Brazilian Society of Sociology

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Establishment of Brazilian Society of Sociology (SBS)/ Sociedade Brasileira de Sociologia

The SBS (Brazilian Society of Sociology)/ Sociedade Brasileira de Sociologia was formed in 1937 as the Sao Paulo Society of Sociology. In 1950, the Sao Paulo Society of Sociology became the Brazilian Society of Sociology (SBS). SBS is a scientific society with no links to political parties or religious organizations at the governing level.

SBS is a non-profit organization that aims to bring together Brazilian professionals and scholars working in sociology and allied social sciences in an institutional setting.

Its operations were halted from 1964 to 1985 under the military dictatorship, which was reformed in 1986.

Mission of SBS

The mission of the Brazilian Society of Sociology is to

Encourage the organization of scientific events.
Facilitating the flow of ideas between professionals and researchers.
Seeking to improve the quality and institutionalization of sociology in Brazil.
Scientific knowledge transmission and diffusion through publications and social media
Assisting the community of associates with representation and institutional improvement.

Membership in the Brazilian Society of Sociology

The membership of SBS is paid subscription, and the amount varies according to student and researcher. The membership is open to all members of the social science community.

Publications and Journals

Sociologies in Dialogue was a biannual English-language journal started in 2015 by the Brazilian Society of Sociology (SBS) to publish previously unpublished papers in the area of sociology.

The Brazilian Society of Sociology’s scholarly publication, Revista Brasileira de Sociologia, or RBS magazine, was founded in 2013 and has been published every four months since 2017. The journal is free and can be downloaded directly from the website.

International Collaborations of SBS

SBS is a member of the International Sociological Association.

Conferences of SBS

SBS had two national conventions between 1950 and 1962. Since 1987, the Brazilian Congress of Sociology has been held biennially, with foreign visitors and growing recognition in the international society.

First Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Teaching and sociological research; social organization; social change
Year – June 21 to 27, 1954
Location – Sao Paulo

Second Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Balance and perspectives of Sociology in Brazil
Year – March 12 to 17, 1962
Location – Belo Horizonte

Third Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology, Sociologies
Year – July 10 to 11, 1987
Location – Brasília-DF

Fourth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology Today
Year – June 1 to 2, 1989
Location – Rio de Janeiro

Fifth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – History and Trajectory of Sociology in Brazil
Year – July 1991
Location – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Sixth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology between modernity and contemporaneity
Year – 1993
Location – UFPE in Recife

Seventh Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Inequality, Poverty, and Social Exclusion
Year – 1995
Location – Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences (IFCS/UFRJ) Rio de Janeiro

Eighth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Brazilian contemporaneity: dilemmas and challenges for the sociological imagination
Year – 1997
Location – Brasilia

Ninth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology for the 21st century
Year – August 30 to September 3, 1999
Location – The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre

Tenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Society and Citizenship: New Utopias
Year – September 3 to 6, 2001
Location – Federal University of Ceara Fortaleza

Eleventh Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology and knowledge: beyond borders
Year – September 01 to 05, 2003
Location – Campinas-SP

Twelfth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology and reality: social research in the 21st century
Year – May 31 to June 3, 2005
Location – Belo Horizonte

Thirteenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Dimensions of inequality, difference, and recognition
Year – May 29 to June 01, 2007
Location – UFPE Recife

Fourteenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology: Consensus and Controversies
Year – July 28 to 31, 2009
Location – Rio de Janeiro

Fifteenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Changes, Permanences and Sociological Challenges
Year – July 26 to 29, 2011
Location – Curitiba, at the Campus Reitoria of the Federal University of Parana

Sixteenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology as an intellectual craft
Year – 2013
Location – Federal University of Bahia Salvador

Seventeenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – Sociology in Transnational Dialogues
Year – July 20 to 23, 2015
Location – the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre

Eighteenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – What sociologies do we do? Interfaces with local, national, and global contexts
Year – July 26 to 29, 2017
Location – Brasilia-DF

Nineteenth Brazilian Congress of Sociology

Theme – What societies do we live in? Brazilian sociology in the face of new contemporary national and global challenges.
Year – July 9 to 12, 2019
Location – Florianópolis-SC

Twentieth Brazilian Congress of Sociology