Brazil, project funded by the Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).
In addition to his research, Vinícius also writes on European and Latin American politics, the European Union, and EU relations with Latin America. His publications appeared in academic and non-academic outlets in English and Portuguese (see research and writing).
Education
– PhD Candidate, Modern History, Freie Universität Berlin, 2021
– MA, European History, Politics and Society, Columbia University, 2016
– BA, History, University of Brasília, 2013
Selected Grants and Awards
– Doctoral Fellow, German Historical Institute (Washington, DC), 2019
– Promotionstipendium, Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), 2017
– Thesis Fieldwork Grant, European Institute at Columbia University, 2015
– Summer Field Research Grant, Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, 2015
– Research Assistantship, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), 2012
– Teaching Assistantship, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), 2012
Selected Talks & Conference Presentations
– BIVAR, V. “The South American Front: Nazi Anticommunism and the Brazilian Revolution,” German Historical Institute DC, 2019.
– BIVAR, V. “The AfD and the rise of the new right in Germany,” University of São Paulo, 2018.
– BIVAR, V. “The Third Reich: historiography and contemporary debates,” University of Brasília, 2017.
– BIVAR, V.; LIMA, D.; CURI, L. “Brazil in the economic discourse of German diplomacy in the 1930s: bilateral trade, Autarky and Großraumwirtschaft,” Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History, 2016.
– BIVAR, V. “The German Threat: Vargas’ Nationalization Project and the German Minorities in Brazil,” Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, 2015.
– BIVAR, V. “Coup within a Coup: Brazilian nationalism and its insertion in World History,” World History Association, 2015.
Full CV available in Portuguese at Plataforma Lattes