Call for submissions: Dossier _BRAZIL, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Organizers: Ismara Izepe de Souza, PhD in History and associate professor in the Department of International Relations/Eppen/UNIFESP, and Filipe Queiróz de Campos, PhD in History and substitute professor in the Department of History at UFJF

Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2025

Recent academic research on the interactions between World War II and Latin America has raised concerns about issues such as US cultural diplomacy to neutralize the Axis' influence in international relations, espionage and security activities in the region, social transformations, such as the role of women in the war effort, and the construction of the collective memory of the conflict. In addition, they study the growing economic and political influence of the US and the reconfiguration of Latin American national identities in the postwar period, for example.

Based on this observation, and taking advantage of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, we propose a dossier that aims to encompass the various dimensions of Latin America's involvement in the conflict, with the aim of publicizing a consistent set of works that present varied themes and approaches.

Here are some topics that may be presented, although the proposal is not limited to them:

a) Brazil and international politics: diplomatic and military relations with the Allied countries and with the Axis;

b) Economic implications of the conflict for Latin American countries;

c) The cultural dimension and influences of World War II on the daily lives of Latin American citizens;

d) Assessment of historiographical or artistic production on the involvement of Latin American countries in World War II;

e) Political and diplomatic relations between Latin American countries in the context of World War II;

f) The immediate postwar context, the beginning of the Cold War, and Latin America;

g) Latin American participation in international institutions and organizations that emerged in the postwar period.