Historian

João Carlos Nara Jr., PhD

João Carlos Nara Jr. seeks to democratize the history of Brazil by transforming historical archives into a social movement through the 5A+OPEN methodology. A historian and architect, he serves as Cultural Heritage Advisor at the Forum of Science and Culture at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). He has experience in public administration, having served as Executive Director of the National Library Foundation and as General Coordinator of the Barão do Rio Branco Rescue Project. He is a full member of the Historical and Geographical Institute of Rio de Janeiro and Director of Institutional Relations at the Brazilian Association of Digital Humanities. The author of several books on the Valongo slave system, he also coordinates research projects on the history of the Brazilian Empire and Early Christianity.