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Todd Diacon

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Field Specialties

Modern Latin America, Modern Brazil

Professor Diacon's research explores the history of twentieth-century Brazil, especially in terms of the relationship between nation and state building. His recent book on this topic, Stringing Together a Nation: Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Construction of a Modern Brazil, 1906-1930 (Duke University Press), won the Warren Dean Prize (Conference on Latin American History) for the best book published on the history of Brazil in 2003 and 2004.

Education

  • M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1983
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987

Selected Publications

  • Stringing Together a Nation: Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Making of a Modern Brazil, 1906-1930 (forthcoming: Duke University Press).

  • "Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Politics of Indian Protection in Brasil," Past and Present (Nov. 2002).

  • Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912-1916 (Duke University Press, 1991).

Selected Honors and Awards

  • University of Tennessee Arts and Sciences Research and Creative Achievement Award
  • Phi Beta Kappa Certificate of Merit
  • Fulbright Lecturing and Research Award (Brazil)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend
Todd Diacon

Contact Information

Todd Diacon
Executive Director for Academic Assessment & Program Support
Professor of History
915 Volunteer Boulevard
6th Floor, Dunford Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4065

Office: (865) 974-7086
Fax: (865) 974-3915
E-mail: tdiacon@utk.edu