Universidade Federal do Ceará
Programa de Pós Graduação em História

The Graduate Program in History will host the roundtable “Indigenous Peoples of Ceará: Yesterday, Today, Always” on May 27, 2026. The event will take place at 9:00 a.m. in the Audiovisual Room and will bring together researchers and Indigenous representatives to discuss the presence, resistance, and continuity of Indigenous peoples.

The session will feature Suzenalson Kanindé, Rodrigo Tremembé, and Sara Maria Ruiz as speakers, who will address different historical and contemporary perspectives related to Indigenous populations. The aim is to foster a space for critical reflection, valuing Indigenous voices and strengthening dialogue between the university and society.

Open to the academic community and the general public, the roundtable is part of the Graduate Program in History’s initiatives to promote knowledge dissemination and encourage debates on topics relevant to understanding cultural and historical diversity.

Certificates of participation will be issued, with no prior registration required.

About the speakers

Suzenalson Kanindé
PhD candidate in Social History at the Federal University of Ceará; holds a Master’s degree in Humanities from the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony; and teaches in the Intercultural Indigenous Teaching Degree program (LIINDI/Unilab). His research focuses on Indigenous history, memory, and heritage. He coordinates the Culture Point “Memory: Kanindé Indigenous Museum” and represents the Indigenous Network of Memory and Social Museology on the board of the Brazilian Institute of Museums.

Rodrigo Tremembé
Holds a degree in Geography from IEM and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Arts at the IFCE Graduate Program in Arts. He has worked as a visiting professor in the Intercultural Indigenous Teaching Degree program at UVA-CE, teaching the course “Tremembé Indigenous Arts: Body Painting and Music.” He was a mentor at KUYA – Ceará Design Center, participating in the Design and Indigenous Graphic Memory Mentorship Program. He organized the book “Between Lines and Memories Tremembé: Córrego João Pereira Village” and co-curated the exhibitions “Enchantments of Indigenous Freedom in Ceará” and “Torém: Loom of the Enchanted.”

Sara Maria G. Ruiz
Holds a degree in History and Classical Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid, as well as a Master’s degree in History and Anthropology of the Americas from the same institution. She is currently a PhD candidate in Anthropology of the Americas at the School of Anthropology and Archaeology of the Complutense University of Madrid. Her research focuses on the role of Indigenous influencers, social media, and the formation of Indigenous identities in the contemporary world.

For more information, please contact the coordination of the Graduate Program in History at UFC.