Miriam Pillar Grossi earned a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1981), Master’s in Social and Cultural Anthropology – Université de Paris V (René Descartes) (1983), and PhD in Social Anthropology. She holds a doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Université de Paris V (1988), and has completed postdoctoral research at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale of the Collège de France (1996/1998), the University of California-Berkeley, and EHESS (2009/2010).
She was President of ANPOCS – National Association of Graduate Studies in Social Sciences (2019/2020). An Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) since 1989, she works in the Graduate Programs in Social Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Human Sciences, as well as in the undergraduate Social Sciences course at UFSC. She served as a representative for the Anthropology Area and the broader Humanities Area in CAPES’ Technical-Scientific Council (2001–2004), was President of the Brazilian Anthropological Association (2004–2006), and editor of the Revista Estudos Feministas (1999–2001).
She conducts research on Anthropological Theory, the History of Women in the Field of Anthropology, Contemporary French Anthropology, and Qualitative Research Methodologies. She is the founder of NIGS – the Center for Gender Identities and Subjectivities – at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, where research is carried out in the fields of queer and feminist theories on topics such as violence against women and lesbian-trans-homophobia; LGBTTT identities, parenthood, and partnerships; homoerotic art; love; gender and sexuality in schools; religions and sexualities; public policy; and feminist and LGBTTT movements. Former NIGS students are present at several Brazilian universities, and the network’s output can be found on the NIGS Network website.
As a researcher affiliated with CNPq, she also works with the IUAES – International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, promoting the exchange and dissemination of scientific work in the areas of gender and sexuality at international conferences and meetings.
