Juremir Machado da Silva, researcher and professor of Journalism at the School of Communication, Arts and Design (Famecos) at PUCRS, received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Paul Valery University Montpellier III in France.
The title of Doctor Honoris Causa or ‘Because of Honor’ in Latin is awarded to people who have great influence in their area of expertise. During this year, he must go to France to receive recognition in person.
“The title values a life dedicated to knowledge, human sciences and education. An Honoris Causa doctor is proposed by someone, with approval in several instances: the departmental council of a school, the university council, the rectory and, in France, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A long and meticulous path. In summary, I confess, I am thrilled”, points out Juremir.
On Juremir’s initiative, the French university has maintained, for more than 20 years, an agreement with the Graduate Program in Communication at PUCRS, of which Juremir is coordinator. Professor of Journalism at will be hungry he has already worked in person in France as a guest professor in 2007 and 2017, and since 2020 he has been working remotely at the university.
“Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III is part of Capes-Print, an important research exchange mechanism. At the moment, we have five doctoral students in Montpellier and a colleague, Cristiane Freitas, as a visiting professor”, he declares.
The relationship between the universities continues in 2023. In April, the French sociology professor and researcher Philippe Joron comes to Porto Alegre for a lecture. Paul Valéry University and PPGCOM/PUCRS also work together on the Journalism, Imaginary and Memory Network (JIM) survey.
International excellence in research
Receiving the title of Honoris Causa is also a joy for the University. For the Pro-Rector of Research and Graduate Studies at PUCRS Carlos Eduardo Lobo e Silva, the achievement is cause for celebration. “PUCRS receives the news of this well-deserved international recognition of the excellence of its teaching staff with great joy and pride. Professor Juremir Machado’s trajectory is an example of academic excellence that impacts society and transforms lives for the better. Awards of this magnitude reaffirm the strength not only of our research, but also of our teaching at all levels”, he emphasizes.
In addition to the link with the French university, PUCRS’ PPGCOM also maintains relationships with institutions in Portugal, the United States, and other countries. For Rosângela Florczak, professor, researcher and dean of Famecos, relationships with international universities help build research of great impact in the field of Communication.
“Having researchers recognized internationally is always relevant for an institution that is serious and committed to the production of knowledge in the area, such as Famecos is. In the case of Professor Juremir Machado, this privilege takes on special contours because his practices are different and establish new parameters for research. And they are not just technical and methodological parameters, but a reference of human attitudes and care for the area and people”, he celebrates.
Journalist, writer and researcher
Born in Santana do Livramento (RS), Juremir Machado da Silva holds a degree in History and Journalism from PUCRS, in addition to a doctorate and postdoctoral degree in Sociology from the Sorbonne (Paris V). He worked as an international correspondent in France for the Zero Hora newspaper, in addition to commanding the Esfera Pública program on Rádio Gaúcha for ten years. For 20 years he was a columnist for Correio do Povo and was also editorial coordinator for eight years at Caderno de Sabado, the cultural supplement of the newspaper Correio do Povo. Juremir is currently a columnist for Matinal Jornalismo.
As a writer, Juremir has published more than 40 books, including “Getúlio” (Record, 2004), “Solo” (Record, 2008) “Regional history of infamy: the fate of black people in rags and other Brazilian iniquities” (L&PM, 2010) , “Brizola and the voices of Legality: politics and the imaginary in the radio era”, “Jango: life and death in exile” (L&PM, 2013), “Roots of Brazilian conservatism: abolition in the press and in the social imaginary” (Brazilian Civilization, 2017). In 2022, he published: “Almost (all) poetry” and “Machado de Assis: the chronicler of the leisure classes: journalism, arts, work and slavery”, both by Sulina.
He also published two books of interviews – “The thought of the end of the century” (L&PM, 1993) and “Visions of a certain Europe”, (Edipucrs, 1998) – with intellectuals and artists such as Umberto Eco, Jürgen Habermas, Astor Piazzolla and Mario Vargas Llosa
Na França, publicor “Brazil, country of the present (Desclée de Brouwer, 1999), “The technologies of the imaginary (La Table Ronde, 2008) e “With Michel Houellebecq in Patagonia (CNRS, 2011. Pocket, 2014) . Edição inglesa digital: “La Société médote (Non lieu, 2016).
He received an award from the Bienal do Livro de Brasília for “Jango” and from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics, for “Roots of Brazilian conservatism”. He has already been nominated for the Jabuti Prize, with “Jango” (2014), finalist with “A writer at the end of the world” (Record, 2012).
Juremir translated more than 20 works from French into Portuguese, including “Extension of the Fight Domain” and “Elementary Particles”, by Michel Houellebecq, having introduced the work of the French novelist in Brazil. He translated four of the six volumes of the main work of the great French thinker Edgar Morin, “The method” (Sulina). He also translated works by writers such as Alain Robbe-Grillet and Claude Simon, as well as 84 poems chosen from Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal.
He is currently a full professor at PUCRS and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Communication. As a researcher, he studies the imaginary and is also part of the Research Group “Imaginary Technologies Group”. The journalist is also part of the editorial board of Sociétés Magazine, created by Michel Maffesoli, and edited by the University of Montpellier III, one of the most important publications on imaginary in the world.
