Ubiratan Castro Training Center
The Pedro Calmon Foundation, a unit linked to the Bahia State Secretariat of Culture, inaugurates the Ubiratan Castro Training Center, a new and important public facility dedicated to training, research, and knowledge production in the state.
The creation of this space marks a special moment for the institution, which celebrates its 40th anniversary and reaffirms its commitment to strengthening public cultural policies.
The Center was created with the aim of expanding access to training and knowledge in the areas of books, reading, libraries, archives, and memory. It thus consolidates itself as a space for intellectual production, cultural dissemination, and institutional articulation, contributing directly to the sociocultural development of Bahia.
About the patron:
Born in Salvador (1948–2013), Ubiratan Castro de Araújo was a historian, jurist, and professor. He held a doctorate from the Sorbonne, was a member of the Bahia Academy of Letters, and had a distinguished career in defending Afro-Brazilian culture.
He presided over the Palmares Cultural Foundation, directed the Pedro Calmon Foundation, and was a professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and director of the Center for Afro-Oriental Studies (CEAO). His career is marked by a commitment to valuing Black identity and building cultural public policies.
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