The Second World War Research Group

Dr Adriana Minor García

Adriana received her PhD in History of Science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has published on the encouragement of inter-American scientific relations as part of the mobilization of science and the cultural diplomacy during the Second World War. She is associate professor of history of science in the Center for Historical Studies (CEH) at the College of Mexico (COLMEX).

Professor Alexandre Fortes

Alexandre is a full professor at the History Department, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, and served as Mellon Visiting Professor at Duke University. He holds a PhD from the State University of Campinas and was the coordinator of the Brazilian History Association working group on labor history. He develops research projects with support from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and the Rio de Janeiro State Research Support Foundation. Starting in September 2025, Fortes will be a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University. Author of “The Second World War and the Rise of Mass Nationalism in Brazil: Class, Race, and Citizenship” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).

Dr Dilton Cândido Santos Maynard 

Dilton holds a PhD in History from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2008). He was a postdoctoral fellow in History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2013). He is a collaborating professor in the Graduate Program in Comparative History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGHC/UFRJ). He is also a professor in the Professional Master's Program in History Teaching at UFS (Profhistória UFS). He has published several works on the impact of World War II in the Brazilian Northeast. He develops research projects with support from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development.

Dr Francisco Ferraz 

Francisco is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil. He holds a bachelor's degree from Universidade Estadual Paulista (1988) and earned his doctorate from Universidade de São Paulo (2003), where his research focused on the social reintegration and collective memory of Brazilian World War II veterans. His publications center on the Second World War, military history, the Brazilian armed forces, and politics.

Paula Martinez Almudevar

Paula is a professor at the Arturo Jauretche National University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and holds a master’s degree in history from the IDAES School (UNSAM). She is currently a doctoral candidate in History at the Interdisciplinary School of Advanced Social Studies (EIDAES-UNSAM), with her research focusing on the social and cultural history of radio workers in Buenos Aires between 1935 and 1946. In this regard, she is interested in the impact that World War II had on radio communications and how radio work developed during that period.