Juremir Machado da Silva, researcher and professor of Journalism at the School of Communication, Arts and Design (Famecos) at PUCRS, received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Paul Valery University Montpellier III in France.
The title of Doctor Honoris Causa or ‘Because of Honor’ in Latin is awarded to people who have great influence in their area of expertise. During this year, he must go to France to receive recognition in person.
“The title values a life dedicated to knowledge, human sciences and education. An Honoris Causa doctor is proposed by someone, with approval in several instances: the departmental council of a school, the university council, the rectory and, in France, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A long and meticulous path. In summary, I confess, I am thrilled”, points out Juremir.
On Juremir’s initiative, the French university has maintained, for more than 20 years, an agreement with the Graduate Program in Communication at PUCRS, of which Juremir is coordinator. Professor of Journalism at will be hungry he has already worked in person in France as a guest professor in 2007 and 2017, and since 2020 he has been working remotely at the university.
“Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III is part of Capes-Print, an important research exchange mechanism. At the moment, we have five doctoral students in Montpellier and a colleague, Cristiane Freitas, as a visiting professor”, he declares.
The relationship between the universities continues in 2023. In April, the French sociology professor and researcher Philippe Joron comes to Porto Alegre for a lecture. Paul Valéry University and PPGCOM/PUCRS also work together on the Journalism, Imaginary and Memory Network (JIM) survey.
International excellence in research
Receiving the title of Honoris Causa is also a joy for the University. For the Pro-Rector of Research and Graduate Studies at PUCRS Carlos Eduardo Lobo e Silva, the achievement is cause for celebration. “PUCRS receives the news of this well-deserved international recognition of the excellence of its teaching staff with great joy and pride. Professor Juremir Machado’s trajectory is an example of academic excellence that impacts society and transforms lives for the better. Awards of this magnitude reaffirm the strength not only of our research, but also of our teaching at all levels”, he emphasizes.
In addition to the link with the French university, PUCRS’ PPGCOM also maintains relationships with institutions in Portugal, the United States, and other countries. For Rosângela Florczak, professor, researcher and dean of Famecos, relationships with international universities help build research of great impact in the field of Communication.
“Having researchers recognized internationally is always relevant for an institution that is serious and committed to the production of knowledge in the area, such as Famecos is. In the case of Professor Juremir Machado, this privilege takes on special contours because his practices are different and establish new parameters for research. And they are not just technical and methodological parameters, but a reference of human attitudes and care for the area and people”, he celebrates.
Journalist, writer and researcher
Born in Santana do Livramento (RS), Juremir Machado da Silva holds a degree in History and Journalism from PUCRS, in addition to a doctorate and postdoctoral degree in Sociology from the Sorbonne (Paris V). He worked as an international correspondent in France for the Zero Hora newspaper, in addition to commanding the Esfera Pública program on Rádio Gaúcha for ten years. For 20 years he was a columnist for Correio do Povo and was also editorial coordinator for eight years at Caderno de Sabado, the cultural supplement of the newspaper Correio do Povo. Juremir is currently a columnist for Matinal Jornalismo.
As a writer, Juremir has published more than 40 books, including “Getúlio” (Record, 2004), “Solo” (Record, 2008) “Regional history of infamy: the fate of black people in rags and other Brazilian iniquities” (L&PM, 2010) , “Brizola and the voices of Legality: politics and the imaginary in the radio era”, “Jango: life and death in exile” (L&PM, 2013), “Roots of Brazilian conservatism: abolition in the press and in the social imaginary” (Brazilian Civilization, 2017). In 2022, he published: “Almost (all) poetry” and “Machado de Assis: the chronicler of the leisure classes: journalism, arts, work and slavery”, both by Sulina.
He also published two books of interviews – “The thought of the end of the century” (L&PM, 1993) and “Visions of a certain Europe”, (Edipucrs, 1998) – with intellectuals and artists such as Umberto Eco, Jürgen Habermas, Astor Piazzolla and Mario Vargas Llosa
Na França, publicor “Brazil, country of the present (Desclée de Brouwer, 1999), “The technologies of the imaginary (La Table Ronde, 2008) e “With Michel Houellebecq in Patagonia (CNRS, 2011. Pocket, 2014) . Edição inglesa digital: “La Société médote (Non lieu, 2016).
He received an award from the Bienal do Livro de Brasília for “Jango” and from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics, for “Roots of Brazilian conservatism”. He has already been nominated for the Jabuti Prize, with “Jango” (2014), finalist with “A writer at the end of the world” (Record, 2012).
Juremir translated more than 20 works from French into Portuguese, including “Extension of the Fight Domain” and “Elementary Particles”, by Michel Houellebecq, having introduced the work of the French novelist in Brazil. He translated four of the six volumes of the main work of the great French thinker Edgar Morin, “The method” (Sulina). He also translated works by writers such as Alain Robbe-Grillet and Claude Simon, as well as 84 poems chosen from Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal.
He is currently a full professor at PUCRS and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Communication. As a researcher, he studies the imaginary and is also part of the Research Group “Imaginary Technologies Group”. The journalist is also part of the editorial board of Sociétés Magazine, created by Michel Maffesoli, and edited by the University of Montpellier III, one of the most important publications on imaginary in the world.
