Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz

Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz (August 26, 1918 – December 29, 2018) was a Brazilian sociologist.

Biography She obtained her degree in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (1949), Diploma of Graduate Studies in sociology, anthropology and politics from the University of São Paulo (1951) and a doctorate degree in sociology from the École pratique des hautes études Section VI (1959).

Her dissertation is titled: La Guerre Sainte au Brésil: le Mouvement Messianique du Contestado, (in English: "The Holy War in Brazil: the Messianic Movement of Contestado") under the direction of Roger Bastide, 1960. Her dissertation was published by the University of São Paulo with the title: "Le Messianisme au Brésil et dans au Monde", in 1963. Her works are referenced worldwide.

Her last position was as professor at the Centro de Estudos Rurais e Urbanos (in English: Center for Urban and Rural Studies), which she founded, and was professor emeritus at the University of São Paulo.

Pereira de Queiróz spoke or understood the following languages: Spanish, French, English and Italian. She died in December 2018 at the age of 100.

Visiting Professor

1953: Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Brazil 1959: Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, FESPSP, Brazil 1963 - 1964: Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie), UP VI, France 1964: Laval University, U L, Quebec 1969: Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA, Brazil 1970 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC, Brazil 1978 - 1979: Université de Paris III (Sorbonne-Nouvelle), U P III, France 1979: Université des Mutants, U M, Senegal 1980: Université de Louvain La Neuve, U LN, Belgium

Awards and distinctions

1957: XI Concurso Mário de Andrade de Monografias Sobre Folclore, Departamento de Cultura do Município de São Paulo. 1966: Prêmio Jabuti - Melhor Obra de Ciências Sociais, Câmara Brasileira do Livro. 1990: Professora Emérita da Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo. 1997: Prêmio Almirante Álavaro Alberto para Ciência e Tecnologia - Cientista do Ano, Centro Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia. 1999: Prêmio Multicultural Estadão, O Estado de São Paulo.