Fernando A. Novais

Professor Emérito da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), onde lecionou no Departamento de História da FFLCH entre 1961 e 1986 na cadeira de História Moderna e Contemporânea. Professor da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), onde lecionou no Instituto de Economia entre 1986 e 2003. Doutor em História pela Universidade de São Paulo (1973), é autor do livro "Portugal e Brasil na Crise do Antigo Sistema Colonial", obra clássica da historiografia brasileira, e de inúmeros trabalhos importantes sobre história e historiografia. Responsável pela orientação de inúmeras teses de doutorado e dissertações de mestrado, atualmente é professor das Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP), onde leciona na Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas.

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