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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
Vice Provost for Academic Operations
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