Between borders

Knowledge, activism, and academic circulation in Helena Hirata’s career

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.1177

Keywords:

intellectual circulation Brazil-France, military dictatorship and persecution of academics, political exile in France, asymmetrical intellectual circulation

Abstract

Helena Hirata, a renowned Brazilian sociologist and Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Cientifique (CNRS) in France, with a distinguished career in the sociology of work and gender studies, was interviewed by Maira Abreu and Eduardo Dimitrov. The interview focuses on the circulation of people, ideas, and research between Brazil and France – traversed by the dense interconnection between academic and activist networks. Hirata’s career, marked by political exile in France in the 1970s, highlights how the bonds forged in the field of activism – feminist, socialist, anti-authoritarian – have intertwined with her integration into academia.

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Author Biographies

Helena Hirata, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Doutora em Sociologia politica pela Université Paris VIII (1979), Livre-docente pela Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Atualmente é diretora de pesquisa emérita do CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) no laboratorio CRESPPA - equipe GTM (Genre, Travail, Mobilités) associado às Universidades de Paris 8-Saint-Denis e Paris 10-Nanterre.

Maira Abreu

Doutora em Ciências Sociais e Pesquisadora do Centre de Recherches Sociologiques et Politiques de Paris, Genre, Travail, Mobilités (CNRS).

Eduardo Dimitrov, UNB

Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Sociologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia, Brasília, DF, Brasil.

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Published

18-12-2025

How to Cite

Hirata, H., Abreu, M., & Dimitrov, E. (2025). Between borders: Knowledge, activism, and academic circulation in Helena Hirata’s career. Brazilian Journal of Sociology, 13, e-rbs.1177. https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.1177

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Dossiê Circulação intelectual entre França e Brasil