The Superior School of the Judges of the state of Amazonas (Esmam) is with open registrations for the project on "Book Club - The Judiciary reads women", which will be held in the online mode, with monthly meetings starting from April 30th. The initiative is aimed at magistrates, civil servers, trainees and collaborators, and it is also open to the interested public.
The project will be led by Professor and magistrate Vanessa Anitablian Baltazar and it aims to promote the formation of critical readers through the reading and analysis of works of contemporary Brazilian literature, with emphasis on female literary production. The programming brings together authors from different regions of the country and stimulates reflections on themes such as identity, territory, memory, violence and language, valuing the cultural and regional diversity of Brazil and the multiple female perspectives on social, historical and affective experience.
According to the general secretary of Esmam, João Paulo Jacob, the meetings will take place in the form of dialoged lectures, combining theoretical exhibitions with readings commented on literary and critical texts. Each meeting starts from the presentation of the historical, social and aesthetic context of the works and their authors, with support of bibliographic, iconographic and audiovisual material.
“The analysis of texts will be conducted collectively, stimulating interpretation, argumentation and listening among participants. The readings will be articulated with debates on themes such as identity, memory, violence, language and justice, favoring an interdisciplinary approach. The methodology favors the active participation of the public, through guided discussions, questions and exchanges of experiences, promoting the shared construction of meanings and the formation of readers", explained Jacob.
Schedule of the meetings
- April 30th: O som do rugido da onça (THE SOUND OF THE JAGUAR ROARING) – Micheliny Verunschk (2021) – state of PE, city of Recife
- May 28th: Perifobia (PERIPHOBIA) – Lilia Guerra (2025) – state of SP, city of São Paulo
- June 18th: Degola (BEHEADING) – Monique Malcher (2025) – state of PA, city of Santarém
- July 23rd: A árvore mais sozinha do mundo (THE LONELIEST TREE IN THE WORLD) – Mariana Salomão Carrara (2024) – state of SP, city of São Paulo
- August 20th: Meridiana (MERIDIAN) – Eliana Alves Cruz (2025) – state of RJ, city of Rio de Janeiro
- September 24th: Louças de família (FAMILY DISHES) – Eliane Marques (2023) – state of RS, city of Sant’Ana do Livramento
- October 29th: Mata doce (SWEET FOREST) – Luciany Aparecida (2023) – state of BA, city of Jaguaquara
- November 26th: Boca do mundo (MOUTH OF THE WORLD) – Dia Bárbara Nobre (2025) – state of CE, city of Juazeiro do Norte
Instructor
Vanessa Anitablian Baltazar is graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of the state of São Paulo (2006), with a specialization in Labor Law from the Autonomous College of Law (2010) and a master’s degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of the state of São Paulo (2017). Currently she is a Labor Judge at the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region (SP), with experience in the field of Law, with emphasis on Private Law.
As inscrições podem ser feitas no site da Esmam, pelo link: https://esmam.tjam.jus.br/moodle_esmam/.
