Leandro Karnal (born 1 February 1963) is a Brazilian television personality and former university professor at the

Universidade Estadual de Campinas The State University of Campinas ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Campinas), commonly called Unicamp, is a public university, public research university in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. Unicamp is consistently ranked among t ...

until 2019. Karnal has publications on the subject of History, focusing on the

History of the Americas The prehistory of the Americas (North, South, and Central America, and the Caribbean) begins with people migrating to these areas from Asia during the height of an ice age. These groups are generally believed to have been isolated from the peo ...

and the

History of Religion The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BC). The prehistory of religion involves th ...

. He was born in

São Leopoldo São Leopoldo () (Portuguese for ''Saint Leopold'') is a Brazilian industrial city located in the south state of Rio Grande do Sul. Geography It occupies a total area of 103.9 km² (around 80 km² urban area) at ''circa'' 30 km fro ...

, and became known in Brazil for his work on popularizing philosophy for the masses; he lectures around the country. In 2020, he became co-host of CNN Tonight, a nightly commentary program at

CNN Brasil CNN Brazil ( pt, CNN Brasil) is a Brazilian news-based pay television channel. Launched on 15 March 2020, CNN Brazil is owned by Novus Media, a joint-venture between Douglas Tavolaro, former header of RecordTV's news division, and Rubens Menin, o ...

Bibliography

* ''Oriente Médio'' (1996) * ''A conquista do México'' (1998) * ''Quando Anchieta chegou ao Brasil'' (1998) * ''Teatro da Fé - representação religiosa no Brasil e no México do século XVI'' (1998) * ''A Guerra Fria'' (2001) * ''Estados Unidos: A formação da nação'' (2001) * ''História na sala de aula: Conceitos, práticas e propostas'' (2003) * ''História dos Estados Unidos: das origens ao século XXI'' (2007) — coauthors: Luís Estevam Fernandes, Marcus Vinicius de Morais, Sean Purdy * ''O historiador e suas fontes'' (2009) — various authors * ''Conversas com um jovem professor'' (2012) * ''Pecar e perdoar: Deus e o homem na história'' (2014) * ''As religiões que o mundo esqueceu: Como os egípcios, gregos, celtas, astecas e outros povos cultuavam seus deuses'' (2015) * ''A detração: Breve ensaio sobre o maldizer'' (2016) * ''Felicidade ou morte'' (2016) — coauthor: Clóvis de Barros Filho * ''Verdade e mentiras: Ética e democracia no Brasil'' (2016) — coauthors:

Gilberto Dimenstein Gilberto Dimenstein (August 28, 1956 – May 29, 2020) was a Brazilian journalist. He was the publisher of Catraca Livre, appointed by Financial Times as one of the most inspiring applications of digital technology for social good. He also kept ...

Luiz Felipe Pondé Luiz Felipe de Cerqueira e Silva Pondé (born April 29, 1959) is a Brazilian writer and professor of philosophy. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. He was awarded a Doctor's Degree by the University of Sao Paulo, together with an ...

Mario Sergio Cortella Mario Sergio Cortella (born March 5, 1954) is a Brazilian philosopher, writer, educator and speaker most known for putting into the public sphere and helping popularize in questions related to philosophy in Brazilian contemporary society. He is al ...

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1963 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian historians University of São Paulo alumni Academic staff of the State University of Campinas People from São Leopoldo Historians of religion 21st-century Brazilian historians Brazilian LGBT writers {{Brazil-historian-stub