Manoel Rendeiro Neto

Manoel Rendeiro Neto serves as Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer in Yale University's Department of History and Affiliate Fellow at the Program in Agrarian Studies, transitioning to Assistant Professor of Colonial Latin American History in fall 2026.

His academic credentials include:

• B.A. and teaching degree in History from University of Brasília
• M.A. and Ph.D. in Latin American History from University of California, Davis (specialization: African Diaspora Studies)

Rendeiro Neto's research investigates environmental knowledge in colonial empire-building, ethno-racial stratification, and autonomous territorialization within the Afro-Indigenous Amazon. His work bridges environmental history, Latin American studies, and diaspora scholarship through interdisciplinary analysis of colonial-era ecological and social systems.

His scholarly contributions have earned support from premier academic institutions:

• Conference on Latin American History
• Dumbarton Oaks (Mellon Foundation)
• Huntington Library
• John Carter Brown Library
• Luso-American Development Foundation
• University of California Humanities Research Institute

Born in the Brazilian Amazon, Rendeiro Neto actively promotes research on traditional Afro-Indigenous communities to advance interdisciplinary understanding of the rainforest from early modern history to contemporary ecological challenges.