This text is the transcription of theMaster Class proffered by Professor Carlos Hasenbalg on May 21, 2007 at the former University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro (Iuperj), currently Institute of Social and Political Studies – State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ), a year after leaving the institute to return to his home city of Buenos Aires, where he passed away on October 5, 2014. The author narrates his formative years and intellectual trajectory, as well as the establishment of the academic field of racial relations and inequalities in Brazil.
Carlos Hasenbalg; intellectual trajectory; racial relations; racial inequality; racism